Now that the word Peronism is used in US politics more often than ever before, thanks to President Javier Milei’s relationship with Donald Trump, Argentina should watch every move up north. The big news this week was the victory, with around 50 percent of the votes, of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral race – a direct defiance to the US president in the city that saw him grow to public stardom.
Trump called Mamdani a “Communist.” The 34-year-old mayor-elect, a Muslim born in Uganda, rejects the claim. Instead, he calls himself a “democratic socialist.” This is not a time for subtleties, though.
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