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Milei Stages Rock Concert and Book Launch in Buenos Aires to Rally Support After Candidate Quits

The arena spectacle doubled as a campaign reset following José Luis Espert’s resignation from La Libertad Avanza’s Buenos Aires slate.

Overview

  • At the Movistar Arena on Monday night, the president fronted a show with “La Banda Presidencial” of deputies, allies and candidates, singing for nearly an hour before unveiling his book “La construcción del milagro.”
  • The set featured Argentine rock staples and the Hebrew song “Hava Naguila,” and the event streamed on YouTube to a large, mostly young crowd as protests gathered outside.
  • Deputy Lilia Lemoine provided backing vocals alongside drummer and deputy Bertie Benegas Lynch, candidate Joaquín Benegas Lynch on guitar, and biographer Marcelo Duclos on bass.
  • A projected Star Wars parody cast Milei as a lone hero facing Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and critical media, reinforcing combative campaign themes.
  • The performance was framed as a push toward the October 26 legislative elections and included attacks on the opposition and a tribute to victims of the 2023 Hamas attack in Israel with a warning about rising antisemitism.