Setback for Milei in Argentina

[MajorRewrite]

Voters in Argentina sent a message to “libertarian” President Milei.

Milei’s recently formed La Libertad Avanza party captured just 34% of the vote in Argentina’s biggest province, losing by a landslide to the left-leaning Peronist opposition, which secured 47% with the majority of ballots counted late Sunday.

Milei conceded that his right-wing party’s crushing 13-point loss to his populist rivals represented “a clear defeat.”

Similar problems to MAGA in the US … faltering economy and corruption:

With Milei struggling to stabilize a sputtering economy and his close associates embroiled by a graft scandal ahead of congressional midterm elections in late October, the results were being closely scrutinized for their potential to rattle investors and roil jittery global markets.

 

[wallstreetguy]

Argentina has been a dysfunctional craphole for decades. The unsuccessful leech class is super upset they are losing benefits and that the country is rewarding success. Of course useless voters in the capitol want the old days. People in NYC are going to vote in a guy who will stop prosecuting many if not most crimes. You will always find this. There are people in DC who want carjackings and people in Europe who want their daughters to be raped by foreigners in the name of diversity.
None of it makes sense and none of it is good.

 

[SkyBubble]

Milei is just about the best head of state on the planet right now. We need a Milei here. And no, he's not much like Donlad Trump (except in style.)