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Javier Milei stuns nation with book release party-cum-rock concert described as pagan mass in famed Buenos Aires venue
Facundo Iglesia in Buenos Aires and Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent
Thu 23 May 2024 12.02 EDT
Argentinians call him the Madman. This week he declared himself their monarch.
Im the king of a lost world! Im the king and I will destroy you! Javier Milei bellowed into the microphone on Wednesday night as Argentinas showman president took to the stage for his first stadium gig since his election last year.
The concert, at a famed 8,000-capacity arena in Buenos Aires called Luna Park, drew hordes of adoring rightwing fans the majority young men who had come to see their rock-loving libertarian leader up close and wearing a knee-length leather jacket.
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The rock concert at which the presidents specially assembled band played tracks by the Argentinian hard rock band La Renga will help cement Mileis growing international reputation as what Time magazine this week called the worlds most eccentric head of state. It will also bolster his position as a leading member of the global hard right, alongside Donald Trump, the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Hungarys prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Playing on the drums alongside Argentinas president was Bertie Benegas Lynch, a pro-Milei congressman whose T-shirt featured the yellow Gadsden rattlesnake a symbol of Mileis movement and the US far right and the message: Dont tread on me!
During the show, Milei railed against the damned communists he blames for Argentinas economic malaise and the enemies who are trying to overturn this government because they want socialism and misery to continue as well as the murderous pro-choice movement. I eat the elites for breakfast! Milei sang, slightly altering the lyrics of the La Renga track Panic Show.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/23/javier-milei-buenos-aires-argentina
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(24,281 posts)underpants
(187,107 posts)peppertree
(22,850 posts)Because the spirit of his late mastiff Conan (as séanced to him by his witch-doctor sister) "told" him not to.
His scorched-earth economic policies, apparently, are Conan's doing too. Which figures - since the country's quickly going to the dogs...
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They don't call him the South American Idi Amin for nothing.