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Libertarian outsider Javier Milei and current Economy Minister Sergio Massa to clash in November second round election battleArgentines went to the polls Sunday night in the first round of the presidential election which saw iconoclastic libertarian frontrunner Javier Milei face off against center-right former Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich, and current left-wing Minister of Economy Sergio Massa. While most political observers expected Milei and Massa to face off in a second round, surging anti-establishment rage had led some to at least contemplate the possibility of a first-round Milei knock-out blow. That scenario failed to materialize, as establishment candidate Sergio Massa...

Argentines head to the polls this Sunday, Nov. 19 for the second round of the most divisive presidential election in decades. The choice couldn’t be more stark—between an establishment Minister of Economy who has presided over an inflation rate that stands at a staggering 140% and a firebrand libertarian that is making international markets jittery. The establishment candidate, Sergio Massa, is part of the Peronist government of President Alberto Fernández. Javier Milei, a relative political outsider and self-described anarcho-capitalist, is the upstart promising to abolish Argentina’s peso and central bank as part of a campaign to radically reduce the Argentine...

@BehizyTweets BREAKING: Argentinian Donald Trump Javier Milei has won the first batch of diaspora votes from Barcelona, Japan, Australia, etc by massive margins

Argentina is teetering on the brink of an unpredictable new political era this weekend with an erratic far-right populist known as “El Loco” (the Madman) the slight favourite to become president of South America’s second-largest economy in Sunday’s election. As polls opened on Sunday morning against a backdrop of soaring inflation and widespread poverty, analysts believed Javier Milei, a TV celebrity turned congressman, held a slender advantage over his rival, the finance minister, Sergio Massa, but said the result was too close to call. Massa, a centrist member of Alberto Fernández’s incumbent Peronist administration, unexpectedly won last month’s first round,...

Argentina coronavirus cases hit 3 million on Sunday since the pandemic began, as medical workers said hospitals were full to capacity despite toughened government measures to bring down the spread of infections. The country's health ministry said there were 11,394 new cases over the last 24-hour period, bringing up the grim new milestone, with 156 new deaths taking fatalities to 64,252. The government of President Alberto Fernandez this week unveiled a new round of tougher restrictions as a second wave of infections has battered the country, filling up intensive care units and setting new daily records for cases and deaths....

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, who received two doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine earlier this year, has tested positive for Covid-19, his doctor confirmed. Fernandez had earlier said that he was self-isolating after receiving a positive result from an antibody test. A polymerase chain reaction test, which is more definitive, had confirmed the result, according to a statement signed by Federico Saavedra, Fernandez’s long-time personal doctor and now a member of his medical staff. Fernandez is “stable, asymptomatic and with indicators within normal ranges, Saavedra said. The president had taken a test after running a fever and suffering a headache...

[Catholic Caucus] Concubinist and Abortionist Argentina President Receives Communion in Vatican (Video) A smiling Francis welcomed Argentina President Alberto Fernández to the Vatican on January 31.Their conversation lasted twice as long as that with Fernández’s predecessor, Maurizio Marci, in 2016.A Vatican statement listed among the topics of discussion an unspecific “protection of life from conception.” However, Fernández said later that he and Francis had “not discussed” the question of abortion. The Vatican has a history of misleading the public.On December 31, Fernández has announced his intention to send an abortion bill to Congress. He used as a pretext the myth...

The Saudi branch of terrorist group Al Qaeda Wednesday made a call to launch attacks on oil facilities based in countries outside the Middle East supplying oil to the United States, and suggested nations such as Canada, Mexico and Venezuela, AFP reported. "In the long term, the United States will no longer need the Middle East (for oil supplies) or is to curb dependence, and it will be supplied with oil from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela," the Saudi faction of Al Qaeda said. "We should strike petroleum interests in all areas which supply the United States, and not only in...

The unfortunate habit of mis-speaking seriously: State Dept.'s Alberto Fernandez has now apologized for saying on Al Jazeera that the United States has been arrogant and stupid in Iraq, saying he "seriously misspoke." However a source told me that this was not the first time he had made such statements. I looked around and came up with this one from an AJ transcript of September 5, 2006: snip...

The unfortunate habit of mis-speaking seriously: State Dept.'s Alberto Fernandez has now apologized for saying on Al Jazeera that the United States has been arrogant and stupid in Iraq, saying he "seriously misspoke." However a source told me that this was not the first time he had made such statements. I looked around and came up with this one from an AJ transcript of September 5, 2006: I think that there are factors providing negative American thoughts in the Middle East. First, we should admit that there's an American haughtiness and stupidity. We know that the U.S. made a lot...

October 23, 2006, 6:03 a.m. American “Stupidity” and “Arrogance” in IraqThe State Department’s Alberto Fernandez strikes again. By Andrew C. McCarthy Isn’t this just wonderful? The State Department’s top spokesman on the Middle East, Alberto Fernandez, has pronounced that American “arrogance” and “stupidity” is to blame for the downward spiral in Iraq. What was the problem? Should we have made sure the enemy was quelled before the democracy-building experiment began? You must be kidding. No, our arrogant stupidity lies in failing to have enough “dialogue” — including, apparently, with terrorists … despite official administration policy, to say nothing of...

Tonight State Department official Alberto Fernandez apologized for his outrageous statements to Al Jazeera television—but the damage is done: Envoy Sorry for Iraq ‘Stupidity’ Comment : Quote : (AP)— A senior U.S. diplomat apologized Sunday night for saying U.S. policy in Iraq displayed “arrogance” and “stupidity.” A day after his remarks in an interview were broadcast by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, Alberto Fernandez issued a written apology through the State Department press office. “Upon reading the transcript of my appearance on Al-Jazeera, I realized that I seriously misspoke by using the phrase ‘there has been arrogance and stupidity’ by...

Meet Alberto Fernandez: State Dept. apologist for jihad Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department, is al Jazeera's favorite pet tool. He has been praised as "sassy" and is a fixture on Arab TV. From a Newsweek profile published in August, which proclaimed him "the face of the United States in the Middle East:" On paper, at least, Fernandez's job is basically that of a high-powered booker, coordinating appearances of high-level State Department officials on Arab media. But in reality, he's the main act. According to his own...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq but was ready to talk with any group except Al-Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation. In an interview with Al-Jazeera television aired late yesterday, Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State, offered an unusually candid assessment of America’s war in Iraq. "We tried to do our best, but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States...

A senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al-Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation. In an interview with Al-Jazeera television aired late Saturday, Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department offered an unusually candid assessment of America's war in Iraq. "We tried to do our best but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States in Iraq," he said....

BAGHDAD, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat who said the United States has shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq said he "seriously misspoke" in an interview aired on Sunday after U.S. President George W. Bush said he was flexible on tactics, if not strategy. In an attack that highlights the problems Washington faces in recruiting and training Iraqi security forces, 13 police recruits were killed and 25 wounded in an ambush on a convoy of buses near the town of Baquba on Sunday. U.S. military deaths in Iraq in October have reached 83, making it the most deadly...