Far-right populist posts shock win in Argentina’s primary election
Far-right populist posts shock win in Argentina’s primary election
Javier Milei’s win is a stinging rebuke of the political establishment in a nation battered by economic woes.
Javier Milei’s win is a stinging rebuke of the political establishment in a nation battered by economic woes.
The 52-year-old politician is an admirer of former US President Donald Trump and has said that Argentina’s Central Bank should be abolished. He has also said climate change is a lie, characterised sex education as a ploy to destroy the family and said he would make it easier to own handguns.
Doesn't seem like me and him share values. Anyone know more about this guy? And has he got a chance to win it?
“A different Argentina is impossible with the same old things that have always failed.”
This is probably true, given how fucked Argentina is by its political situation. Yet somehow I don't think this climate-denying conman-worshiping twat is the solution.