We Argentinians get distracted so easily! For a whole week, we’ve been destroying Ricardo Darín for what he said at Mirtha Legrand’s table. The media too. If this awesome actor can afford “empanadas” at forty eight thousand pesos the dozen, good for him. Maybe it wasn’t a “popular” example, ‘cause we can all get them much cheaper somewhere else. It would have been better if he had spoken about the price of milk or bread. But he was obviously referring to the real fact that people are struggling to make ends meet. In the meantime, some tragic things are taking place, and they don’t seem to get so much attention. Thirty four people have died so far due to contaminated medical-use fentanyl. Who’s responsible? Garrahan Hospital is undergoing a serious crisis, “on the verge of collapse”, said one of the exhausted, poorly paid residents. President Milei rudely ignored both Victoria Villarruel and Jorge Macri on May 25, boasting once again of his usual bad manners. But we’d rather talk about Wanda Nara’s divorce or about Julieta Makintach, the shameful , unethical Judge, who was shooting a miniseries about Diego Maradona’s trial. Poor Diego. He cannot rest in peace. This country is a joke. A bad one.
Buenos Aires Times, May 31, 2025