Posted on 11/19/2023 7:24:20 AM PST by BenLurkin
Argentines will vote on Sunday in a run-off election to choose the man who will lead the South American country for the next four years.
Opinion polls put the two candidates, left-wing economy minister Sergio Massa and far-right libertarian Javier Milei, neck and neck.
Mr Massa won the first round with 36.7%, ahead of Mr Milei with 30%.
But polls suggest Mr Milei, who has promised to "blow up" Argentina's political system, has made gains since.
Polling gets under way at 08:00 local time (11:00 GMT) and closes at 18:00.
With 40% of Argentines living in poverty, high prices and skyrocketing inflation are by far voters' top concerns.
It therefore came as a surprise to many when Mr Massa, who has been at the helm of the ministry of the economy as the country's annual inflation rate reached a whopping 143%, beat Mr Milei into second place during the first round on 22 October.
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This will be an election the world will be watching.
I don’t think the communists intend to lose another ‘election’, anywhere.
You can bet your bottom dollar that the Soros “ Open Society “ brigades, and the WEF, are going all out to bring Argentina to its knees with socialism.
Don’t you love how the BBC labels one candidate “ left-wing “, and the other “ FAR-RIGHT “?
If you want to understand present Argentina Government, imagine if government unions, leftist Democrats, and the mafia had a lock on power for 70 years.
Mr Milei has promised to replace the local currency, the peso, with the US dollar, and said he would “blow up” Argentina’s central bank.
So, California.
He likes to court controversy on social issues, too, saying he will abolish sex education in schools, loosen gun laws and allow the sale and purchase of human organs.
Prone to outbursts and swearing, he has even attacked Pope Francis, whom he accused of being a communist.
Exactly. The left will do whatever it takes to “win”. They give no ground, none
I’m still trying to figure out how they got “right” anything for a Libertarian.
When you consider Stalin a centrist, it starts to make sense.
“Exactly. The left will do whatever it takes to “win”. They give no ground, none”
DITTO 100%
American conservatives and the GOP in general will never see this fact...never.
Damn Peronistas never, ever learn their lesson.
California, if it could print its own money.
The bad guys always win most of the time now because they have no problem with cheat and fraud in order to win.
Milei- a ‘far right libertarian’. At least the MSM got that right.
I’m sure the CIA is down there interfering in that election.
Yeah, I think Milei will lose because of WEF meddling.
People are already stealing ballots.
“he has even attacked Pope Francis, whom he accused of being a communist.”
The pope IS a Communist.
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