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Far-right presidential candidate Javier Milei speaks while celebrating

Milei’s and Wilders’ Wins Suggest We Haven’t Reached Peak Right-Wing Populism

Instead of supporting candidates who promise truly transformational change, voters are backing fast-food populists who advertise options that are even unhealthier than what’s currently on offer.

John Feffer
Dec 03, 2023

Panic does not produce prudent politics. Panic produces provocative populists. And it reduces pundits to Seussian spluttering.

How can voters choose such… panic-peddling panderers?!

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Javier Milei casts his ballot in the 2023 Argentinian presidential runoff.

Far-Right Climate Denier Javier Milei Wins Argentina Presidential Runoff

"No one so extremist on economic issues has been elected president of a South American country," said U.S. economist Mark Weisbrot.

Brett Wilkins
Nov 19, 2023

Javier Milei—a far-right admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump who says that climate change is a "socialist lie" and who pledged to take a "chainsaw" to social programs—will be Argentina's next president after winning a decisive victory in Sunday's runoff.

Sergio Massa, Argentina's Peronist economy minister, conceded defeat Sunday evening to the 53-year-old Milei, a radical libertarian economist often called the "Trump of Argentina" who will take office amid a looming recession, triple-digit inflation, and a nearly 40% poverty rate in Latin America's third-largest economy.

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Far-right presidential candidate Javier Milei speaks while celebrating

Trump Admirer Who Believes Climate Crisis Is a 'Socialist Lie' Wins Argentina Primary

Javier Milei has proposed taking a "chainsaw" to public spending and eliminating Argentina's health, education, and environment ministries.

Jake Johnson
Aug 14, 2023

Javier Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump who believes climate change is a " socialist lie " and wants to impose extreme austerity on Argentina's economy, won the Latin American nation's presidential primary on Sunday with just over 30% of the vote.

The surprise result makes Milei—a self-described "anarcho-capitalist"—the slight frontrunner for the October general election, a high-stakes contest for a nation beset by economic turmoil and political crises . The country's inflation rate is currently above 115% and nearly 40% of the population lives in poverty.

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