Catholicism in Argentina is a complicated thing, lots of factions and strange alliances that need decades, centuries, of context to get, so I won't even try. (It is key, though, to understanding the current Vatican resident.) It's a very resource-rich country that has done nothing but self-sabotage for generations. Inflation is out of control again and people are fed up with official corruption, thus we have Milei for his economics at least, his wacky and often un-Catholic mix of social stances notwithstanding. And Argentines do love a firebrand.
Here (5:20), Milei measured and thoughtful, anti-central banks, anti-crime, anti-Lula, anti-CCP...and pro-Israel. (Subtitles are accurate.)
And here (3:14), Milei florid over leftards. (Profanity in the subtitles, though the translation barely conveys the
porteño-isms).
And here,
an alternate take from The Spectator, which notes that the angry smart kids are calling Milei the Last Punk. In the end he may be no more than Italy's Beppe Grillo and the Five Star Movement from a decade ago. (Who? What? Exactly.)
Pop-punk ditty here for those who understand Spanish: