Javier Milei: who is Argentina's new president? – video profile
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Argentina's next president has been compared to his fellow rightwing populists Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Milei secured 55.69% of the vote against 44.3% for his rival, the centre-left finance minister Sergio Massa. Milei has vowed to 'exterminate' inflation and take a chainsaw to the state. Before a career in politics, Milei was a media personality known for controversial outbursts. In one instance on live TV, he destroyed a pinata representing the country's central bank - an institution he vowed to abolish on the campaign trail
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