Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election
by Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi and Facundo Iglesia in Bue from on (#6FSBJ)
Potty-mouthed political outsider will head to November runoff with centrist finance minister Sergio Massa
The eccentric far-right populist Javier Milei has failed to win the first round of Argentina's presidential election, with the centrist finance minister Sergio Massa unexpectedly beating his radical challenger.
Supporters of Milei, a potty-mouthed political outsider described as an Argentinian mashup of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson, had hoped he was heading for a sensational outright victory similar to Bolsonaro's shock triumph in Brazil in 2018.
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