30th Ibero-American Summit held in Madrid, Spain

The plenary session of the 30th Ibero-American Summit opened in Madrid, bringing together leaders from Spain, Portugal and countries across Central and South America for a two-day meeting.

Attention focused on Argentine President Javier Milei, who has been an outspoken critic of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Sanchez called for Spanish and Portuguese to play a central role in the development of artificial intelligence.

Milei, meanwhile, reflected on Argentina's economic challenges when he took office.

He said his government's starting point was to defuse a catastrophe of biblical proportions amid predictions of failure from those who had sown the crisis.