Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment Sunday by emerging as the biggest vote-getter in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election in a nation battered by economic woes.
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00:00 Far-right populist Javier Ymele shocked Argentina's political establishment on Sunday by receiving
00:06 the most votes in a primary ballot to choose presidential candidates for October's general
00:11 election.
00:12 The 52-year-old libertarian economist is an admirer of former US President Donald Trump
00:17 and has called for the Argentinian peso to be replaced by the US dollar.
00:21 Former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich was the top choice of voters from the main
00:25 opposition Together for Change coalition.
00:27 She received 27% of votes, defeating the more centrist contender Horacio Loretta.
00:34 Argentina's Minister of the Economy Sergio Massa was chosen as candidate for the ruling
00:38 centre-left Peronist bloc with 25% of the vote.
00:44 During these primaries Argentinians pre-select the parties and candidates for the forthcoming
00:48 election.
00:50 Despite compulsory voting, the 69% turnout was far lower than four years ago, reflecting
00:56 political disenchantment in a country gripped by sky-high inflation.
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