The eccentric far-right populist Javier Milei has failed to win the first round of Argentina’s presidential election, with the centrist finance minister Sergio Massa unexpectedly beating his radical challenger.

Supporters of Milei, a potty-mouthed political outsider described as an Argentinian mashup of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson, had hoped he was heading for a sensational outright victory similar to Bolsonaro’s shock triumph in Brazil in 2018.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    They’re kinda center/left. For anyone right, They’re basically communist, and for anyone left they are neolibs who co-opted social issues to keep the economic status quo on place.