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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Tom Phillips in Buenos Aires

Who is Javier Milei? Argentina’s new far-right president ‘El Loco’ takes the stage

Friends and foes of Argentina’s next president compare him to his fellow right-wing populists Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Others have called the wild-haired economist a mix of Boris Johnson and the killer doll Chucky.

But when Javier Milei’s image consultant conceived his unorthodox hairdo, she had two different men in mind: Elvis Presley and Wolverine.

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