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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

A Brash Libertarian Outsider Is Elected President of Argentina

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Amid an economic crisis and crippling inflation, voters in Argentina elected Congressman Javier Milei as their new President. He promises an agenda of smaller government and "freedom," but does he have the political skills to pull it off in the long-misruled country? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

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A Democratic revolt in Argentina of all countries as voters elect outsider and

0:45.4

self-described Libertarian economist Javier Malay as president.

0:49.8

The 53 year old congressman and former teacher defeated the candidate of the incumbent

0:55.3

socialist government Sergio Masa in a landslide 56% to 444. What does this mean for politics not only in that country but in the rest of the

1:05.7

Americas and for the future of free markets in the Western Hemisphere?

1:10.3

Welcome, I'm Paul Geego, editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal, today with Mary O'Grady,

1:14.7

author of the Journal's America's Column, and Kim Strassal, a P.W. regular and also a columnist for the journal.

1:23.0

First, let's dig into the actual results, Mary,

1:26.3

the magnitude of the victory.

1:27.6

Shocked a lot of people who thought Malay might be too radical

1:32.1

in his views and ambitions for Argentina,

1:35.0

especially after he'd finished second to Masa in the previous round of voting,

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