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Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri announced this week that he has ordered the local Security Ministry and Police to act against those who remove rubbish from skips, sometimes leaving our city dirty. The people who rummage through trash bins will have to pay a 900,000-peso fine. He must be Seguir leyendo
The provincial legislative elections are just round the corner. Will there be “testimonial candidacies” – that is, “candidates who appear on a ticket to gather more votes but that will later not take on the role they were elected for”? That would be cheating, right? Take Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s Seguir leyendo
This week, we’ve felt the whole planet is in danger. The Klyuchevskoy volcano erupted in Kamchatka, Russia. There was also a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near Severo-Kuril’sk, Sakhalin, Russia. There were tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including the United State West Coast and some Latin America countries, forcing coastal evacuation. Nature Seguir leyendo
Milei called Vicepresident Victoria Villarruel a “brute traitor” last Tuesday evening at “La Derecha Fest” in Córdoba, where he looked and acted like a rock star. Furthermore, he has often accused her of being “closer to the caste”. He has posted on X: “Rome does not pay traitors”. By “traitors” Seguir leyendo
Our memory may not always be accurate when we try to remember certain dates or situations. But whenever something unique happens, we immediately know where we were and what we were doing at that precise moment. For instance, September 11, 2001. I had been in New York a month before, Seguir leyendo
I believe church and state should be separate in a democratic government. All individuals should be allowed to practice any sort of faith, but the state shouldn’t favour any one in particular. Whenever President Milei summons “the forces of heaven,” I wonder what he means. I’d rather trust the strength Seguir leyendo
The scandal we all poor Argentines witnessed last Wednesday in the lower house Chamber of Deputies, was absolutely appalling. Deputies screaming, yelling and insulting one another like crazy. Hooligans seem like British gentlemen compared to our so-called “representatives,” whose huge salaries come out of our taxes. Their behaviour is shameful, Seguir leyendo
Am I the only one who fears we might be at the brink of another world war? My Italian grandparents came to Argentina fleeing from the war. They found shelter here, settled down and started a new life and their own families. Nowadays, believe it or not, that unimaginable nightmare Seguir leyendo
Fortunately, the “Argentina with Cristina” march last Wednesday was a peaceful one. No casualties. “We will return with more wisdom”, she told the crowd in an audio message. Who’s “we”, I wonder. Cristina herself? Peronists? Kirchnerites? All of them? Will there be a renewal? Any new, younger leaders ahead? I Seguir leyendo
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is not being politically persecuted. She has been judged and convicted for fraudulent administration in the awarding of public works contracts in Santa Cruz Province. Moreover, she has also been permanently disqualified from holding public office. That’s it. We are all equal before the law, regardless Seguir leyendo