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With wild hair and brash sideburns - and sometimes a chainsaw - Argentine libertarian economist Javier Milei has become the stand-out image of the South American country s presidential election. -October 19, 2023 at 07:04 am EDT
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With wild hair and brash sideburns - and sometimes a chainsaw - Argentine libertarian economist Javier Milei has become the stand-out image of the South American country's presidential election and made himself the candidate to beat. An aggressive and colorful campaign, ranging from pledging to "burn down" the central bank to wielding a chainsaw at rallies to symbolize his plans to slash spending, has ignited droves of voters angry at inflation running at 138% and a painful cost of living crisis. "He has managed to recover something that was lost in Argentine politics, which is that he offers hope," said Juan Luis Gonzalez, an Argentine journalist who wrote a book on Milei titled "El Loco" or "The Crazy One".
The hard-right libertarian has brandished a chainsaw on the campaign trail, found fame on TV scrutinizing the economy and evangelizing about tantric sex, and appears poised to win