Buenos Aires through the ages

Hard to watch the military terrifying the citizens. Very hard to believe that this happened during our lifetime.

I’m optimistic, despite the enormous, multi-level task Milei has taken on.

Personally, I was disappointed to hear in his Davos speech that he feels “feminism and environmentalism” are right down there with socialism in areas where he concentrates his disdain.

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Personally, I was disappointed to hear in his Davos speech that he feels “feminism and environmentalism” are right down there with socialism in areas where he concentrates his disdain.

Yes he does tend to put his foot in it sometimes.

I think he probably meant it in the context that he's got far more important things to concentrate his mind on and sort out first...which to be fair he does.

His exact words and their context:

Last week, he gave a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which he argued that unfettered capitalism is the only model to reduce poverty and that socialism, feminism and environmentalism threaten global progress by pushing government regulation.

NYT

A Nationwide Shutdown Tests Milei’s Tough Medicine for Argentina

Argentine unions are striking to protest President Javier Milei’s economic policies, which have accelerated inflation. He says they are needed to fix the…

www.nytimes.com

I get the socialism but not the ''feminism'' and ''environmentalism'' if it's not way OTT.

I think he dislikes 'organized' feminism more than he dislikes women.

He has surrounded himself by fairly powerful ladies in his government.

My husband's late grandfather was an amateurial photographer who took pictures of Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata and the cities he visited in the '70s-'90s. When he passed away, my husband made a website to collect and share the best works. The ones of Buenos Aires are available here.

Maybe forum members will be interested also in his videos of the UK and London (1975)

Some of the videos posted on YouTube have no audio because of copyright infringement. Of course, when the "abuelo" mounted the videos this wasn't a thing. He used Beatles' songs and famous Italian songs as soundtracks, since his 16 mm videos didn't have audio. I think my husband replaced the copyrighted songs with his songs in some of them, but it wasn't always possible to find songs that respected the spirit of the video (and the intention of the authori and family memories of watching the videos with children and grandchildren)