Surprisingly, the anti-establishment underdog candidate, Javier Milei (above), won the presidential run-off with a landslide victory against Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa. The charismatic leader Juan Domingo Perón shunned the Argentine founding fathers who favoured classical liberalism and the free society. [15]A former army general, Perón rose to power initially through a military coup in 1943 and was later democratically voted president in 1946. His wife Evita Perón also filled the role of the people’s personal protector, and it was her death that shook the regime. [1] Lorenzo Montanari, ‘Javier Milei And The New Libertarian Revolution in Argentina’, Forbes, 20 November 2023.

Source: Forbes December 02, 2023 03:40 UTC