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Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections (www.theguardian.com)

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Result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but surprises many analysts after series of scandals

The party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which Donald Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country and made continued aid conditional on the victory of his Argentinian counterpart.

With more than 95% of ballots counted, La Libertad Avanza secured 40.84% of the nationwide vote, in an election widely seen as a de facto referendum on the self-styled anarcho-capitalist’s nearly two years in power. The Peronist opposition, Fuerza Patria, secured 31.67%.

While the result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority – which remains with the Peronists – it has surprised Argentinian analysts, given the recent blows to the libertarian’s popularity from corruption allegations involving his sister to the current economic crisis.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 34 points 3 days ago

I'll say this, he is smart and sells his opinions as true libertarianism, however now and then, he let's a peek behind the curtain of his true intentions:

He considers abortion to be a violation of property rights and equates it with theft.

In a 2025 speech at the World Economic Forum, Milei argued there was an "LGBT agenda", saying, "In its most extreme version, gender ideology simply and plainly constitutes child abuse. They're pedophiles".

He intends to eliminate the law that makes comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools mandatory,[71] which he has linked to brainwashing,[72] and said that students are "hostages of a system of state indoctrination".

In a country that has long prided itself on its openness to immigrants, Milei's abrupt measures and declaration that newcomers were bringing "chaos and abuse" to Argentina drew criticism from his political opponents and prompted comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump.link

While publicly expressing that he is not a defender of the last Argentine military dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, or the so-called "Dirty War", he has questioned the estimate of 30,000 said to have disappeared during that period of conflict in multiple occasions.

Milei proposes the "deregulation of the legal market" for weapons and "the protection of its legitimate and responsible use by the citizens".

Milei clearly plays the hard libertarian booklet while creating a path towards a fascist state.

(Mostly sourced from here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Javier_Milei)