2023-08-15 17:32:46
The far-right libertarian economist Javier Milei is one of the favorite candidates in the presidential elections of Argentina that will be held in November.
Milei will face off in the electoral bid with former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich (center-right) and Economy Minister Sergio Massa (Peronism). Of that tripartite catalog of applicants, he is the closest to the right-wing approaches.
With her disheveled hair and an aggressive speech against what she calls “the political caste”, Milei became the phenomenon that shook the status quo in the primary elections with controversial proposals to reform the Argentine system.
“The caste is afraid.” “Long live freedom, damn it!” This 52-year-old economist, a libertarian and far-right deputy, cried out at his rallies.
Economy: dollarized and without Central Bank
The far-right liberal proposes the dollarization of the economy. Milei, who is the candidate with the greatest support at the polls, with 30% of the votes, had indicated during the campaign that “it is feasible to apply dollarization, despite the fact that in the economy there are plenty of pesos and a lack of dollars.”
The candidate proposes eliminating the Central Bank due to the role it has played in containing inflation, which in that country stands at 115%.
Society: Bearing Arms and Selling Organs
Javier Milei has proposed that the free carrying of arms be allowed. During an interview that he gave as a deputy, he assured that “when you prohibit the use of weapons, criminals, even if they are prohibited, use them the same. Expected benefits increase and there is more crime.”
He has even defended the sale of human organs as a “market” solution. During a June 2022 interview he said that: “My first property is my body. Why can’t I dispose of my body?” and he raised the need to “look for market mechanisms to solve this problem” of the shortage of organ donors.
The other controversies of Javier Milei
Complaints from former collaborators of the candidate said that he asked for money in exchange for candidacies, but these accusations did not affect his rising popularity, in addition, he raffled off his salary as a congressman as a manifesto of protest against the political class.
In the 2021 legislative elections, his first election, his Libertad Avanza party was the third party with the most votes in the city of Buenos Aires, with 17%.
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