The triumph of Javier Milei It aroused various types of reactions. Among them, two giants of the technological world referred to the result of the runoff. The Argentinian Marcos Galperin and the American Elon MusThey celebrated Milei becoming the next Argentine president.
Galperín, leader of Free market, usually expresses himself about national politics and in fact has generated support and rejection with his statements over time. After having shown himself close to Patricia Bullrich’s candidacy during the general elections, in the second round the businessman showed his support for Milei. “Libres,” published the founder of Mercado Libre, in a message accompanied by a generic photo in which some pigeons and a broken chain can be seen.
Earlier, I had posted. “Today we vote“, although he had not added anything else or many more details. Just a few weeks ago, the businessman had generated controversy with the statements he had made to a Chilean newspaper. “I would not live in Argentina again, regardless of who wins“he assured.
The 51-year-old businessman moved to Uruguay in 2002, and returned to settle in the country during the mandate of Mauricio Macri. At the end, in 2019, he returned to Montevideo. “Unfortunately, one makes decisions that affect the family and children, and then they are not easy to undo, so, one couldn’t keep changing from one day to the next“he explained.
But the reactions of the tech world did not stop there. Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world and new owner oftimes of prosperity for Argentina“, following the triumph of the libertarian.
It is not the first time that Musk has spoken out about Milei. After LLA’s victory in the PASO, North American journalist Tucker Carlson came to Argentina to do a report on the economic context, inflation and Milei’s candidacy. “The next president of Argentina could be Milei. Who is he? We traveled to Buenos Aires to talk to him and find out,” was the video he published on social networks.
The report went viral and in less than two days it garnered nearly 336 million views and nearly 10,000 comments. It was at that moment that Elon Musk joined the trend and reposted the video with a caption that said “Interesting“, referring to Milei’s proposals.
