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Afternoon Update: richest 10% causing 50% of emissions; Optus CEO resigns; and Argentina’s Trump elected president

Guardian joint report reveals 12 billionaires are out-polluting 2.1m homes

The Guardian - AU

Who is Javier Milei? Argentina’s new far-right president ‘El Loco’ takes the stage

Likened to Wolverine and Trump and nicknamed ‘the madman’, the former TV pundit is known for his prolific swearing and pledge to take a chainsaw to the machinery of state

The Guardian - AU

Morning Digest | India’s dream run ends in despair as Australia wins sixth World Cup title, former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on November 19, 2023

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Javier Milei, a radical libertarian populist, elected president of Argentina

A former TV pundit and ultra-conservative economist has won Argentina's presidential election. Now he faces the challenge of turning around a crippled economy with staggering inflation of over 140%

WEKU

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

The Guardian - AU

Sunday Scaries: What I'm Watching This Week In The Grain Markets

Brazil's weather remains the focus, though Ukraine announcing their insurance deal, Argentina holding a major election and China courting the West all has my attention too...

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Argentina holds breath as far-right Milei seizes narrow runoff advantage

Populist provocateur appears slight favorite over Peronist Sergio Massa as 35m Argentinians vote to choose new president

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Populist challenges economy minister in Argentina's presidential runoff

Voters in Argentina were heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift.

France 24

Establishment insider or political provocateur? Argentina faces stark presidential choice

Amid skyrocketing poverty and inflation, Argentinians face a stark choice on Sunday between two wildly different presidential candidates. Libertarian Javier Milei has led a disruptive campaign that has galvanised voters and won support from a faction of the traditional far-right. But a shock first-round victory for current Economy Minister Sergio…

France 24

Argentina to vote in crucial presidential elections amid mounting economic woes

Nicolas, a 20-year-old student in Buenos Aires, faces an economic crisis reflected in 143% inflation & increased poverty. Javier Milei, an economist advocating tax cuts & dollarisation, is in a runoff against the Minister of Economy. People are deprived of basic needs & must be resourceful to survive. Lionel Vargas…

The Hindu

Milei or Massa? Argentinians face tough choice amid economic crisis

As Argentina gets ready to vote for a new president, over 40 percent of its population live under the poverty line as their budgets are squeezed by triple digit inflation. The two candidates running for president – far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei and ruling Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa –…

France 24

Milei fraud claims echo Trump ahead of Argentinian presidential runoff

The far-right candidate’s attacks on the electoral process raises fears that he might not accept a negative result in Sunday’s vote

The Guardian - US

Argentina presidential election: Far-right Milei and Peronist Massa race neck and neck

In this special edition, we zoom in on the tight race for president in Argentina, between far-right populist Javier Milei and ruling party candidate Sergio Massa. The stakes are high in the country plagued by soaring inflation as the two candidates propose opposite plans to resolve Argentina’s worst economic crisis…

France 24

Argentina’s far-right Milei angers Falklands veterans with Thatcher praise

Presidential candidate calls former UK prime minister one of ‘the great leaders in the history of humanity’ during debate

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Economists warn electing far-right Milei would spell ‘devastation’ for Argentina

More than 100 economists including Thomas Piketty and Jayati Ghosh publish open letter ahead of country’s 19 November election

The Guardian - US

Argentinians urged to reject ‘dictatorial’ Milei by offspring of regime torturers

Open letter from offspring of officials convicted of crimes against humanity warns that democracy is at risk in presidential election

The Conversation

Labor recovers in Morgan after post-referendum slump; LNP leads in Queensland

A federal Morgan poll, conducted October 22–29 from a sample of 1,375, gave Labor a 53–47 lead, a 3.5-point gain for Labor since the previous week. An earlier poll, taken in the week after the Voice referendum was heavily defeated, was the first by any pollster this term to give…

The Independent UK

Drivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms

Long lines have formed at gas stations throughout Argentina as surging demand outstrips supply, becoming a campaign issue just weeks ahead of the second round of the country’s presidential race

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Marcos Falcone: Can a Libertarian Still Win in Argentina?

Argentine libertarian writer Marcos Falcone breaks down Argentina's recent election results and the upcoming runoff.

The Guardian - US

BTS and Taylor Swift fans give Javier Milei and his running mate an earful

Argentinian Swifties say ‘Milei is Trump’ as devotees of BTS decry ‘hatred and xenophobia’ of Victoria Villarruel’s tweets about group

Reason

Can Milei Still Win in Argentina?

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern on Thursday for a discussion with Argentine libertarian writer Marcos Falcone about Argentina's recent election results and the upcoming runoff.

The Guardian - UK

Chocolate statues, posh chairs and dogs banned from parks – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - US

Javier Milei endorsed by defeated rival who once sued him for defamation

Move by Patricia Bullrich, who placed third in Argentina’s presidential election, is not backed by other parts of her alliance

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How Argentina punctured far-right populism’s rise in South America

In today’s newsletter: Javier Milei was expected to top the first round of voting in the presidential election, but the country picked the centrist candidate

The Guardian - US

Argentina ‘puts a limit on madness’ as resurgent Peronists stall Milei’s rise

Soft-spoken Sergio Massa’s campaigning strategy pays off while voters seem to pull back from libertarian rival – but who will win the runoff?

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