Far-right outsider Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off election

vxx@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world – 248 points – Far-right outsider Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off election
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Mr Milei's rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede.

Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would "Make Argentina Great Again!".

The election comes at a difficult time for Argentina with rising inflation and an economy in crisis on peoples' minds.

Mr Milei's proposals, which included detonating the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change...

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Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would “Make Argentina Great Again!”.

I'd love to see where Trump thinks Argentina is on a map.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know when Argentina was "great"?

Between 1860 and 1930:

Between 1860 and 1930, exploitation of the rich land of the pampas strongly pushed economic growth.[3] During the first three decades of the 20th century, Argentina outgrew Canada and Australia in population, total income, and per capita income.[3] By 1913, Argentina was among the world's 10th wealthiest states per capita.[4]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Argentina

And then of course beginning in 1945 the ratlines assured the freedom of many nazi war criminals in Argentina. There are plenty of reasons for Trump to like Argentina during the first half of the 20th century.

Juan Peron loves him some Nazi war criminals.