Desperate and disaffected, Argentines to vote whether upstart Milei leads them into the unknown

Once an activist in a left-leaning youth movement, Rubén Dávalos is now among the millions of disaffected voters in Argentina planning to cast their ballots for right-wing populist and self-described anarcho-capitalist, Javier Milei. Milei, a pundit-turned-presidential candidate, has captivated the downtrodden and most polls showing him with a slight lead in Sunday’s election in South America’s second-largest economy. Polls indicate Milei will fall short of the votes needed to avoid a November runoff.