Far-right outsider Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off election
Far-right outsider Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off election
Ex-US President Donald Trump congratulates Javier Milei, saying he will "Make Argentina Great Again".
Mr Milei's rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede.
Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would "Make Argentina Great Again!".
The election comes at a difficult time for Argentina with rising inflation and an economy in crisis on peoples' minds.
Mr Milei's proposals, which included detonating the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change...
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Hey! That’s not fair!!
He wants to make selling human organs legal. That’s…a policy.
On social issues, he wants to loosen gun laws, abolish abortion - which was legalised in Argentina in 2020 - and allow the sale and purchase of human organs.
Wow the
blackwhite market for organs is going to be crazy.An anarchocapitalist against access to abortion? I hate this century so fucking much.
It'll go like shit, the way it always does when people vote right-wing.
But for a bit of fun, be sure to ask any right-wing reactionaries what conservative leader actually made their country a better place -- they all have an answer they want to give, but they know they can't say it out loud.
Do you think complete Dolarization of the economy and closing the central bank is not a policy? (Just to name the more relevant)
Do you think the other candidate, Sergio Massa (current minister of economy) had a real economic policy?
I'm asking for real here.
Considering Argentina does not have enough dollars to actually pull that off, he has no real implementable policy.
After years of tripping over their own feet Argentina opts to shoot itself in the dick because change.
Ok.
It's a great country and Buenos Aires is a wonderful city but hoo boy this is … not likely to go well.
Desperate people resort to desperate measures when normal approaches fail. The ruling class forcing our countries to their bidding, against the interests of common people, are the cause for this.
But it's not even a desperate measure. It's like, if you had terminal cancer, you wouldn't drink bleach because you're willing to try anything.
The good news is that if you like Buenos Aires you'll be able to buy it for yourself soon
Really not sure why this runoff went so poorly for Massa tbh
No shit, after leaving the country 4 years in the dump, I wonder why gee
Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would “Make Argentina Great Again!”.
I'd love to see where Trump thinks Argentina is on a map.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know when Argentina was "great"?
Between 1860 and 1930:
Between 1860 and 1930, exploitation of the rich land of the pampas strongly pushed economic growth.[3] During the first three decades of the 20th century, Argentina outgrew Canada and Australia in population, total income, and per capita income.[3] By 1913, Argentina was among the world's 10th wealthiest states per capita.[4]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Argentina
Humanity is so goddamn stupid
I'm astounded that people still aren't aware that "right wing populist" means "your life will get harder".
For Argentinians, always has been. Harder yet since 4 years ago
lets see what that guy do outside change name of coruption to lobby.
I just hope that in the long term the country can finally liberate the people who are currently economically dependent on the state. So they can find their own economic path, no matter who is ruling.
They always give you money in Argentina. For exchange of a future vote, of course. But nobody really cares about giving you a way out where you are in charge and capable of finding and getting your own work and opportunities.
And the inflation, as always, eats the lowest class first, the one that has less opportunities to find a new job. And less capable of saving money. Remember that. The very high inflation is indirectly murdering people.
Amen.
For people who are not from Argentina, you should at least make the effort to understand the current problems argentinian society is facing.
If you don't care to do that, why even share any opinion at all and just hate Milei.
There's a lot of good reasons to hate the other candidates too. Even more than Milei if you ask me. The thing is, this guy does not come from the elite ruling class.
Disclaimer: I am not Argentinian, but I have family and friends over there.
Good bye Malvinas
Just once I wish Argentina chose to not be a cautionary tale.
But since we're here, Americans should watch this space very carefully during the next year or so.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei has won Argentina's presidential run-off poll, according to provisional results.
Mr Milei's proposals, which included detonating the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change.
No matter, in a country where annual inflation is now over 140% and two in five people live in poverty, his win proves that Argentinians are fed up with traditional politics and economic disaster.
Posting on X, he said the US would "look forward to building on our strong bilateral relationship based on our shared commitment to human rights, democratic values, and transparency".
South American leaders have also been commenting on Mr Milei's victory, with Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva posting: "I wish good luck and success to the new government.
But Chile's President Gabriel Boric said he saluted Mr Milei "for his victory and Sergio Massa for his worthy recognition of defeat".
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Argentina's been so wrecked by the Peronists that this is the one place in the world where bringing in a "hard right" president may not be a bad thing. Milei probably doesn't have the right personality, or enough backing in the legislature, to have a successful presidency. But the alternative was worse.
Germany was so wrecked by World War 1 that some people might have thought bringing in a "hard right" chancellor might not be a bad thing.
What is it they say about those who don't learn from history?
1930s Germany isn't always the best analogy for every situation anywhere, anytime. For one thing, the Weimar government was actually doing a decent job of rebuilding its economy after the war; they were kneecapped by the onset of the Great Depression, which was not their fault. Without Hitler, Germany would have eventually turned the corner and headed for economic prosperity.
In Argentina's case, the problems are the direct result of the Peronists' decades-long dominance, and their uncanny ability to adopt every single bad idea on the economic left. Without getting rid of them, there's no future for the country.
Just once I wish Argentina chose to not be a cautionary tale.
But since we're here, Americans should watch this space very carefully during the next year or so.
Americans already had the chance to learn from Trump and Bolsonaro. Those who support Trump are not interested in reality.
And will the people who should learn from this do so? Fat fucking chance.
This dude is hearing voices, man
That was fake news; he had a bad signal in his earpiece during an interview. Milei has enough wacky qualities (like whatever the hell is going on with him and his dogs) without dipping into misinfo.
I assure you, at no point in human history, has anyone on the right ever acted for the good of the average citizen.
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