Argentines were going to the polls Sunday, as frustrated voters weigh handing the presidency to an anti-establishment, right-wing populist who has shaken up the political system and pledges to drastically overhaul the state.
"Argentina is in for a wild ride," Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America program at the Washington-based Wilson Center, said.
Whatever the results, Milei has already inserted himself and his libertarian party into a political structure dominated by a center-left and a center-right coalition for almost two decades.
Argentines were also buying dollars and removing hard currency deposits from banks as the peso accelerated its already steady depreciation.
That message resonated among many Argentines who watched their economic prospects wither under successive administrations in which both Massa and Bullrich served.
Persons:
Javier Milei, Donald Trump, Benjamin Gedan, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Massa, Bullrich, Ignacio Cardozo, Cristian Ariel Jacobsen, Jair, Eduardo, Tucker Carlson admiringly, Daniel Noboa
Organizations:
U.S ., America, Wilson Center, Former, Economy, Massa, Vox, Fox News, Trump
Locations:
Argentina, Washington, South, Buenos Aires, Ecuador