Agree he’s articulate and charismatic, despite being odd. And whatever the outcomes, it feels more coherent than the people he has faced off with.

Must dos - seek out the food you like and make time for it. There is a lot of great food. I recommend finding the best steak at the price you’re willing to pay.

> but I do respect his willingness to calmly talk about his vision for hours.

He calls the opposition "rats", "mandrills" and scum of the earth and has a clear and objective disdain for poor people. It's amazing how that part continuously gets left out in neoliberal media.

Try some peñas folklóricas.

His views on women:

In November, Argentina was the only country to vote against a UN general assembly resolution to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls. Two months later, Milei’s administration went further, pledging to strike the aggravating factor of femicide, defined as when a woman dies at the hands of a man on the basis of her gender, from the penal code – a move that drew swift condemnation from human rights groups

Must have vacío madurado

The Natural History Museum in La Plata, the National Library, Palacio de Aguas Corrientes, San Telmo antique markets, Palacio Barolo, empanadas, alfajores, ice cream, walk down 9 de Julio, dance in a contact improv jam, Teatro Colón, tour the Tigre delta in a boat, Casa Saltshaker, look at graffiti in Palermo near Gorriti and Thames, Teatro Ciego (blind theater, ideally with a MOTAS), go to some protests, Tango Queer, the bullet holes just to the south of the Pink House, choripan on the street outside any train station (if you eat meat), get your phone stolen in La Boca or Once, Recoleta Cemetery, neighborhood cafés, the Thinker in Plaza Congreso, the Jardín Botánico, see a football game, change dollars or Tether on Calle Florida (the moneychangers yell cambio like a Pokemon), drink yerba mate with friends in Parque Centenario, go to a telo with a friend or MOTAS, I don't know, I can't think of much.

Definitely check out Open Folk for weekly shows (some folk but a very eclectic mix so don't overindex on the name).

And hit up La Viruta on Saturday nights (after midnight) for amazing live tango music.

A not-horrible alternative:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/argentinas-midterm-election-...

I guess the perception is that the growth of his party can be considered a mandate. But yeah, "mandate" and "free-market revolution" seem to indicate an editorial position.

I think doubling your support to 41% probably counts in a fractured legislature.

The south-americans are surprisingly patient. The Argentinians elected Peronists for decades with the unsurprising outcome of decline and ultimately high inflation.

GDP is still dropping. We just had our third consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth.

Edit: I can't find evidence that this is true, and I think I might have been tricked. But growth is at best quite anemic. See longer comment below.

> I think a lot of American liberals have a hatred of him because he's right wing, but we should actually be (at least partially) praising him and pointing out his successes have come from being the exact opposite of Trump on issues like tariffs and deficits.

No liberal (of which I am), should really have looked at the economic policies they had prior to Milei and think they were a good idea. Leftist populism is no better than right populism. Milei may act like a populist politician, but if his policies are sound (I don't know enough to comment) -- then kudos to him.