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Voting is not only a civil right. It’s also a duty. In my case, a moral one, since at my age it’s no longer mandatory. Anyway, I’ve always felt proud to vote, because it’s one of the few occasions when the average citizen, the man in the street, ordinary people, Seguir leyendo
When I turned on the TV and saw President Milei, in black leather, roaring and singing at the top of his voice like a rock star at the Movistar Arena, I thought it was a false scene generated by Artificial Intelligence. It took me some time to realise that I Seguir leyendo
Back in the dark mid-1970s in Argentina, during the military dictatorship, there were some people who justified the fact that there were more and more “missing people,” as if it was their fault. “Algo habrán hecho,” they said; “Maybe they deserved it.” Likewise, whenever a woman is raped or murdered Seguir leyendo
It’s impossible to get bored in Argentina. Most of the time, this country is like a merry-go-round, a decaying carrousel endlessly turning in circles, round and round; a flea-ridden dog chasing its tail. But over the last few days, it’s been like a rollercoaster, madly flashing up and down. Only Seguir leyendo
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner says she can hear the tick tock from her house arrest, on San José 1111. What exactly does she mean? Is she talking about a bomb ready to burst out? Her ominous words sound threatening. Is she predicting and favouring a “coup d’état”? Haven’t we had Seguir leyendo
Who’s to blame for La Libertad Avanza’s lousy performance in the September 7 elections in Buenos Aires Province? Undoubtedly, Javier Milei himself. His lack of empathy, his aggressive discourse, his insulting language, paying more attention to figures than to flesh and blood people, his vanity (one of the seven deadly Seguir leyendo
Have we been cheated once again? Is this Argentina’s tragic fate? We all know Milei won the last presidential election only because we were fed up with Kirchnerism and were looking forward to a change. We were fed up with corrupt politicians, with the so-called “casta,” with soaring inflation, soaring Seguir leyendo
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