Argentina elects a ‘anti-woke’ president, then what?

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The political situation in Argentina has just changed dramatically with the election of a new president. Here are a couple of reports:

Trump-admiring populist Milei wins in Argentina, edging the country closer to a dollarized economy

November 20, 2023

Argentina’s Javier Milei, a far-right political outsider often compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump, vowed to deliver on his radical economic policies shortly after winning the country’s presidential runoff.

Milei, whose term will run from Dec. 10 through to the end of 2027, staged a resounding win in Sunday’s vote by a wider-than-expected margin.

He received roughly 56% of the vote, according to provisional results, comfortably beating Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who conceded after receiving just over 44%.

The shock result leaves Latin America’s third-largest economy in uncharted territory.

Proud libertarian Milei, 53, has previously described himself as an “anarcho capitalist” and at one point on the campaign trail even wielded a chainsaw to symbolize his intent to cut state spending.

Among some of his proposed policies, Milei has pledged to dollarize the economy, abolish the country’s central bank and privatize the pension system.

“We have the determination to put the fiscal accounts in check. We have the determination to fix the problems of the central bank. We have the determination to put Argentina on its feet and move forward,” Milei said shortly after his victory, according to a translation.

“Today, we return to the path that made this country great,” he added. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/milei-wins-in-argentina-edging-the-country-closer-to-the-us-dollar.html

November 20, 2023

Backtracking from BRICS

Meanwhile, Diana Mondino, the candidate for Argentine Foreign Minister, relayed to Sputnik after the elections that Argentina will not be joining BRICS.

“I don’t know why there is such interest in BRICS,” Mondino added.

Mondino further added that joint collaborations with China and Brazil will stop, despite them being Argentina’s main trading partners, as she stressed that the country intends to stay in the South American trade bloc Mercosur.

It is worth noting that Milei is against joining BRICS.

Earlier in August, Argentina, alongside Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, UAE, and Saudi Arabia were invited to join BRICS. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/argentina-far-right-javier-milei-wins-presidency–not-to-joi

Anti-Woke Central Bank Nemesis Javier Milei Wins Argentina’s Presidential Election

November 19, 2023

Javier Milei, the outsider libertarian candidate with radical solutions to Argentina’s economic crisis, has just won Sunday’s presidential runoff against Economy Minister Sergio Massa. …

Javier Milei, a 53-year-old far-right economist and former television pundit with no governing experience, claimed nearly 56 percent of the vote, with more than 80 percent of votes tallied. It was a stunning upset over Sergio Massa, the center-left economy minister who has struggled to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis in two decades.

Voters in this nation of 46 million demanded a drastic change from a government that has sent the peso tumbling, inflation skyrocketing and more than 40 percent of the population into poverty. And with Milei, Argentina takes a leap into the unknown — with a leader promising to shatter the entire system, which the locals now correctly realize, is broken.

Milei, who two months ago was interviewed by Tucker Carlson, has promised to fix Argentina’s perennial economic problems by making drastic budget cuts, replacing the battered peso with the US dollar and shutting down the central bank. …

He has branded Argentine Pope Francis an “evil” leftist, called climate change a “socialist lie” and said he would hold a referendum to undo the three-year-old law that legalized abortion.

Wielding chain saws on the campaign trail, the wild-haired Milei vowed to slash public spending in a country heavily dependent on government subsidies. He pledged to dollarize the economy, shut down the central bank and cut the number of government ministries from 18 to eight. His rallying campaign cry was a takedown of the country’s political “caste” — an Argentine version of Trump’s “drain the swamp.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/preview-argentinas-consequential-election-sunday

Argentina has tended to ‘swing left’, but now is trying something new.

I suspect the net result will be that it will try to get closer to the USA for a time if Donald Trump is re-elected. It will then not like that, and then, align more with Europe. And if a Joe Biden is re-elected, some of Javier Milei’s policies will distance it from the USA. Either way, in time, Argentina looks like it will align more with Europe for trade.

As reported here before, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Argentina several months ago. She, and the EU, want Argentina to be part of its ‘Global Gateway’ project and to improve trade with the EU (see Ursula von der Leyen making trade deals in Latin America). The EU has wanted the Mercosur group of Latin American nations to make a large trade deal for some time (see EU looking to make world’s biggest trade deal with South America). In September of 2023, she mentioned that the EU wants to finalize related deals with the Mercosur block, of which Argentina is a key member (see Europe touts Global Gateway and bold plans for the future).

Now, Brazil is in both Mercosur and BRICS (the B in BRICS stands for Brazil). But, it too, is expected to line up its trade with the Europeans as well, at least for a time.

To help encourage Argentina to align with Europe, the EU signed a deal this past July where it called the UK-controlled Falkland Islands the Malvinas, which is the term Argentina uses as it claims those islands as its own (see ZH: EU Signs Deal With Argentina Calling Falklands “Malvinas Islands”). Related to that, we put out the following video: Falkland Islands and Prophecy?

As far as what is ahead for Latin America, including Argentina, we put out the following sermon videos:

1:11:42

Latin America in Prophecy

Which biblical figures did the Latin Americans descend from? What does the Bible teach will happen to their descendants in the future? What will happen to the non-Latin peoples in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean? Is Europe in the process of making major trade deals with Latin America? What kind of religious, legal, and cultural ties are there between Europe and Latin America? What about Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela in prophecy? What about Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama? What about islands like Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic? How about the non-Latin lands like Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana? Plus, the non-Latin island nations like Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Martinique, etc.? Does the Bible tell of specific items of trade between Europe and Latin America in Ezekiel 27 and Revelation 18? What about the impact of US President Donald Trump? Is it possible that Mexico or others in Latin America could work militarily with the coming European Beast power to attack the USA? Will the nations of Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean prosper during the time of the Great Tribulation and Mystery Babylon the Great? What happens during the Day of the Lord? Will people in Latin America respond to God’s calling before Jesus returns? What happens after Mystery Babylon falls? Does God have any plans to offer salvation to Latin Americans who never had an opportunity? What is available at www.cdlidd.es and www.ccog.org? What are some of the near-term and longer-term prophecies that will affect Latin America? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more.

Here is a link to the sermon: Latin America in Prophecy.

1:14:39

Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon

The New Testament is clear that race and ancestry are not salvation issues as there will be people from all nations and tongues in the Kingdom of God. After going over that Dr. Thiel discusses the biblical origins and progenitors of the peoples in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Micronesia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. What about the Arabs, Iran, Syria, and Israel? What about the Valley of Vision? Do end time Islamic prophecies for an Imam Mahdi seem to be related to biblical ones related to the coming King of the South? Are Muslims looking for Europeans to make a seven-year peace deal that will be broken? Do Muslims teach Jesus will returns? Will we see terrorism? What about the destruction of the USA and its British-descended allies? What about a confederation of nations in the Middle East and North Africa? Is a Russian-led force prophesied to cause the end-time European daughter of Babylon to tremble? Do Chinese/Japanese characters suggest knowledge of some events shown in the Book of Genesis? Will China, India, and others in Asia be part of the 200 million-man army and the gathering at Armageddon? What will happen to those on islands? Will much of the world temporarily prosper during the final time of the Gentiles? Dr. Thiel deals with these matters in this sermon.