BACK TO THE NINETIES
Last November, when he was still a presidential candidate, Javier Milei went to the Teatro Colón opera house with his girlfriend Fátima Florez to watch a performance of “Madame Butterfly”. Last Tuesday he went with Yuyito Gonzalez to watch “Carmen”. Inevitably, Menem and the frivolous nineties come to mind. We Seguir leyendo
AMIA: 30 YEARS LATER
I turned 43 on July 17, 1994. My youngest daughter had just been born. The following day I woke up with the worst piece of news. A terrorist attack, apparently carried out by Hezbollah with the support of Iran, had struck the AMIA Jewish Community Centre in Buenos Aires. Over Seguir leyendo
HATEFUL CONTRASTS
I’m not a football fan myself, but I must admit our Argentine national team is worthy of absolute admiration. Particularly if we compare it with our lousy “political team,” which has been far from successful for ages. How on earth can we have such brilliant sportsmen, such outstanding scientists and Seguir leyendo
«TRAGEDIAS» EVITABLES
Cada vez que sucede una “tragedia” en nuestro país, algo que nos conmociona, como la desaparición de Loan, siento que siempre se trata de la punta de un iceberg, de algo mucho más grande subyacente, un caldo de cultivo que lo favorece. Pienso en Cromañón, por ejemplo. Puertas de emergencia Seguir leyendo
MILEI’S BULLYING
I find President Milei’s frequent insults unacceptable in a leader. He has called Colombian President Gustavo Petro a “murdering terrorist,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife “corrupt,” and has said Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was “ignorant.” Last year he attacked Pope Francis, calling him “an imbecile who defends Seguir leyendo
«LORCA, QUE TE QUIERO LORCA»
Tanto para quienes estamos familiarizados con la obra de Federico García Lorca, como para quienes nunca lo han leído, “Las Mujeres de Lorca” es una imperdible invitación a ingresar a su mundo (un viaje de ida), y regocijarse en él. De una manera orgánica, la autora Marisé Monteiro, logra hilvanar Seguir leyendo