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Mensaje de la OMS

En estos momentos de tanta angustia, preocupación e incertidumbre a nivel planetario, en que estamos tan necesitados de mensajes de aliento que levanten nuestro alicaído espíritu, quisiera agradecer de todo corazón las sentidas palabras del Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, con respecto Seguir leyendo

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Who are we kidding?

In the midst of this global pandemic and local catastrophic economic crisis, President Fernández “will send a bill to Congress to reform federal justice system”, so that – he says- it will “regain credibility”. It smells fishy, doesn’t it? Credibility in Argentina is gone with the wind (the Zonda, most Seguir leyendo

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No plan?!

He must be kidding, right? He can’t be serious! Or maybe I’ve just misread it. Let me see. Here it is: “Frankly, I don’t believe in economic plans. I believe in goals”. Who said this? Alberto Fernández, our President. I would ask him a very simple question: how on earth Seguir leyendo

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Luis Lacalle Pou

A few days ago I listened to journalist Alfredo Leuco interviewing the current President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou. I must admit I felt envious. Very much so. What a politician! What a leader! What a patriot! He sounds and looks sincere, honest, straightforward, someone who doesn’t conceal or hide Seguir leyendo

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100 days of lockdown

I think none of us ever dreamt of living 100 days locked up in our houses.  Although we might have thought quite often: “I wish I had more free time”; “If only I could stay at home doing nothing”; “I’d love to spend more time with my partner/children/parents/pets/plants”; “There are so Seguir leyendo

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Stop scolding us, please

As an adult citizen, I don’t like being “scolded”, as if I were a child who has misbehaved.  Former President Cristina Kirchner was quite fond of that procedure. She enjoyed telling us off. When I say “us”, I obviously mean the ones who hadn’t voted for her. And now Alberto, the Seguir leyendo

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Survival stories

These lockdown days, I find it soothing and uplifting to read real stories about survival. The one I remember best is the so called  «Andes Flight Disaster”, October 1972, when a chartered flight from Montevideo bound to Chile, crashed against a glacier. Among the passengers, there were 19 members of Seguir leyendo

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