“Today the reconstruction of Argentina begins, the end of decadence. It is a historic night.” The Argentines threw the coin of despair into the air and showed the winning face of Javier Milei. The histrionic far-right candidate beat Sergio Massa by 11.57 points. He obtained 55.78% of the votes. votes, against 44.21% of his rival. He had five million more votes than the first round. Once again the polls showed that they are infallible but to make predictions wrong. Massa recognized the setback before the official result was known. “It was a long, difficult campaign, with harsh overtones that must be abandoned. Two country proposals were put into play. Argentina has a solid democratic system and always respects the results. They are not what we expected. I have contacted Milei to say hello“.
Milei took two hours to appear publicly. “The idea of the omnipresent State is over. There is no turning back. We once again embrace the model that made us a world power,” she said on her triumphant night. The winner of these elections had promised draconian solutions in exchange for a remote prosperity and captured the favor at the polls and the fervor even of a decisive part of society. He was elected by the millionaires, eager to end populism, the furiously anti-Peronist middle class and millions of poor people. that they had stopped believing in anything because they have lost everything: work, education, security. Everyone overlooked his eccentricities: his status as a heavenly envoy, his specialty in tantric sex, his telepathic communication with dogs, whom he considers his “four-legged children,” and his brand new girlfriend who is an imitator of the vice president. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, future First Lady. In her first speech she ratified the decision to advance along the promised path. “The changes will be drastic. There is no place for warmth. “If we don’t move quickly we are headed straight for the worst crisis in our history.”
First warnings
He outsider Milei is the victorious son of a ruined country, without international reserves in the Central Bank and with un 150% annual inflation which especially affects 40% of the poor population. 60% of children and adolescents are in this condition. The always disadvantaged opted, under these circumstances, for an economist who considers social justice an aberration and the law of the strongest should prevail. When speaking to the country as an elected leader, Milei extended his hand to the opposition. “What unites us is more important than what separates us. We have monumental problems ahead of us. They only have a solution if we embrace the flag of freedom.” However, he warned his followers, who crowded around the La Libertad Avanza (LLA) bunker, that there will be “people who are going to resist” his policies. “I want to tell you, Everything is within the law, nothing is outside the law. There is no place for the violent. “We will be ruthless against those who try to defend privilege.” Supporters chanted: ““Cristina (Fernández de Kirchner) is going to go to prison.”
Reasons for a win
Milei, the capitalist anarcho who comes from the business world, seduced the unicorns of the economy and the self-employed, proposed the improbable, from delegating monetary sovereignty to the United States, privatizing health and education, promoting the sale of organs, reject gender politics and praise Margaret Thatcher. He has promised to repeal the law decriminalizing abortion. Incontinent, attacked Pope Francis. The Catholic Church did not publicly close ranks with the Pontiff. He questioned the magnitude of the repression of the last military dictatorship (1973-83) and made fun of climate change. Collective disillusionment had more weight than flat-earther threats, boasts and outbursts, to the point of gaining the sympathy of more than half of the young people. They were present at the triumphal celebrations, and hailed Milei when he said: “a way of doing politics has ended. We come to do the same thing as in the 19th century (when Argentina was the breadbasket of the world and labor rights did not exist). “In 35 years we will once again be a world power.”
Milei, you will take the reins of the country four decades after the institutional change that, hand in hand with Raul Alfonsin, launched the democratic transition after seven years of a military dictatorship that has begun to be claimed by the extreme right, particularly the vice presidential candidate, Victoria Villarruel. ANDThe future president will govern without provincial governors, with unions, feminist groups, sexual minorities and social movements against. Argentina is divided in two for reasons that already exceed the Kirchnerism-anti-Kirchnerism polarity.
The transition
“From tomorrow, the responsibility falls on Milei,” Massa said. President Alberto Fernández intervened from his account on the X network: “The people have expressed their will. I value nothing more than the popular verdict. Tomorrow to organize an orderly transition.” Then he contacted the winner of the elections. The capitalist anarcho asked the outgoing government “to take charge until December 10.” Milei, the analysts pointed out, wants Peronism to pay the cost of the previous debacle.
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Monday is a holiday in Argentina. The expectations of the markets are enormous, but also that of Argentines in general. The mechanisms to contain the price of the dollar, which has experienced brutal increases in recent months, and the renegotiation of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) They will mark the pulse of the 21 days of transition. Nor a currency run was ruled out to finish pulverizing the peso, the national currency, to pave the way for an eventual dollarization of the economy. As the weeks go by, the distance between his campaign proposals – including dollarization and the closure of the Central Bank – and reality will be corroborated. During the last weeks he ratified his intentions and renounced himself many times. His willingness to carry out an adjustment of proportions – a 15% reduction in public spending – is unequivocal and the possible factor of social unrest.
The far-right has already announced its decision to subordinate itself not only to the United States but to unequivocally align itself with Israel. He also said that he will convert to Judaism. His victory at the polls was not only due to the will for change but to “the forces that come from heaven.”