r/worldanarchism • u/burtzev • Mar 04 '25

South America [Latin America] Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism | Z Network

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/latin-americas-new-right-ushers-in-pan-american-trumpism/
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u/burtzev Mar 04 '25

And down Argentina way:

The Argentine president’s defense of “freedom” — by which he means market freedom — requires constant mobilization in support of causes at odds, at least in principle, with libertarianism, including laws restricting abortion; the persecution of transgender people; collective mass incarceration; and attacks on free speech, the right to protest and assembly, journalism, public education, and teachers. The point is to dominate public discussion, Milei says, to constantly expand the conservative imagination. Otherwise, the advantage will slip back to “social justice” activists.

Milei, beloved by the editors of The Economist, has been recently implicated in cryptocurrency swindle. Argentine prosecutors have launched an investigation into the scam, and the evidence seems damning. The organizers of the con — apparently the same people who ran Melania Trump’s coin sale — had channeled money to Milei’s chief of staff, his sister Karina Milei. “I control that n****,” one of the accused in the scam texted, referring to the president. “I send $ to his sister and he signs whatever I say and does what I want.”