Milei tests his right-wing magic on Flavio Bolsonaro’s shaky campaign in Brazil
Fresh off a corruption firestorm at home that sank his popularity to the lowest level of his Presidency, Argentina’s Javier Milei is flying straight into an uproar over bank fraud in Brazil. The risk to his reputation may be a price worth paying if it helps to topple his arch-rival and Latin America’s most prominent leftist. Argentina’s libertarian leader is set to appear Saturday at a Liberal Party convention in São Paulo that will formally launch Flávio Bolsonaro’s bid to unseat President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s October vote.
- ▪Fresh off a corruption firestorm at home that sank his popularity to the lowest level of his Presidency, Argentina’s Javier Milei is flying straight into an uproar over bank fraud in Brazil.
- ▪The risk to his reputation may be a price worth paying if it helps to topple his arch-rival and Latin America’s most prominent leftist.
- ▪Argentina’s libertarian leader is set to appear Saturday at a Liberal Party convention in São Paulo that will formally launch Flávio Bolsonaro’s bid to unseat President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s October vote.
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Fresh off a corruption firestorm at home that sank his popularity to the lowest level of his Presidency, Argentina’s Javier Milei is flying straight into an uproar over bank fraud in Brazil. The risk to his reputation may be a price worth paying if it helps to topple his arch-rival and Latin America’s most prominent leftist. Argentina’s libertarian leader is set to appear Saturday at a Liberal Party convention in São Paulo that will formally launch Flávio Bolsonaro’s bid to unseat President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s October vote. On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court authorised police to look into Bolsonaro’s alleged ties to the man at the centre of a massive bank fraud probe roiling Latin America’s biggest economy. He has denied wrongdoing.
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