Argentina presidential election: far-right libertarian Javier Milei wins after rival concedes

Victory for TV celebrity-turned politician catapults South America's second-largest economy into an unpredictable future

Javier Milei, a volatile far-right libertarian who has vowed to exterminate" inflation and take a chainsaw to the state, has been elected president of Argentina, catapulting South America's number two economy into an unpredictable and potentially turbulent future.

With nearly 90% of votes counted, the Mick Jagger impersonating TV celebrity-turned politician, who is often compared to Donald Trump, had secured nearly 56% of the vote compared to Massa's 44.1%.