Argentina’s Milei Calls to Continue ‘Battle for Ideas’ Following Kirk Assassination

Milei told a conservative gathering that Kirk’s murder ’should not paralyze us’ from continued political activism.

Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Sheraton hotel in Asuncion, on Sept. 16, 2025. Daniel Duarte/AFP via Getty Images

Argentine President Javier Milei urged attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Paraguay not to “give up in the battle for ideas” in the wake of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Milei was among the first to speak on the opening day of the CPAC Paraguay conference on Tuesday, following an address by CPAC President Matt Schlapp and his wife, Mercedes Schlapp.