I felt proud: this was the first time I had ever finished a whole Fernet drink. Okay, fair enough it wasn’t 100% Fernet, but it was one hell of a start. In this cocktail, coke is replaced by a mix of soda, sweetened up by a subtle touch of Punt e Mes. There, coke was nowhere to be found, and was instead replaced by lighter, fresher ginger soda. With a ginger beer in hand (La Serrana, craft beer), I decided to take it to the next level.

Salí del Molde is a situational “escape game” in Buenos Aires where you and your crew of friends (or colleagues if your HR department has a cooler take on team-building) get locked in a room for an hour and try to find a way out by solving a set of tasks and riddles. Each room has a different mission with a different background story, with different scenarios varying in difficulty level. It’s time to start thinking your way out. Going with as many friends as you muster (up to 6 per room per game) is definitely recommended. Rundown on Sali del MoldeWhere:Gallo 1570How much:AR$ 550 per room for 60 minutesGames in English are available upon request.

The Macri administration is asking for the provinces’ support in the process of taking in 3,000 Syrian refugees. As reported by La Nación, the hope is that provincial the governors will not only coordinate “logistics” with the Casa Rosada, but also help with employment and housing. The decision to add the provincial governors to the plan to help with the intake of refugees comes after concerns raised by the Syrian Foundation authorities in Argentina over the dilemma of housing and employing the refugees. Foreign Minister Susanna Malcorra told La Nación, “it’s a very sensitive issue. Argentine is set on receiving 300 refugees from Syria in the next few months.

Following a number of threats against President Mauricio Macri and an incident last Friday that saw protesters hurl rocks at a government vehicle transporting the head of state, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced that the President’s security would be tightened. Bullrich spoke to América TV on Sunday and revealed plans for a fortified vehicle to safely transport the President. For the time being the President will be transported in a fortified vehicle courtesy of the Federal Police. “Macri, basura, vos sos la dictadura” (“Macri, you’re garbage, you’re the dictatorship”) was one of the chants voicing discontent. Despite the fact that measures are being taken to tighten security, Bullrich told Todo Noticias that these are more precautions to be taken.

Not so great news after a long weekend of sunny bliss: The fare for long-distance bus (micro) fares has increased by 26.35 percent to accommodate increases in gas prices and higher bus driver salaries. This is the first authorized change in long-distance bus fares the Macri administration has enacted. The exact rate has gone up to AR $1.15 per kilometer from AR $0.9, which may not seem like a huge jump but could potentially add up over time. Up until now, the cheapest bus tickets out of Retiro were to Rosario (AR $300), Mar de Plata (AR $460), Córdoba (AR $780) and Mendoza (AR $845). This announcement comes only a month after the dreaded Subte price hike that never actually happened (but will surely happen, at some point).

The prosecutors state that “there is no way” that Báez could “justify the surprising economic power that he obtained” in a short amount of time. It’s not just Cristina and Báez, though. The prosecutors have also asked Federal Judge Julián Ercolini to call a total of 34 people into questioning and for their assets to be seized. Other people included in the prosecutors’ request are:Martín Báez, Lázaro Báez’s eldest son, who faces the same charges that are leveled against his father. Judge Ercolini has to decide whether or not to accept the prosecutors’ request: only then can Cristina be called to the federal courthouse Comodoro Py for questioning.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 Venezuela on track for record oil output dropAn oil worker walks past a drilling rig at an oil well operated by Venezuela''s state oil company PDVSA. In the 12 months to June, Venezuela’s crude output fell nine percent to 2.36 million barrels per day (bpd), while the Organization of Petroleum Exploration Countries (OPEC) has boosted its output by four percent, according to the group’s official figures. Venezuela’s oil minister and PDVSA president, Eulogio Del Pino, last month confirmed a 220,000-barrel-per-day production decline — around eight percent — so far this year compared with 2015. However, he said the “circumstantial fall” had been “contained.” The Oil Ministry later said the country’s output rebounded in July to 2.54 million bpd, without giving comparative figures. Energy consulting firm IPD Latin America in May predicted that Venezuela’s crude output will average 2.35 million bpd in 2016, a 400,000-barrel-per-day decline from last year.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 Amy Schumer keeps it real in new release Girl with the Lower Back TattooBy Lincee RayAssociated PressAmy Schumer is a powerhouse in the entertainment industry, thanks to her Emmy-winning TV series Inside Amy Schumer, and feature film box-office smash Trainwreck. A comedian, actress, writer, producer and director, Schumer is on her way to adding “best-selling author” to her list of achievements with her new book, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. So it’s no surprise that her book is packed with hilarious, honest and often vulnerably raw details of her life. As a result, she’s an advocate for domestic abuse and gun-violence awareness. Through all the pain, she’s used each experience to grow into the version of Amy Schumer that she’s supposed to be.

