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Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei describes himself as a liberal and rejects the term populist. In English, however, the economist by trade is anything but an American liberal, and ran an anti-elitist campaign. Frances Martel breaks down what it means to be “liberal,” “libertarian,” and “populist” in South America.

Former President Donald Trump congratulated Argentine President-elect Javier Milei in a video posted to his Truth Social website.

On Monday’s edition of Real America’s Voice’s “Grant Stinchfield Tonight,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief and New York Times bestselling Breaking Biden author Alex Marlow said that the media completely blew its predictions about Argentina’s election, just like they did with the 2016 U.S. presidential election since they

Socialist Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro called libertarian economist and Argentine President-elect Javier Milei a “neo-nazi.”

Socialist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is unlikely to attend the inauguration of President-elect Javier Milei of Argentina.

Chinese state media declared it “impossible” on Monday for Argentina to cut ties with Beijing following the election of Javier Milei.

The presidential victory of Argentine libertarian economist Javier Milei prompted a wave of outrage and dismay among Latin American leftists.

Argentina’s libertarian President-elect Javier Milei confirmed on Monday that he would make visits to both Israel and the United States before his inauguration on December 10, trips he described as “spiritual” and intended to meet with rabbis whom he had consulted during the election.

Thousands flooded the streets of Buenos Aires chanting “Freedom!” and waving Gadsden flags as Javeir Milei won the presidency of Argentina Sunday night.

Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei delivered a rousing victory speech on Sunday night, interrupted by chants of “liberty!” and campaign songs calling for the ouster of all politicians, promising to “embrace the ideas of liberty” and restore Argentina to world-power status within 35 years.

Economist Javier Milei, a cable news fixture who was elected to the Argentine Congress riding a wave of anti-socialist sentiment in 2021, was elected the nation’s president on Sunday.

Polls taken as the presidential campaigns of libertarian economist Javier Milei and socialist Economic Minister Sergio Massa conclude in Argentina this week found the candidates practically tied, offering no clear indication of who would emerge as the nation’s next chief executive.

Argentina’s presidential candidates – libertarian economist Javier Milei and socialist current Economy Minister Sergio Massa – faced off on Sunday night in the third and final debate ahead of November 19’s runoff election.

Leftist fans of Taylor Swift in Argentina launched a campaign urging fellow Swifties not to vote for libertarian economist Javier Milei.

The arrests in Brazil of two people reportedly tied to Hezbollah has put the spotlight on the growing influence of Iran in Latin America.

Joseph Humire, executive director of the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), asserted that Bolivia is Iran’s “most successful project” in Latin America in an interview published by the Argentine news outlet Infobae on Friday.

Defeated Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, who led the main conservative coalition in the country prior to this weekend, endorsed libertarian opponent Javier Milei on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming runoff.

No candidate in Sunday’s presidential election in Argentina passed the 45-percent threshold to become president, triggering a runoff election between the top two candidates, socialist current Economy Minister Sergio Massa and populist libertarian economist Javier Milei.

Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said Brazil is worried about a possible victory by conservative Javier Milei in Argentina’s Sunday presidential election.

The five candidates in Sunday’s presidential election in Argentina ended their campaigns on Thursday, observing a mandated period of silence beginning on Friday as polls show a tight race at the top.

Argentina’s inflation reached 138.3% in the past year as of September, creating a precarious situation before the presidential election.

Argentina is gearing up to hold its upcoming October 22 general election, in which five candidates will compete to lead the economically ailing nation for the next four years.

The profound shockwave emanated by a sudden and violent attack by Hamas terrorists against Israel over the weekend is reverberating across the world, leaving a tragic tapestry of loss, abduction, and injury that has affected numerous nations from six continents, each mourning and frantically searching for its citizens targeted in the “savage” onslaught.

Latin American leftists, including the leaders of the region’s three authoritarian regimes, openly expressed support or justification for the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas’s killing spree in Israel this weekend.

Argentine presidential frontrunner Javier Milei told Tucker Carlson that his stance on abortion comes from from his belief in the “right to life.”

Argentine economist, lawmaker, and current presidential frontrunner Javier Milei in a conversation with Tucker Carlson published online on Thursday advised Americans to “wage the cultural battle day by day” against statists and suggested that former President Donald Trump “redouble his efforts” against socialism.

Argentine priests celebrated a “Mass of Atonement” to defend Pope Francis against criticism from presidential frontrunner Javier Milei.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro compared Argentina’s presidential front-runner Javier Milei to Hitler in response to Milei’s condemning socialism.

Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa is in Brazil on Monday to discuss the details of an agreement with radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that would allow Argentina to pay for Brazilian imports using the Chinese yuan instead of the U.S. dollar, the Argentina state-run Télam news agency reported.

Officials charged a Chicago private school teacher with attempted production of child pornography once he was caught with a teenage boy in Florida on June 29.

The BRICS economic and security coalition announced on Thursday that it would accept six new countries as members – notably including both Iran and Saudi Arabia, bitter rivals who set aside their differences in March as a result of talks brokered by China.

The leader of the Argentine Independent Movement for the Retired and Unemployed (MIJD), a leftist protest organization, took responsibility on Tuesday evening for an ongoing wave of looting of supermarkets and stores that began over the weekend.

The frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election in Argentina, Javier Milei, told Bloomberg News in an interview published Thursday that he would “not promote relations with communists,” including one of Argentina’s largest trade partners, China.

Argentine presidential front-runner Javier Milei affirmed his commitment to a reduction in the size of the government on Tuesday evening.

Argentine libertarian economist Javier Milei won first place in Sunday’s nationwide presidential primary with 30 percent of the votes.

Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo disclosed on Tuesday details pertaining to the cooperation agreement his country signed with Iran last week amid national security concerns from Argentina regarding growing Iranian influence in the region.