“I want to see her in the show/she’s like a Siamese cat/ his tail burns on the cliff“. Javier Milei dared to sing along with his ex-girlfriend, the impersonator Fátima Flores‘El rock del gato’, a song by the Paranoid Mice about a man’s enthusiastic relationship with a prostitute. “I hope that sometime/seeing your eyes will give me/ some night in a hotel”. It is not usually natural for a president to sing in the middle of his executive functions, and even less something like that. But Milei usually takes these prerogatives with sexual connotations. In this case he has also shown disinterest in the same letter that talks about something that “burns”just at a time when Patagonia is consumed by devastating fires. The anarcho-capitalist took to a stage in the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, 450 kilometers south of the city of Buenos Aires, when, further south of the country, the governors of the southern provinces sought to unify their voice in the face of a national government indifferent to the 223,000 hectares devoured in the provinces of Chubut, the most affected, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro and Santa Cruz.
More than 600 state brigades and volunteers are fighting against the calamity. “The affected surfaces They are equivalent to 20 times the size of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.“said the governor of Chubut, Ignacio Torres. “At this time when there is an extraordinary climate situation, we need to have extraordinary tools.”
Fire and virtual reality
The extreme right even promoted the image of the anarcho-capitalist shaking hands with a firefighter on social networks. Other brigade members observe a precarious scene: there are still lights around and smoke covers the space. But this event never took place. It was created with artificial intelligence. The provinces demand that the fire emergency be declared. Milei has preferred to relive her days as a member of a rock band. The noise of ‘El rock del gato’ has occupied the news. In the midst of the roar of Mar del Plata, crowned with a kiss between the president and the impersonator, the warning of the Organization of American States (OAS) about the consequences of this new “normal” of annual fires during the summer. The Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (RESESCA), attached to that organization, warned that the combination of climatic and structural factorsas well as businesses related to commercial land use, aggravate the situation and seriously compromise urban populations, increasingly exposed to the advance of the flames.
Reviews
“Patagonia is burning, the brigade members are exhausted and resources are lacking. There is a total indifference in the face of this tragedy and the president, instead of taking measures, is ‘boludeando’ (doing nonsense) in Mar del Plata,” said Peronist deputy Juan Grabois. The fire is approaching the Chubut city of Esquel, where some 40,000 people live. Some outbreaks are 20 kilometers away. Its inhabitants have panicked. They do not want to be part of the group of families who lost their homes in other areas. There are more than 600, according to the most recent calculations. optimistic.
The governors stressed the importance of accelerating the discussion of the Igneous Emergency bill. However, the Government has other priorities such as labor reform and lowering the liability to 13 years of age so that adolescents begin to be penalized more severely if they transgress the laws.
The last Patagonian summers have had the sign of devastation. Reports speak of a significant loss of biodiversity and natural resources. The sociologist Maristella Svampa and the environmental lawyer Enrique Viale They pointed out that the latest episodes are marked not only by a persistent drought derived from the climate crisis and a “denialist public policy” but also by the abandonment of public policies, interest in the lands of international capitals, speeches against indigenous peoples and the proliferation of “conspiracy readings.” As a whole, they have configured a “catastrophe foretold”. Northern Patagonia “is no longer what it was” under current patterns. “In the last winter of 2025 there was almost no snowas the chambers of commerce and tourism of Bariloche well warned. There is less snow on the high peaks and, therefore, less water. A recent report from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology on January 11, 2026 warned the reduction between 30% and 40% of precipitation”. Added to this is deforestation and the replacement of native trees with exotic species. In this context, the Government wants to overturn the Glaciers law to favor extractive ventures in different southern provinces.
“Patagonia is burning and the president is having fun,” centrist deputy Maximiliano Ferraro wrote on his X account. A Milei enthralled with the ovations at the Roxy theater for his version of ‘El rock del gato’ announced that he will give a sum of money to the Volunteer Firefighters associations for the purchase of “equipment that allows them to adequately cover the emergencies of their jurisdiction, provincial and/or interprovincial territory in which they provide services.” The official statement states that the administration is “attentive” to the “disasters of great magnitude that have occurred.” The message refrained from referring to a fact pointed out by environmental organizations. Since the end of 2023, the defunding of the key area to combat forest fires has been 70%.
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