Libertarian outsider Javier Milei pulled off a massive upset Sunday with a resounding win in Argentina\u2019s presidential election, plunging the country into uncertainty in the midst of a crippling economic crisis. According to international media reports, the self-described \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d fired up Argentines fed-up with decades of economic stagnation under the long-dominant populist Peronist coalition. While polls had predicted a tight race, provisional results showed Milei had won with 55.7 per cent of the vote to 44pc scored by his rival, the Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who rapidly conceded defeat. Thousands of Milei supporters waved flags and chanted \u201cfreedom\u201d as they celebrated outside his campaign headquarters. Milei, a 53-year-old economist with wild hair and thick sideburns, has drawn comparisons with former US president Donald Trump and Brazil\u2019s Jair Bolsonaro for his abrasive style and controversial remarks. His main platform has been a plan to ditch the ailing peso for the US dollar and \u201cdynamite\u201d the Central Bank to do away with the \u201ccancer of inflation.\u201d Milei is against abortion, pro-gun, vowed to cut ties with Argentina\u2019s key trading partners China and Brazil, insulted Pope Francis, questioned the death toll under Argentina\u2019s brutal dictatorship, and says humans are not behind climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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