Ex-US President Donald Trump congratulates Javier Milei, saying he will "Make Argentina Great Again".

Mr Milei’s rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede.

Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would “Make Argentina Great Again!”.

The election comes at a difficult time for Argentina with rising inflation and an economy in crisis on peoples’ minds.

Mr Milei’s proposals, which included detonating the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change…

  • vxx@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    254·
    1 year ago

    if he’s like every other right wing populist, the poor will have it even harder. All for the rich, baby! Oh, and his own pockets will be filled.

      • vxx@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        112·
        1 year ago

        I hope I’m wrong and that he’s the first far right populist in history that cares about their citizens and not the money.

        This guy looks like reports of decadent parties and wasting argentinas money on himself is right around the corner though.

        • racsol@lemmy.mlEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          wasting argentinas money on himself

          you mean like Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?

          In case you need context (because most people commenting doesn’t seem to know anything about Argentina): Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as Argentina’s president between 2007 and 2015. Then, she was vice president in 2019 with Alberto Fernández as president.

          The other candidate Sergio Massa has been Minister of Economy since 3 August 2022.