© Reuters. Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei arrives on the Teatro Colon opera home along with his girlfriend, Fatima Florez, forward of the November 19 runoff elections, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Ramiro Souto
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(Reuters) – Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei stole the highlight on Friday night when his presence at Argentina’s most prestigious opera home sparked a rowdy shouting match simply earlier than a polarizing election concludes on Sunday.
Milei, a radical libertarian whose social conservatism and guarantees to slash authorities spending have impressed each disdain and admiration, attended a manufacturing of Madame Butterfly along with his girlfriend at Buenos Aires’ ornate Teatro Colon.
It was not lengthy earlier than heckling erupted from opponents with supporters applauding in his protection, because the theater’s famed acoustics amplified the impassioned jeers and cheers.
On Sunday, Argentines will select between the right-wing Milei and present center-left Economic system Minister Sergio Massa in a heated contest that has stoked political tensions within the midst of the worst financial disaster in over 20 years.
“You’re the dictatorship,” some members of the group shouted, calling Milei “garbage.”
Critics accuse Milei of downplaying atrocities through the nation’s brutal dictatorship from 1976-1983. Milei’s working mate has defended army officers convicted of crimes towards humanity.
The insults provoked cheers in Milei’s protection, with video of the incident sweeping throughout social media.
The theater’s director, Jorge Telerman, wrote on X, previously Twitter, that he condemned the “expressions of intolerance” directed at Milei.
The presidential hopeful winked on the opera home brouhaha on X. “What a lovely work Madame Butterfly,” he wrote.
