BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Batman and the Joker, a man decked out in a full-body lion costume, and another whose head and arms have been replaced by chainsaws. This isn’t Carnival or Comic-Con, but rather the outlandish campaign rally for Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei.

In just a few short years, the right-wing populist Milei went from being a television talking head who garnered high ratings with his unrestrained outbursts against a “political caste” he blamed for Argentina’s perennial economic woes to a frontrunner for the presidency. He even dabbled in cosplay, dressing up as “General AnCap,” short for anarcho-capitalist, at a 2019 event.

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    11 months ago

    May a person who is running for president never have done Cosplay? The current ruling party for the last couple of decades have caused Argentina’s woes. Why is voting different to a person promising a capitalist market system to a country that failed socialism, radical?

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      11 months ago

      I will give it to him, his unconventional style of campaigning has successfully delivered him popularity with the population