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There was a piece of fake news early this week announcing Noam Chomsky’s death. Actually, the famed linguist and activist, 95, was hospitalized in Brazil some time ago, recovering from a stroke, and is now at home, said his wife Valeria Vasserman Chomsky. Way back in 1970, I spent a Seguir leyendo
I’m sure most Argentines don’t approve of the savage demonstration outside the National Congress building last Wednesday. People’s right to protest is genuine and understandable, but that doesn’t mean breaking, wreaking havoc, setting fire to cars and throwing Molotov cocktails, grenades and stones to riot police and Border Guard officers. Seguir leyendo
Last Wednesday evening, Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva opened up the Metropolitan Cathedral, located quite close to the Pink House, to feed poor people.“Pour la galerie,” if I may say. Quite theatrical indeed. All of a sudden, the Catholic Church and the Pope himself have realised that there’s hunger and extreme Seguir leyendo
President Milei is being harshly criticized because he’s meeting with “four of the 10 most important businessmen in the world” (the CEOs of Meta, Google, Apple and OpenAI). I wonder if those critics would rather have him go to Venezuela, Cuba or Iran. We are in urgent need of investors, Seguir leyendo
There are certain individuals akin to President Milei who sound utterly outdated. His biographer’s homophobic mindset, stated publicly, is outrageous. Nicolás Márquez thinks homosexuality is a disease, he discourages gay parenting, and thinks gay people die sooner than heterosexuals, and are more prone to addictions and suicide. Likewise, Milei’s Religion Seguir leyendo
I always thought slavery had been abolished in Agentina in 1813. That’s what I learnt at school. Unfortunately, I was wrong. There are still “slaves” in our country. Some social leaders force poor people, recipients of social plans, to attend protests in exchange for food. If they fail to do Seguir leyendo
: “They are Chinese; they all look the same”. Who said this? Believe it or not: our Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, of all people! Did she apologise? Of course not. She made up an unbelievably far- fetched explanation (“What I mean is that there was nobody in uniform”), instead of Seguir leyendo
Paul Auster An immense writer has left us. When I think of Paul Auster, a scene from the film “Smoke”, which was written by him, comes to mind. Auggie, the character played by Harvey Keitel, has taken one photograph a day from the street corner outside his shop, every day Seguir leyendo
President Milei can’t and shouldn’t disregard last Tuesday’s massive nationwide march in defence of universities and state education. His tendency to label any demonstration as an attempt to hinder his administration is a futile effort to deny reality. Yes, there were also labour unions and leaders of some opposition parties, Seguir leyendo
The presidential love affair is over. Javier Milei and Fátima Florez have broken up. End of a “soap opera” that -truth to tell- lacked credibility from the very start, in spite of the passionate kisses we all saw (and suffered) on stage. There are all sorts of explanations for this Seguir leyendo