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Carlos Herrera criticizes Pedro Sánchez for boycotting the Vuelta a España in Madrid: "The president is practicing street agitation."

ABC

Spain

Monday, September 15


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Carlos Herrera, duro con Pedro Sánchez por el boicot a La Vuelta a España en Madrid: El presidente practica la agitación callejera
Carlos Herrera, tough on Pedro Sánchez for the boycott of the Vuelta a España in Madrid: The president is practicing street agitation ABC

The 2025 Vuelta a España didn't have the expected ending this Sunday for cyclists, the organizers, and fans. It did for the pro-Palestinian protesters, who achieved their goal of boycotting the final stage of the competition in protest against the participation of the Israel Premier Tech team.

The race was canceled 56 kilometers from the finish line. Meanwhile, protesters stormed the road in the heart of Madrid. Barriers were thrown and police charged. What couldn't be held was the awards ceremony, which some teams improvised in their hotel parking lots.

All the events were also spiced up by politics: Sánchez said at a rally that he felt admiration for the protesters who had already tried to stop the race in previous days, while on the other political side, Ayuso, Feijóo and Almeida blamed the Prime Minister for what had happened.

Carlos Herrera is tough on Sánchez after the boycott of La Vuelta.

This Monday, newspapers, television programs, and radio programs continued to devote time to what happened. Among them was Carlos Herrera, who analyzed the boycott of La Vuelta 2025 on his program 'Herrera en COPE'.

Herrera has put the spotlight on Pedro Sánchez, of whom he said that he has brought into public discussion something that he believes could benefit him to escape the cases of alleged corruption being investigated and which also affect his family: With that he also damages the prestige, the organizational capacity of sporting events and other things, but that does not matter to him.

In fact, the journalist accuses the government of turning the Palestinian cause into an internal affair and of carrying out a deliberate strategy to foster protests and chaos. The officers were overwhelmed by the number of protesters, and Herrera believes it wasn't due to the incompetence of law enforcement, but rather that few officers were assigned to security at the event with confusing orders, causing a ruckus.

Aside from yesterday's messages after the boycott by members of the government was successful, Carlos Herrera has directly attacked Sánchez:"He knew there was going to be trouble on the streets of Madrid yesterday, and instead of putting in place the appropriate measures, he preferred to be playful with his statements, in which he slyly hinted at what could happen." He also points out that today it can be said that Spain has a president who practices street agitation for political ends. He's capable of anything, the journalist concludes.

Herrera compares Sánchez with Torra

In his morning editorial, Herrera believes Sánchez has encouraged delusion and violence. Recalling his student days, the journalist identified the dark triad, which refers to the combination of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiabelianism—that is, excessive self-esteem, a capacity for manipulation and deception, a lack of empathy or remorse, and, above all, an astonishing capacity for evil. He identifies all of these traits with Pedro Sánchez, whom he compares to the former president of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, when he supported the CDR (Republican Democratic Revolution) party.

For Herrera, what happened was not solidarity with the Palestinian people but a violent riot. He also laments Spain's poor international image, but goes further, insisting that what's at stake is democratic coexistence. The presenter alleges that there was a lack of respect for the participants and members of the competition, all encouraged by Sánchez, with the charm of the main organizers of the protest.

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