{"id":2030617,"date":"2026-07-07T04:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2030617"},"modified":"2026-07-07T04:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:06:22","slug":"frances-kylian-mbappe-condemns-despicable-paraguayan-senator-over-racist-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2030617","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 condemns &#8216;despicable&#8217; Paraguayan senator over racist remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/76\/88\/1200x675_cmsv2_28f97746-7b93-5af5-825f-f39d2399d837-9827688.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2907391-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907391\" data-cid=\"9825760\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907391-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/57\/60\/189x106_cmsv2_34335d8a-08c6-5464-9ccf-b259a614c78e-9825760.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the inauguration of Egypt&apos;s new Strategic Command Headquarters in the New Administrative Capital.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Egypt<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    No lasting Middle East peace without a Palestinian state. al-Sisi says\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907662-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2907662\" data-cid=\"9827050\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907662-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/70\/50\/189x106_cmsv2_256b5d62-4dcd-5e95-91e6-4aa243850991-9827050.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"JJ\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Watch: Planning to visit Europe this summer? 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accomplished during this World Cup,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 wrote on X.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 took to social media to condemn racist remarks made by a Paraguayan senator following the country&#8217;s loss to France in the round of 16 at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 called Celeste Amarilla, a senator from Paraguay\u2019s Liberal Radical Party, a \u201cdespicable woman\u201d who was \u201cunworthy\u201d of serving in Paraguay&#8217;s Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough your recklessness and your brazen racism, the entire world has already forgotten the journey and the historic effort that your players accomplished during this World Cup,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You do not represent Paraguay, the country that has sweated passion and honour throughout the competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amarilla racially abused Mbappe and in another post called him a &#8220;colonised Cameroonian who has really pretended to be French, embittered, nouveau riche, arrogant and ugly&#8221;, and accused him of being &#8220;scared to death&#8221; during the game.<\/p>\n<p>The comments have provoked an angry reaction in France, with the country&#8217;s sports minister, Marina Ferrari, describing them as &#8220;abject, disgraceful and all the more unacceptable coming from a politician&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron also condemned the &#8220;racist attacks&#8221; directed at the France captain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The President of the Republic stands with Kylian Mbappe and the French team in the face of the racist attacks directed at the Bleus&#8217; captain,&#8221; the Elysee Palace said.<\/p>\n<p>The Paraguayan government released a statement Monday afternoon denouncing Amarilla\u2019s remarks as \u201ccontrary to the values and principles that inspire peaceful coexistence and respect for human dignity that our country promotes.\u201d It added that the senator\u2019s comments do not represent either the Paraguayan government or the Paraguayan people.<\/p>\n<p>Late Monday, Amarilla issued an open letter in French and Spanish to Mbapp\u00e9 on social media, in which she said her problem was with the player, not the country of France. She wrote that she regretted mistreating Mbapp\u00e9 with \u201cthe same insults\u201d she\u2019s received as a mixed-race person and that she had deleted her post.<\/p>\n<p>But she also demanded an apology from Mbapp\u00e9, accusing him of gender-based violence in his comments about her, and threatening legal action if he didn\u2019t retract them.<\/p>\n<p>Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, also chimed in, writing &#8220;all of football and society stand in solidarity with the France captain &#8212; we need to fight racism and defeat it all together,&#8221; in a statement on Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AP, AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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