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Daniel Scioli brand new Tourism, Environment and Sports Secretary. Really? Doesn’t Scioli belong to the “caste” Milei hates so much? What makes him different? Such a historical referent of Peronism joining the outspoken libertarian! Meanwhile, Cristina Fernández remains silent. What’s she up to, we wonder. What’s in her mind? Would Seguir leyendo
Nine years have gone by since special AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead with a bullet through his head in his Puerto Madero flat. Suicide or magnicide? An unsolved mystery. No justice yet. No one has paid for what happened. Four days before his death, Nisman had denounced Cristina Seguir leyendo
“Maduro calls Milei’s decree ‘insane’ and a ‘disaster.’” Look who’s talking! The guy who assured Hugo Chávez gave him his blessing through a small bird on the first day of his official campaign for the Presidency. The one who violates human rights on a regular basis. The one who harasses Seguir leyendo
This is the best time of the year to make a wish. Or wishes, for that matter. Every new year is a fresh start, a blank page, a reset button, a huge challenge, a good moment to stop and think. Mind you, I’m not thinking of miracles, of out of Seguir leyendo
Consumer disobedience In the midst of the soaring inflation we are all suffering in Argentina, a writing by Henry Thoreau from my college years comes to mind: “On civil disobedience” (1849). Its premise was “people shouldn’t allow the government to overrule their consciences.” I wonder, wouldn’t it be a good Seguir leyendo
We have a saying in Argentina: “El que avisa, no traiciona” (“He who warns is no traitor”/ “Don’t say I didn’t warn you”). Our brand-new president did warn us as soon as he took office. “There is no alternative to austerity…” “There is no money…” “We know that all is Seguir leyendo
Although Javier Milei has not actually started his administration yet, the resistance has already started. Most unions, labor leaders and social organizations are scheduling protests, weekly marches, strikes and pickets, ready to throw a monkey wrench into the works, as usual, particularly taking into account the President is not akin. Seguir leyendo
I can understand that many people, like Roger Waters, are pro-Palestinian activists. But does that necessarily imply that they should justify the brutal attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, that killed more than 1,000 civilians? In the last few days, there have been Seguir leyendo
The second run-off is just round the corner. I believe we should all jog our collective memory right now, and bear in mind a few examples of the crass insensitivity and wrongdoings of the current administration. 1) “Fiesta de Olivos” case: Fabiola Yáñez’s 39th birthday party during the Covid-19 pandemic Seguir leyendo
The political scene in Argentina is such a farce, such a cheesy soap opera. If the characters weren’t so phony, so flimflam, it would remind us of a Shakespearian tragedy: high treason, greed, revenge, betrayal, internal and external pressures, deceit, unapologetic ambition, resentment. Those who were bitter enemies only yesterday, Seguir leyendo