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.
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.
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.
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
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.
if he’s like every other right wing populist, the poor will have it even harder. All for the rich, baby! Oh, and his own pockets will be filled.
Fuentes: Miami me lo confirmó.
I hope I’m wrong and that he’s the first far right populist in history that cares about their citizens and not the money.
This guy looks like reports of decadent parties and wasting argentinas money on himself is right around the corner though.
wasting argentinas money on himself
you mean like Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?
In case you need context (because most people commenting doesn’t seem to know anything about Argentina): Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as Argentina’s president between 2007 and 2015. Then, she was vice president in 2019 with Alberto Fernández as president.
The other candidate Sergio Massa has been Minister of Economy since 3 August 2022.
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
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.
good i heard ton of german go in that country after ww2
lol what a short sighted comparison to make.
How do you think people who are otherwise intelligent fail to learn from history?
If you don’t have an answer, you’re not smart enough to learn from anything, let alone history.
The comparison is absurd. Argentina is plagued by a political ideology that has been there for around 100 years and it is the only reason why the economics always fail. The only way to break the cycle is a complete revision. I don’t really like Milei, but the alternative is the same dead horse from the last century. Comparing this to Germany electing Hitler is shortsighted because the only similar things are crisis + big savior leader. I am watching closely what Milei will do, but he has promised in his winning speech to abide by the rule of law.
I dare to say you are someone sitting in a first world country pretending to understand the situation here. I invite you to read what happened under his opponent only in the last year. People are getting poorer by the week.
Milei might not be the best out there, but he’s the best chance we have for fresh start.
Once again, you are demonstrating how people fail to learn from history. “It cannot happen here.” is RIDDLED throughout history from writings of those who chose to stand aside for dictators and other authoritarians. Do you think every single one of them didn’t have valid seeming reasons to dismiss the seemingly pessemistic view? “Yea it kiiinda’ looks the same, but it cannot happen because the specifics are all different!”
I heard this CONSTANTLY from Hillary and Bernie or Bust people. “It cannot happen.” Yea sure, buddy. Keep assuming most people are logical, see how that plays out. I desperately hope I do not get to say, “I told you so” yet again some day.
Because the vast majority of people aren’t intelligent. Most people barely subsist in western society, let alone take the time to study history and politics, let alone stay up to date on current events.
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I assure you, at no point in human history, has anyone on the right ever acted for the good of the average citizen.
