news The far-right wins Argentina primary elections

[Kevin Parker]

 

Far-right liberal Javier Milei (52) won Argentina primary elections with 30% of votes in his favor. Following the news, the candidate posted a video explaining his plans for his potential Presidency:

 

Reduce the State; eliminate 11 of 19 Ministries, including the Ministry of Health, Education, Environment, Science, Tourism and Women/LGBT Rights.

 

Privatice all State-funded institutions, including schools, hospitals, Public TV, INCAA (National Institute of Visual Arts), INADE (National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism), among others

 

Dollarization of the economy and elimination of the Central Bank.

 

Eliminate all subsidies of services, including public transport.

 

Strengthen Armed Forces and legalize gun possession.

 

On second place lands Patricia Bullrich (right-wing) who served as Minister of Security during Mauricio Macri's Presidency.

 

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[Aramis]

Left wing Argentinians are welcome to Spain if you're in trouble  

Edited August 14, 2023 by Aramis

[Kevin Parker]

6 minutes ago, Aramis said:

Left wing Argentinians are welcome to Spain if you're in trouble  

Thank you 

[elevate]

Demon.

[lillavend3r]

I'm seriously so embarrassed, praying he tanks on the debate and the MORONS that voted for this rich men's puppet change their minds before it's too late 

Edited August 14, 2023 by lillavend3r

[ZIVERT]

What is going AWN down there 

[P.O.P]

If that means less tax for argentinan people... I mean less money for politicians to eat

[Mezik]

It’s almost as if these people want Argentina to stump further into destruction.

[Selegend]

Predictable. They want an economy miracle so they will go for anything if it's different than what theu currently have. They will come back to the left next elections... But i think no one really knows how to fix it. Left, Right, Center. 

[ninasayers]

It's ******* scary. Even if he doesn't win, Bullrich is the most likely candidate to become president and, even though she's not as insane as he is, she's still a right-wing moron. I don't know what's gonna happen but it's terrifying.

[Lil Mxnster]

Argentina, sweetie... Why did you vote this wannabe fascist clown whose only aspirations are become richer and f*** minorities?  

 

Good luck and deal with it, anyway 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Lil Mxnster

[Digitalism]

1 hour ago, ZIVERT said:

What is going AWN down there 

50% percent poberty. Human rights are not a priority to voters when people are literally starving. 

[State of Grace.]

He looks straight out of a horror/pyscho movie

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

Oh that’s not  who on their right mind would vote for all of that 

[Chemist]

This is nothing but a rebuke of the current terrible economic situation in Argentina. The voters (wrongly) assume that it's due to leftwing policies

[AMIT]

This should be in the Civics section @Bloo @Ryan

 

Anyways this is awful, but it isn't surprising and nothing new. Capitalism will turn to fascism if it feels its power threatened to avoid a socialist revolution, it even happened in the most powerful country on earth just a few years ago. It's sad, but it is the reality we live in today. 

[Kitty Kat]

 

[Johnny Cash]

When he inevitably makes things worse, will their people continue blaming minorities for everything despite voting for a government against them?

[Sergi91]

I thought CFK would run again for her third term 

[AmandaHP]

Argentina is over.. Good luck 

[Sanjja]

He looks evil  

[Scars]

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Dollarization of the economy and elimination of the Central Bank.

 

 

"American Dollar, a foreign currency, has a huge impact and influence in our local economy. Our wealthy and upper to middle class citizens resort to use dollar in their everyday lives, which is partly responsible for the evergoing cycle of desvalorization of our national currency and impacting negatively our economy even more. What should we do to restore our country and take full ownership of our own economy?"

"...WELL, GET RID OF THE ARGENTINE PESO, OF COURSE, AND GO ALL OUT WITH THE DOLLARIZATION OF OUR ECONOMY! WE LOVE 'MURICA! I'M SO SMART!"

 

 

 

His entire campaign is focused on red scare nonsense, such as "gender and sexual minorities are all evil commies!!! Argentina is poor and starving, we don't have money to spend on progressive bullshit!!" and "Evil China wants to enslave us! We're cutting all this with them!", but then proceeds to push for the most ineffective, played out, little-*****-of-the-imperalist-master, economy-wrecking policy possible. 

 

**** is genuinely sad to see.

Edited August 16, 2023 by Scars

[Genius1111]

And Argentina's Central Bank has raised its interest rate to 118%. 

 

 

 

Argentina’s Milei Vows to Pay Country’s Debt While Shuttering the Central Bank (yahoo.com)

 

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“Central banks are divided in four categories: the bad ones, like the Federal Reserve; the very bad ones, like the ones in Latin America; the horribly bad ones; and the Central Bank of Argentina,” he said.

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[Katamari]

r/argentina seems real excited about this  

[YellowRibbon]

6 minutes ago, Katamari said:

r/argentina seems real excited about this  

Yeah bc Reddit is usually full of fascists