A right-wing former “tantric sex coach” who has been compared to Donald Trump has been elected president of Argentina. Javier Milei—a right-wing economist known as “el Loco,” or the Madman—won 56 percent of votes to his rival’s 44 percent when the election results were called. His victory has thrust Argentina into the unknown regarding just how extreme his policies will be, following a campaign that saw him revving a chainsaw to symbolically cut the state down to size.
In a speech following his win, he vowed that the “reconstruction of Argentina begins today” while adding he would “drain the swamp.” Milei, who often dresses up as his superhero alter-ego “General AnCap”—which is short for anarcho-capitalist—made his name furiously denouncing the “political caste.” His pledge for abrupt, severe change resonated with Argentines weary of annual inflation soaring above 140% and a poverty rate that reached 40%.
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