Potty-mouthed political outsider will head to November runoff with centrist finance minister Sergio Massa

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.

    • @SiegfriedEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      I would argue this is more like, vote for the fascist, not the fascist.

      • massive_bereavement
        8•1 year ago

        Citizens of Argentina! The cruelty of the old regime is a thing of the past!

        [crowd cheers]

        Let a whole new wave of cruelty wash over this lazy land!

        [crowd cheers, then is confused]

        • @aliteralEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          That is how it feels to listen to Milei. I hope he loses badly. We didn’t need more right wingers in Congress and now there are two of them!