It is possible that the fractured opposition of Argentina disagree on many issues before the next primary elections on August 13, but has rallied around the need to end a system of multiple exchange rates that has spooked investors and crippled the economy. The two main opposition candidates, Patricia Bullrich and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, would […]
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Argentina: Investigate Javier Milei’s party for alleged sale of candidacies
The Argentine electoral Justice ordered this Tuesday to open an investigation against the libertarian political party La Libertad Avanza (LLA), led by the ultraliberal economist, deputy and pre-candidate for president javier mileidue to possible sales of candidacies for the general elections this year. The federal electoral prosecutor Ramiro González requested the testimony of ex-collaborators of […]
Argentina prepares its presidential candidates and starts the campaign for the primaries
The political formations Argentineans make official this Saturday their lists of pre-candidates for the Presidency of the country, as well as for deputies and senators, for the national primaries on August 13, in which a single list per coalition will be determined for the general elections on October 22. Today is the deadline for the […]
Eccentric Argentine economist rises in polls for the presidential elections
The presenter welcomes the “future president” of Argentina. The audience begins to scream and many climb onto the seats to capture with their mobile phones the man with the strange hairstyle who makes his way through a sea of admirers who want to touch him. It’s playing at full volume in the background. “Let’s go […]
Javier Milei will raffle his salary as a deputy: how much will the winner receive?
Updated on 07/01/2022 09:35 am The Argentine economist Javier Milei promised in the electoral campaign to raffle off his salary as a national deputy and the response from his followers has been overwhelming: just after the registration was opened, the website collapsed with the entry of more than a million people. So far, more than […]
Javier Milei, the ultra-liberal who offers to end the Argentine political caste
51-year-old economist, ultra-liberal and provocative, Javier Milei emerges as an electoral phenomenon in Buenos Aires where, with a speech against politicians, he disputes second place in Sunday’s parliamentary elections to the center-left ruling coalition Frente de Todos. “I did not come here to lead lambs, I came to awaken lions”, cry out mercy in a […]