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My kids used to sing a song at school: “Lost my partner, what shall I do?”, and for some strange reason I link this popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s with the frantic candidate rat race which we watched in disbelief this week in Argentina. This simple game of Seguir leyendo
A menudo me pregunto qué hicimos (o no hicimos) los argentinos para merecer la clase dirigente que tenemos y padecemos. El espectáculo que los candidatos están ofreciendo estos días es patético. Los vemos “rosquear”, cruzarse de vereda, cambiar de bando y camiseta como si nada, inescrupulosamente, desembozadamente. ¿Acaso no se Seguir leyendo
«We share the same ideals. All South America is worried about not having any more Venezuelas in the region. (…) I call the Argentine people to receive God’s guidance because elections are coming in October. And all of them need to put reason above emotion to decide the future of Seguir leyendo
Former United States President, Barack Obama, has hit the nail on the head this week: «Argentina fails to win the World Cup even with Lionel Messi because they do not play as a team.». In plain words, he has described one of our major historical difficulties as a nation: we Seguir leyendo
Far West Revisited Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro intends to allow Brazilians to carry guns wherever they go. In a country which has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, this policy would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire. This rings a bell: it reminds us of NRA, the National Rifle Seguir leyendo
Argentine politicians aspiring to become our next President seem to be practicing “polyamory”. Those who used to hate each other and said it openly, have now become best friends. These forced or arranged “marriages” are so hard to believe, though. Only yesterday they behaved like Montagues and Capulets; now, they Seguir leyendo
Marina Simian, a scientist from Argentina’s CONICET research body, has won 500.000 pesos on the local version of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” So far, this piece of news shouldn’t call our attention. What really struck us all is what she intends to do with the prize. She will Seguir leyendo
“Brasil must not become a gay tourism paradise”, said Jair Bolsonaro. “If you want to come here and have sex with a woman, go for your life, but we can’t let this place become known as a gay tourism paradise. Brazil can’t be a country of the gay world, of Seguir leyendo
Me pregunto si la clase política argentina en su totalidad es consciente de su estrepitoso e indisimulable fracaso histórico. Es una pregunta retórica, ya que la respuesta es más que clara. Nuestros dirigentes carecen de la más mínima autocrítica. Los ciudadanos hemos estado y seguimos estando a merced de individuos Seguir leyendo
I often wonder if our political leaders (former and current ones), if our Union leaders, if our so called “representatives” at Congress, if our judges, if our big businessmen, in other words, if the people who actually run this country, are aware of the huge despair our society is immersed Seguir leyendo