2023-08-15 22:59:34
Javier Milei’s victory in the argentine primaries, on Sunday the 13th, was highlighted in the news. With 30% of the votes, the libertarian economist overtook candidates from traditional political forces in the country, such as Macrism and Kirchnerism.
See how it was: “Right-wing candidate wins primary elections in Argentina”
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In Milei’s view, both the political group of former president Cristina Kirchner and former president Mauricio Macri make up the caste, pejorative treatment that the candidate gives to the entire traditional political class. The electoral division of the country, therefore, would be illusory.
Such a speech “against the system” is one of the characteristics that made the press and part of public opinion compare Javier Milei to Jair Bolsonaro. The former Brazilian president set himself, in 2018, as an alternative to what would be a false opposition between PT and PSDB.
The victory in the primaries puts the candidate as a favorite for next October 22, the date of the first round of elections. In case there is a second round, the two candidates face each other on November 19. The primaries defined five candidates.
Meet the presidential candidates of Argentina
Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Juan Schiaretti and Javier Milei, four of the five candidates running for president.
Javier Miley (Freedom Advances)
The 52-year-old economist has experience mainly in the private sector, in companies in the finance sector. He also lectured as a university professor.
In public life, he was a parliamentary advisor and, in 2021, he was elected deputy. He says he is against the traditional political class, whom he treats as the caste. In his view, this caste would be formed by people who live off the State, at the expense of the population, instead of actually serving it.
A declared admirer of former presidents Donald Trump (United States) and Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil), Milei received public support from the Brazilian when he announced that he would run for the presidency of Argentina.
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Among its main proposals are the dollarization of the Argentine peso, as a way to combat inflation in the country, the privatization of state-owned companies and a considerable reduction in public spending.
Sergio Massa (Union for the Fatherland)
Graduated in Law, he began his political career in 1999. He was provincial deputy, mayor, Cristina Kirchner’s chief of staff and national deputy. Today, he is Minister of Economy in the government of Alberto Fernández.
In his campaign, the use of “state instruments for development with inclusion”, the focus on exports through the Argentine agro-industrial complex and the cost savings, as a result of the inauguration of the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline and the consequent decrease in imports of gas, stand out. input.
Patricia Bullrich (Together for Change)
A doctor in political science, in her youth she was a Peronist — the main left-wing current in the country. Over time, she came to identify herself as center-right. She has already exercised mandates as a deputy and was Minister of State, at different times and governments.
Despite defending cuts in public spending and tax and fiscal reforms in the country, Mauricio Macri’s political successor is not seen as radical, unlike Milei.
Juan Schiaretti (We do it for Our Country)
A public accountant, he is 74 years old and today he is Governor of the Province of Córdoba. In the Legislature, he has already served four terms as a deputy.
He is a Peronist, but his criticisms do not spare the Kirchnerist government. The candidate blames the current government for the rise in inflation, pledging to reverse it if he is elected.
Myriam Bregman (Left and Workers Front)
Graduated in Law, she has already exercised legislative mandates as a national deputy. She believes that the crisis Argentina is going through is paid for “by those who generated it”, referring openly to the banks, big businessmen and big landowners.
She defends the default on the debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the nationalization of banks and other companies related to foreign trade, with the aim of preventing capital flight from the country.
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