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On abortion, ignorance is not bliss

We, Argentines, are experts in denial. We deliberately choose not to see certain dark aspects of our reality, naively thinking that – if we don’t bring them to light – they don’t exist. Abortion is one of them. although it’s still illegal here, we all know that the abortion rate Seguir leyendo

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How many more lives must be lost?

My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school”. This is what Donald Trump said after 17 people were killed by a 19 year old gunman , armed with a Seguir leyendo

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Hacernos cargo

Seamos sensatos y realistas. El hecho de que -de una vez por todas- se legalice el aborto en la Argentina no implica necesariamente que todas las mujeres decidan abortar (así como la promulgación de la ley de divorcio no llevó a su proliferación). El aborto, legal o no, es siempre Seguir leyendo

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Un fin personal

La marcha convocada por Hugo Moyano no parece tener un origen muy claro. Da la sensación de que quiere valerse de esta estrategia para cubrir sus espaldas. Justo cuando está siendo investigado por la Justicia para dilucidar el origen de su abultado patrimonio, llama a sus muchachos para que copen Seguir leyendo

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Time’s up!

Better late than never, they say.  And it’s never too late. We, women, seem to have finally woken up from a long slumber. And this time there is no Prince softly kissing Sleeping Beauties awake. Instead, we have woken up on our own, and have helped one another too. We have Seguir leyendo

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Never-ending story

In Argentina, we seem to live in a never ending “deja vu”. Crucial problems are never solved. On the contrary, they get worse and worse as time goes by. Every February we are told that the beginning of the academic state school year is at stake. Every single year, the Seguir leyendo

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Not funny

There are undoubtedly some scary world leaders nowadays. Men who are really dangerous, although , at first sight, you would laugh at some of their weird public attitudes. Take Trump, for instance, clapping for himself right in front of the microphone, during his State of the Union address last Tuesday. Seguir leyendo

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The burning of the dolls

Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a particular ceremony takes place in La Plata, my hometown. This tradition started over half a century ago. It’s called “La quema de los Muñecos”, “the burning of the dolls”. These so-called dolls are huge figures and structures, made of “papier machiée”, wood, Seguir leyendo

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Twilight of the “Gods”

Another Argentine union leader in prison. Marcelo Balcedo, head of the SOEME, was arrested in his luxurious Uruguayan mansion, “El Gran Chaparral”, together with his wife. He is accused, among other crimes, of money laundering, a widespread “sport” in this country. What did the police find? Automatic weapons, luxury cars, Seguir leyendo

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