2025 ELECTIONS: ANYTHING GOES
When I first read the names, I thought they were the ones chosen for the new season of Master Chef on Telefe, or the cast of a 2026 summer comedy in Carlos Paz. But I was wrong, as usual. Virginia Gallardo, Jorge Porcel Jr, Karen Reichardt, Claudio ‘El Turco’ García, Seguir leyendo
WHO’S DIRTIER?
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
ELECCIONES: ¡QUE NO TE DEN GATO POR LIEBRE!!!
· En cualquier momento, esta mina aparece en la tapa de la revista “Time” o en la “Forbes”. · ¿De quién estás hablando, Martita? Ponénos en contexto, please. · De Wanda, por supuesto. · ¡Pero si hasta ayer le bajabas la caña por mala madre! No te entiendo. · Mala Seguir leyendo
TESTIMONIAL CANDIDATES?!?!
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
NATURE’S REVENGE?
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
SER RESPONSABLE EN EL USO DE LA PALABRA, SIN INSULTAR
Escuchando los discursos de algunos periodistas premiados en la entrega de los Martín Fierro de Radio, noté un denominador común muy oportuno. Tanto María O’Donnell, Romina Manguel como Gustavo Sylvestre subrayaron la necesidad de ser responsables en el uso de la palabra: no insultar, no agredir, no discriminar, no ofender. Seguir leyendo
«DERECHA FEST»= HATE FEST
Milei called Vicepresident Victoria Villarruel a “brute traitor” last Tuesday evening at “La Derecha Fest” in Córdoba, where he looked and acted like a rock star. Furthermore, he has often accused her of being “closer to the caste”. He has posted on X: “Rome does not pay traitors”. By “traitors” Seguir leyendo