Posted on 11/19/2023 6:54:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina's presidential election Sunday, swinging the country to the right following a fiercely polarized campaign in which he promised a dramatic shake-up to the state to deal with soaring inflation and rising poverty.
With 99.4% of votes tallied in the presidential runoff, Milei had 55.7% and Economy Minister Sergio Massa 44.3%, according to Argentina's electoral authority. It is the widest victory margin in a presidential race since the South American country's return to democracy in 1983.
In the streets of Buenos Aires, drivers honked their horns and many took to the streets to celebrate in several neighborhoods. Outside Milei’s party headquarters, a hotel in downtown Buenos Aires, a full-on party kicked off with supporters singing, buying beers from vendors and setting off colored smoke bombs. They waved Argentine flags and the yellow Gadsden flag, emblazoned with the words “Don't Tread On Me,” which Milei's movement has adopted.
Inside, the self-described anarcho-capitalist who has been compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump, delivered his victory speech, saying the “reconstruction of Argentina begins today.”
“Argentina’s situation is critical. The changes our country needs are drastic. There is no room for gradualism, no room for lukewarm measures,” Milei told supporters, who chanted “Liberty, liberty!” and “Let them all leave” in a reference to the country's political class.
Massa of the ruling Peronist party had already conceded defeat, saying Argentines “chose another path.”
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What time is it now?
Kid: One more bowl of hyena burger chili and I’m gonna get nauseous.
Mom: Stop whining. You could have been born in San Francisco and live in a flimsy pup tent on the sidewalk and beg for garbage scraps from tourists. And picked up to go to a detention center if some Chinese guy wants a dream vacation.
Fiery Right Wing Populist...
LOL
Winning the popular vote makes you a populist. Joe Biden
supposed did that.
So that makes him a far Left wing Communist Populist...
How long before Lula invades Argentina to “restore democracy”?
I always thought that he looked like Joaquin Phoenix.
History tells us he most likely will be another wannabe tyrant who is in it for himself. But who knows for sure?
Nothing would surprise me.
Libs can’t believe that he won. With the way libs screwed that country over what did they think would happen?
This guy is awesome.This is great foreshadowing for Mr. Trump.
Tyrants want to build government size and consolidate power, especially police, under them.
Miliel has said he will eliminate a dozen or more government departments and cut the Federal Gov't budget in half. Not someone looking to increase the power of Gov't
We'll know very soon if he is true to his word - or if Argentina's own "deep state" will let him.
Yes. It’s known as the “Globohomo Empire”. Or, just “globohomo” for short.
I keep seeing Dudley Moore.
Well, I hope for the best, but all the folks I know from there are pretty firery, which is a nice way of saying emotionally irrational..
He’ll have to do some immediate good for the common people, because they can’t wait for his longer term plans to work. Logical patience isn’t a famous Argentinian trait.
Ummmm... Venezuela is an entirely different country from Argentina...
Thanks for the Trafficant. Pick...(took me a while to get rid of traffic antenna)..anyway that with the ferret is a keeper.
Wait , tyrants have historically restored private ownership of the countries money back to its people ? When?
Can we hope for a once every hundred years event? One hundred years ago Argentina was one of the five richest countries on earth.
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