BUENOS AIRES — On Sunday, Argentines will vote in a pivotal presidential election that could deliver a win for the global far-right movement and a blow to the country’s political establishment. Or it could lead to a continuation of the Peronist movement that has long dominated politics in the third-largest economy in Latin America. As … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Batman and the Joker, a man decked out in a full-body lion costume, and another whose head and arms have been replaced by chainsaws. This isn’t Carnival or Comic-Con, but rather the outlandish campaign rally for Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei. In just a few short years, the right-wing populist Milei … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BUENOS AIRES — Argentines head to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election that could put a right-wing, Donald Trump-admiring populist in charge of one of Latin America’s largest and most volatile economies. With the peso plummeting and inflation at nearly 140 percent, voters in this … Read more
Javier Milei is the frontrunner in Argentina’s upcoming election. A polarizing far-right candidate who rails against the political establishment and promises to jumpstart the economy, Milei has drawn comparisons to former U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. Milei is a self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” and libertarian economist, who has pledged to adopt the dollar as … Read more
Javier Milei presidential candidate of the La Libertad Avanza (Freedom Advances) party, speaks at the campaign closing event on Oct.18, 2023. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Voters in Argentina will head to the ballot box on Sunday in what is widely regarded as the most open-ended presidential race since the country returned … Read more
Updated October 20, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. EDT|Published October 20, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Javier Milei, the frontrunner in Argentina’s presidential race, gestures during his campaign-closing rally Wednesday in Buenos Aires. (Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BUENOS AIRES — The blast of a shofar echoed across the arena. A … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A prosecutor launched a criminal case Friday against Argentina’s frontrunner in this month’s presidential elections, accusing Javier Milei of deliberately causing a drop in the Argentine currency when he encouraged citizens not to save in pesos. Milei denounced the move as political persecution, just days ahead of the Oct. 22 polling. … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment You’re studying an excerpt from the As we speak’s WorldView e-newsletter. Signal as much as get the remaining free, together with information from across the globe and attention-grabbing concepts and opinions to know, despatched to your inbox each weekday. The comparisons write themselves. A brash outsider bursts onto the nationwide scene, … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — He believes promoting human organs needs to be authorized, local weather change is a “socialist lie,” intercourse schooling is a ploy to destroy the household and that the Central Financial institution needs to be abolished. He additionally could possibly be Argentina’s subsequent president. Javier Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President … Read more