Argentinians are participating this Sunday The most dramatic elections in the history of the republic. Nearly 35 million people will go to the polls to vote with anger, hopes for salvation, but also disgust. Javier Milei anyone Sergio MassaIt is up to them to take a step into the void with the help of a far-right thespian who promotes organ sales. I believe you have a divine mission or embrace the lesser evil that represents Minister of Economy of the country where 40 percent are poor and one annual inflation 140%. Milei, who confesses to admiration for Margaret Thatcher, wants to ride a new neoliberal wave, much harsher than what this society has known under the British Government. Carlos Menem (1989-99). Those years of parity between the national currency and the dollar ended in the worst way in December 2001, in the middle of the so-called crisis. Mali Corralito. The events of twenty years ago seem to have been forgotten. Other collective resentments drove them away and made it possible for Milei’s proposed laboratory to be new. rival, a moderate peronistIt proposes a way out of the crisis with one foot on the market and the export of basic products, and the other foot on public policies. In the eyes of the far right, he is a Venezuelan communist.
Surveys have generally shown that they are pointless. But these are the only preliminary references to voting intentions. Polls show that Milei and Massa don’t have much of an advantage over each other. 15% of those leaning towards anarcho-capitalism doubt their ability to govern. The Peronist candidate tried to persuade them not to waste their votes. The examination to be held in the evening will reveal whether he is right in his objection.
The campaign is saturated attacks and artifacts. Far right, loyal to itself bolsonaro prosapia, He condemned election irregularities without providing evidence. A typical gesture was presented to Massa: Leo Messi Celebrating the World Cup in Qatar or with an aesthetic indebted to the socialist realism of the Soviet Union. Milei’s image circulated as a pop icon, a Halloween monster to scare “lefties” or in a scaled-down form to the menacing chainsaw meme. artificial intelligence and deepfake They were there last weeks. This technological repetition, a harbinger of disturbing futures, could not hide the fundamental truth of these elections: The evaluation and use of the past is also discussed.
Villarruel and the disenchanted youth
Never before has its affinity with the symbols or narratives of the last military dictatorship (1976-83) been more apparent. Victoria Villarruel, vice-presidential candidate of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), expresses a revisionist force unthinkable in four decades. Trial of former commanders promoted by Raúl AlfonsínHe became the first president of the democratic transition in 1985, and judicial cases were allowed to be reopened starting in 2006. We condemned 1200 oppressors. Villarruel drew a veil of denial over this historical process. He has his own personal project. Before the end of the campaign, he held a solo public event in a quaint neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires. They weren’t just nostalgic for the club there. There were young people. The far right has objected to the participation of new generations like never before, crushed with disappointment. Pollsters found that voters aged 16 to 23, especially men, would mostly gravitate towards Milei.
60 percent of Argentine children and youth are poor. His brothers do not believe the official warning that they would lose their rights if LLA wins. They feel like they lost them a long time ago. We emerged from the pandemic in a country much more fragmented and burdened by the $45 billion foreign debt inherited by the right-wing government. Mauricio Macri. The current president is a Peronist Alberto Fernandez, refinanced this obligation International Monetary Fund (IMF), in exchange for a serious economic reorganization carried out first by Martín Guzmán and then by Massa. The Milei phenomenon is the child of consequences that opens the doors for other demons to come to light.
Very difficult promise
The second round was filled with words that had not been pronounced for 40 years. The elected representative, Ricardo Bussi, is the son of the General, one of the chief oppressors of the 70s. Antonio Bussi, predicted that if Milei wins, he will respond relentlessly to the social conflicts arising from his economic program. “The state has the police, it is the one who manages the Security Forces and the Armed Forces. You will need to use these tools go to order because that’s exactly what we need, order.
In this sense, Villarruel represents the new normal much more than the LLA presidential candidate. The daughter of an army officer who refused to be sworn in by the Constitution when democratic institutions were saved is seen as “their troops” by those demanding military rule inside and outside prisons. Many detained soldiers requested permission to vote this Sunday. They include former colonel Alberto Jorge Crinigan, a former member of the Army Intelligence division who wrote a book with the vice presidential candidate. Nation divided: Argentina after the violence of the 70s.
Old and new soldiers
“They feel legitimized by a speech that allows violence and cruelty,” said Radical Youth president Agustín Robolá. This party was in power with Macri between 2015 and 2019. The radicalism that ruled many provinces tried not to be dragged into the extreme right that overthrew Alfonsín. Some of the leadership will vote blank, and some will do it silently on behalf of Massa. Rombola confirmed the cost of this choice. “The (Ford) Falcon will pass next week,” they threatened, with the image of the car used to kidnap people almost half a century ago and coming up again and again on social networks.
Forty years of unbroken democratic continuity have enabled the men in uniform to distance themselves from the terrible past. Former head of the army and hero of the Falklands War. Martin BalzaKnown for formulating the first major corporate mea culpa regarding human rights abuses, he declared his vote in favor of Massa in 1994. While Balza is not an exception, it is not the rule in the military family. Many retired or dismissed officers I don’t like human rights policies. Days ago, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Juan Martín Paleo strongly rejected criticism of vice presidential candidate and former Defense Minister Agustín Rossi, calling them “irresponsible, misleading and malicious.” ”
Macri factor
This is no ordinary election for Macri. The Together for Change coalition stood aside, among other reasons, because the great man always gave a particular preference to the La Libertad Avanza candidate who was more similar to his ideas. “Macri’s political career is in a painful period; he blew up his own creation and “Now he wants to be resurrected in Milei’s body.”says analyst Diego Genoud. For weeks, the former president has been much more than his shadow adviser: If the polls take him to the Government, Macri sees himself as the real power behind the scenes.