OLYMPICS — men’s FIELD HOCKEY Monday, August 15, 2016 Leones advance to semifinalsArgentine players and part of the coaching staff celebrate after reaching the Olympic semifinals. RIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina was breathing rarefied air in Olympic men’s field hockey yesterday after reaching the medal rounds. It’s Argentina’s men first time in the semifinals in 11 Olympics. The Argentine men, who have long played in the shadow of their far more successful women’s team, defeated Spain 2-1 on a Juan Gilardi penalty stroke just 87 seconds from fulltime. Their joy was unrestrained at the Olympic Hockey Stadium, as they jumped in a huddle or leaped into each other’s arms.

New appeals and injunctions challenge iconography Monday, August 15, 2016 Row over use of religious symbols in City reignitesMaría Rachid submitted a bill that would prohibit the installation of images or symbols that promote religious practice in public spaces. Maria Rachid, director of the Institute against Discrimination in Buenos Aires City — who has submitted several bills that aims to remove religious symbols at the Buenos Aires City legislature — pointed to the Catholic Church’s growing influence for preventing the advancement of key measures that would further separate the powers of Church and State. A different billIn another upcoming court case, the Buenos Aires City’s High Court of Justice (TSJ) will evaluate whether priests and nuns can continue working in Buenos Aires City public hospitals. The TSJ must rule on this, after the Buenos Aires City Appeals court accepted an appeal filed on July 15 by the Buenos Aires City Let’s Change (Cambiemos) administration headed, by Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, asking for the injunction to be declared unconstitutional. And for years he has refused to back a same-sex marriage equality law, until he relented in 2009 when a judge ruled that the Buenos Aires City government should accept a gay couple’s petition for marriage.

Another clay construction draws attention to the landscape exhibit. Art group Mondongo created a landscape out of clay, used as paint strokes, from afar appearing as a painting. Not for everyoneExotic, eccentric and bold is Marcos López’s exhibition on identity, entitled Be National. López included in Be National artworks he considers significant in shaping or explaining Argentine culture. The chaotic bustle of this neo-baroque extravaganza may be what López believes is at the core of Argentinity.

Monday, August 15, 2016 Scioli to run for senatorFormer BA province leader toughens anti-gov’t stanceFormer Victory Front (FpV) presidential candidate Daniel Scioli yesterday confirmed his intentions to run as a candidate in next year’s elections during an interview in which he toughened his stance against the Mauricio Macri administration. Since losing the presidential race, Scioli has never ruled out chances of running for a senate seat. In that regard, the former BA province leader said he was ready to hear CFK’s opinion on the current social and economic scenario. There was a third way to solve the country’s problems other than leaving utility rates untouched or raising them by 400 percent,” Scioli said. They’re losing jobs, they’re trying to face utility rate hikes,” he said.

OLYMPICS — BASKETBALL Sunday, August 14, 2016 Argentina downs rival Brazil in 2-OT thrillerCampazzo and Nocioni shine in 111-107 victory to put home side in troubleRIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina’s players locked arms and danced in a circle near mid-court. Beating Brazil, on its home court, is as good as it gets for Argentina. “We wanted it to be a big basketball party, and it was,” said Argentina captain Luis Scola. Argentina went up by seven early in the second OT, but Barbosa brought Brazil back and pulled the hosts within 109-107. In hopes of keeping their fans from fighting, Scola and Brazil captain Marcelinho Huertas addressed the crowd before the game, urging them to respect each other.

Sunday, August 14, 2016 Massa’s front gets tough on economyWith its eyes set on the politically invaluable province of Buenos Aires as the prize, the Renewal Front (FR) wrapped up its provincial convention with a strongly-worded message decrying the Macri administration’s “trickle-down” economic policies. The 2013 midterms elections, which Massa won in the province, also propelled his ultimately unsuccessful presidential bid. Let’s Change will also be looking to convert a better than expected showing in 2015 and the Justicialist Party (PJ) is re-grouping after losing the province to Governor María Eugenia Vidal. The Third Way approach was also on display with lower-ranking members of the FR-UNA making explicit appeals to rebellious Radicals. While Moyano was the first union leader to visit Macri as president-elect, the relationship has soured somewhat since then without reaching a breaking point.

As I see it Sunday, August 14, 2016 Macri needs sensitivity trainingMany Argentines accompanied the Mothers in their 2000 “round” in Plaza de Mayo on Thursday and didn’t lose the occasion to teach those who were inattentive like President Mauricio Macri. The signs read “It wasn’t a ‘dirty war,’ it was state terrorism and genocide,” and “It’s not a ‘debate’, they were 30,000. By now he should know perfectly well that the correct answer is “thirty thousand” and not, as the available evidence would suggest, somewhere around ten thousand. The “symbolic” number thirty thousand quickly became a shibboleth. Mauricio, Darío and Graciela are Ephraimites; they thoroughly deserve whatever fate the local Gileadites have in store for them.