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An angry Pope

«Love makes us patient. So many times we lose patience, even me, and I apologize for yesterday’s bad example,» the Pope said, after slapping a woman’s hand the day before. He added: «Women are sources of life. Yet they are continually insulted, beaten, raped, forced to prostitute themselves and to Seguir leyendo

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On the threshold of 2020

2020 already! Unbelievable! I was born in 1951 and always thought of the year 2000 as a Bradburyan science fiction fantasy. But here I am, still alive and kicking. I’ve been lucky enough to have witnessed countless revolutions in all fields. I can’t help feeling, however, that in many aspects Seguir leyendo

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Weird Mass

Priest Eduardo Lorenzo committed suicide last Monday at one of the Caritas headquarters in La Plata. He’d been accused of sexual abuse and corruption of 5 children between 1990 and 2008. The Archbishop of La Plata, Victor Manuel Fernández, showed grief and pity for “our brother Eduardo Lorenzo, who took Seguir leyendo

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Let’s wait and see…

I didn`t vote for him. Most people did. So now, Alberto Fernández is our President. I listened to his first speech and I must say I liked it. I’m not talking about the promises he has made. Macri also promised some miracles he wasn’t able to fulfill (the end of Seguir leyendo

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Sépanlo

Si una vicepresidenta electa increpa a un tribunal de la manera en que lo hizo Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en Comodoro Py el lunes pasado, negándose a contestar preguntas, autoabsolviéndose y cuestionando severamente a los tres jueces, que la miraban atónitamente, ¿cómo podemos pretender, por ejemplo, que los alumnos respeten Seguir leyendo

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CFK reloaded

I naïvely thought she would turn up in a different mood, softer, calmer, more rational, less aggressive, but the elected Vice President sounded and looked angrier than ever when she appeared in court last Monday.  Attack is the best form of defence, they say. That seems to her motto. She rounded Seguir leyendo

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Ella, reloaded

Nuevamente pequé de ingenuidad. Creí que ella iba a volver más calmada, menos confrontativa, menos agresiva, menos belicosa. Pensé que su silencio de casi 4 años se correspondía con un período de reflexión, de meditación, de autocrítica, de introspección. Imaginé que abandonaría ese tono irascible, esa tendencia a “retar” a Seguir leyendo

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Alperovich & Co.

Obviously, Senator José Alperovich denies all charges of sexual abuse against him and asks for “time to repair his honour”. He was given a leave of absence, but still keeps his parliamentary privileges.  I distinctly remember when his wife, Beatriz Rojkés, told the flooded tucumanos in April 2015 “I could very Seguir leyendo

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You reap what you sow

“Catholicism on the decline in Pope Francis’ Argentina”, reveals Conicet study. No wonder. Although at first I felt proud when  Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to be the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, as time went by I couldn’t help having a critical view of this Peronist Pope and his Seguir leyendo

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It never rains but pours…

Latin America is clearly on fire.  Literally speaking (environmental tragedy in the Amazon rainforest), and metaphorically too. Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú, Brazil. No country escapes from this political turmoil. In the meantime, in Argentina, we seem to be at a standstill, waiting, hanging, kicking it, while prices go on rising (petrol, Seguir leyendo

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