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.

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        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]

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          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!