An Argentine politician known for supporting Bitcoin and calling for the abolition of his country’s central bank has taken the lead in the country’s presidential primary.
With more than 90% of the votes counted, pro-Bitcoin (BTC) libertarian candidate Javier Milei is now leading with nearly 32% of the vote, according to data showing conservatives unite for change (Juntos por el Cambio) party with just under 30 percent of the vote.Bloomberg data.
Meanwhile, the leftist Union of the Fatherland (Unión por la Patria) – the organization of the current government – came in third with just over 28.5 percent of the vote.
libertarian and pro#bitcoin Candidate Javier Millais is running ahead in the Argentine primary. pic.twitter.com/65XQeIVJth
— Peter McCormack ☠️ (@PeterMcCormack) August 14, 2023
Millay founded and led the Libertad Progressive League (La Libertad Avanza), whose views have been described as somewhere between libertarians and libertarians. Rightmost.
Mire calls himself an anarcho-capitalist and rallies calling for the abolition of the Central Bank of Argentina – calling it a hoax, explain The sale of human organs should be legal and deny the existence of global warming.
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He said Bitcoin was a response to “central bank crooks” and claimed that fiat currencies allow politicians to deceive Argentines with inflation.
Javier Millais is running for president of Argentina.
He seems to understand money and sees inflation as an unfair mechanism that keeps the elite above the people and slowly deprives people of their means of survival. pic.twitter.com/tj0KEztUzI
— Alex Stanczyk ∞/21m (@alexstanczyk) January 5, 2023
Such rhetoric has proven to be clearly popular with Argentine voters, as it turns out. face The country’s cost of living crisis has been exacerbated by annual inflation of 116% – the worst in more than three decades.
Argentina’s presidential election will be held on Oct. 22, and candidates must win at least 45 percent of the vote to win the presidency or trigger a runoff in November.
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