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Fiery right-wing populist Javier Milei wins Argentina's presidency and promises 'drastic' changes
MSN via Associated Press ^ | 11/19/2023 | DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER

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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To: mass55th

What time is it now?


21 posted on 11/19/2023 7:28:34 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging.It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: rlmorel

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.


22 posted on 11/19/2023 7:32:55 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging.It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: SeekAndFind

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...


23 posted on 11/19/2023 7:35:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

24 posted on 11/19/2023 7:35:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How long before Lula invades Argentina to “restore democracy”?


25 posted on 11/19/2023 7:35:57 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: I-ambush

I always thought that he looked like Joaquin Phoenix.


26 posted on 11/19/2023 7:37:25 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: SeekAndFind

History tells us he most likely will be another wannabe tyrant who is in it for himself. But who knows for sure?


27 posted on 11/19/2023 7:41:49 PM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: Eccl 10:2
Their Deep State is our Deep State. At this point they are all connected.

Nothing would surprise me.

28 posted on 11/19/2023 7:55:44 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SeekAndFind

Libs can’t believe that he won. With the way libs screwed that country over what did they think would happen?


29 posted on 11/19/2023 8:04:19 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: SeekAndFind

30 posted on 11/19/2023 8:05:11 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: SeekAndFind
99 percent of votes in on day of election. Why can't we have that here?

This guy is awesome.This is great foreshadowing for Mr. Trump.

31 posted on 11/19/2023 8:55:36 PM PST by caddie
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To: Spok
History tells us he most likely will be another wannabe tyrant who is in it for himself.

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.

32 posted on 11/19/2023 9:14:29 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Eccl 10:2
Their Deep State is our Deep State. At this point they are all connected.

Yes. It’s known as the “Globohomo Empire”. Or, just “globohomo” for short.

33 posted on 11/19/2023 9:19:11 PM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: I-ambush
"He looks like a cross between Ted Cruz and 1970s Johnny Cash."

I keep seeing Dudley Moore.

34 posted on 11/19/2023 9:26:35 PM PST by The Duke (Why do I think that the cynicism gene is going to be prevalent in future generations?)
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


35 posted on 11/19/2023 10:04:22 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: rlmorel

Ummmm... Venezuela is an entirely different country from Argentina...


36 posted on 11/19/2023 10:42:13 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Thank you verre much.


37 posted on 11/19/2023 10:51:02 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: rlmorel

Thanks for the Trafficant. Pick...(took me a while to get rid of traffic antenna)..anyway that with the ferret is a keeper.


38 posted on 11/19/2023 11:02:07 PM PST by SpokeshaveReturns (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and curmudgeons.)
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To: Spok

Wait , tyrants have historically restored private ownership of the countries money back to its people ? When?


39 posted on 11/20/2023 12:34:52 AM PST by Callnote (Stacking sats, don’t have time to explain, study it for your self !)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can we hope for a once every hundred years event? One hundred years ago Argentina was one of the five richest countries on earth.


40 posted on 11/20/2023 3:31:42 AM PST by Bookshelf
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