Javier Gerado Milei , Argentina’s president-elect, is the new face of punk-rock politics.
The unmarried, former soccer player, economics professor, singer, and TV celebrity won 55.7% of the vote, knocking leftwing progressives off the leaderboard, and out of office. Reuters recalled the “miracle win” (Milei’s words) saying “hundreds of supporters gathered in downtown Buenos Aires” cheering, “out with them all.”
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Milei, 53, is popular with younger voters, who, as Reuters implied, see his election as a much-needed “yes” to Argentina, and “no” to the country’s inept left-leaning and domineering political elite.France24, and News.com, citing Inter-American Dialogue’s Michael Shifter, put Milei’s win down to the “protest vote.”“While there are those who are fervent supporters, some were merely expressing disgust with the long-dominant Peronist coalition,” they said.These are voters fed up with the false promises of establishment socialists, and spineless Conservatives.Especially their “inability to halt Argentina’s cycle of deficit, borrowing, money-printing, and […]
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