Santiago Moreno Charpentier (Chano), musician, composer, singer and former leader of “Tan Biónica”, is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot by a policeman during an outbreak he suffered. Thanks to this unfortunate event, we are all getting familiar with the flaws of our current Mental Health Law. Addicts and their Seguir leyendo
Something smells fishy. All of a sudden, vaccination in La Plata has speeded up. All those who have been looking forward to the Sputnik second dose, are being summoned daily. I can’t help thinking that this might be a political strategy to please voters, as PASO primary elections draw near. A Seguir leyendo
A few years ago, I went to Cuba on holiday. After enjoying an unforgettable week in Varadero, I visited La Habana. The contrast was huge, flagrant, unforgettable too, but for different reasons. I’m glad I went to Varadero first and not afterwards, ‘cause- otherwise- I would have felt guilty. The Seguir leyendo
Hace unos años fui de vacaciones a Cuba. Tras unos días en la paradisíaca Baradero, visite La Habana. Fue como cambiar de país. Pasar del primer mundo al tercero. El contraste me impactó. De la opulencia a la pobreza. De un “All inclusive” repleto de turistas extranjeros, a las calles Seguir leyendo
Cuando yo era chica, como todo niño, tenía “amigos imaginarios”. Lo que no sabía era que se podía tener “enemigos imaginarios”, como los que fabrica a diario el gobierno de los Fernández. Primero fueron los “runners” que corrían por Palermo, o los “chetos” que venían del extranjero, portando (sin saberlo) el Seguir leyendo
When I was a child, I used to have imaginary friends, invisible to the rest. I even gave them full names and features, and still remember them fondly. Somehow, I link this to the Fernández’ administration, ‘cause they seem to make up and collect imaginary enemies during this endless pandemic. Runners came Seguir leyendo
Alberto Fernández led a tribute to Covid-19 victims at the Kirchner Cultural Centre (CCK) last Sunday. To me, it all looked like a carefully artificial “mise en scène” staged for the occasion. Usually, such homages are paid once a tragedy such as this pandemic is over, not while we are still Seguir leyendo
If I hadn’t seen and heard him myself, I would have thought it was a joke. In the middle of a parliamentary session, Congressman Carlos Heller, interrupted Luis Contigiani to pay homage to Maradona’s solo goal against England in 1986. Such a frivolous and childish attitude is absolutely obscene in the Seguir leyendo
Este gobierno no sólo comunica poco, sino que comunica mal. Empezando por el Presidente, quien con esa tendencia a improvisar, a dejarse llevar por lo que se le va ocurriendo, diríase a “estandapear”, mete la pata seguido y luego se ve obligado a retractarse, casi siempre oscureciendo más que aclarando. Ahora Seguir leyendo
That’s a laugh! CFK, in her theatrical reappearance in La Plata, has urged the “hostile”media and the opposition to leave “vaccines and pandemic out of political disputes’. She, of all people! The current administration (which she obviously leads) has made political use of vaccines and pandemic from the very start. Seguir leyendo
