ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Demian Iglesias Seifert

Demian is a PhD Candidate at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin and a member of UCD\'s ERC-funded Foundations of Institutional AuThority (FIAT) project. His research focuses on constitutionalism and trust in public institutions in Latin America.
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POSTS BY Demian Iglesias Seifert

18 August 2023

Has Right-Wing Populism Reached Argentina?

Last Sunday, August 13, Argentina held elections to determine the candidates who will run in next October's national presidential elections. In a surprising turn of events, the far-right candidate Javier Milei, an outsider that started in politics around 2019, surged ahead in the preliminary elections, sending shockwaves through Argentina's political landscape which has traditionally favoured left-wing populism. In this blogpost, I argue that disillusionment with political establishment, extremely high inflation and crime are core reasons driving Milei’s surprise success at the ballot box. Continue reading >>