Paraguayan Senator's Racist Remarks Against Kylian Mbappe

The Paraguayan Senate passed a motion against Senator Celeste Amarilla after her racists remarks against France star Kylian Mbappé, while the Senator insulted the player again during the Senate session Wednesday. Amarilla had posted a series of racist comments on X after Mbappé converted the winning penalty in France’s victory over Paraguay on Saturday, mocking the French captain’s origins, upbringing, education and appearance. France advanced to the quarterfinals, where it will face Morocco on Thursday. Late Monday, Amarilla issued an open letter in French and Spanish to Mbappé on social media, in which she said her problem was with the player, not the country of France. She wrote that she regretted mistreating Mbappé with “the same insults” she’s received as a mixed-race person and that she had deleted her post. But in the senate session on Wednesday, she insulted again the French player with an expletive.