If you prefer eating in but have trouble finding tasty vegan supplements to satisfy your cream, cheese, or mayonnaise needs, you can buy cashew butter, vegan mayonnaise, and more to go. Despite its reputation for red meat, Buenos Aires is a city rapidly adjusting to a growing vegetarian and vegan community. Their dessert case boasts a thick, nutty raw chocolate mousse, as well as brownies and truffles. If you are eating in the organic restaurant, try their chocolates crunched up in their raw chocolate ice cream. The lunch and dinner menus are extensive and filled with goodies for any food craving– the curry risotto is mouth watering, as is the vegan pizza, the sushi roll appetizers, and the lasagna.

August 05, 2016 17:37 UTC

While anyone can follow the activities of the Rio athletes, only the athletes, ex-Olympians in Rio can use it like Tinder, matching up with others in the city. The practice of giving out condoms at the Olympics began at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, when a mere 8,500 condoms were given out to the 8,391 athletes participating. Argentine Olympians will be able to go for the gold in more ways than one, as the Brazilian Ministry of Health has given out a whopping 9 million condoms for the Rio Olympics being inaugurated today. A new application called “The Olympic Athletes Hub” will be up and running during the games. 450,000 of these will be sent to the Olympic Village, with an estimated 42 condoms available for each athlete during the 17 days of the events.

August 05, 2016 16:07 UTC

All the powers of the world have entered into a holy alliance to stoke it: Nintendo, Niantic and, for some reason, The Workers’ Party of Argentina. ), the connection between the Workers’ Party and Pokémon Go has less to do with real ideology and more to do with virtual reality. So for the length of the game, Pokémon allows the entire world to be in on the same daydream. In the City of Buenos Aires, some of the “portals” located in architectural sites included the Workers’ Party headquarters, because of the dazzling murals often painted outside the PO sites. In creating PokéStops in Buenos Aires, the app utilized the existing information from Ingress, and converted the old Ingress portals into PokéStops.

August 05, 2016 15:45 UTC

Argentina holds the highest youth unemployment rate in Latin America according to the UN’s 2015 Work for Human Development report. The UN report defines “youth unemployment” as encompassing the unemployed aged 15 to 24. The report states that the nation’s youth unemployment is well above the regional average of 13.7 percent — a rate that has gone down from 14.3 in 2012. Take note that the legal working age in Argentina is 16, however exceptions are made for children aged 14 to 16 working for a company owned by their parents. With a 19.4 percent rate, the country narrowly beats Uruguay (19.2 percent) and Colombia (19.1).

August 05, 2016 15:11 UTC

For those more keen on conquering Pokemon Go from a seated position, Juan Pablo may have a solution for you. Juan Pablo is a taxi driver turned Poke-taxi who is now offering a Pokemon Go chauffeur service to help players catch poke-balls. Juan Pablo posted the tweet yesterday morning and managed to go on a successful 40-minute Pokemon excursion by midday. He created a Twitter account yesterday morning, disclosed his services to the Internet and has already received nearly 700 favorites and 1,000 retweets. Two of the 10 pokemons escaped on that trip but Juan Pablo reassured us that it was because the players weren’t on the right level.

August 05, 2016 14:48 UTC





According to press reports, the Macri administration has instructed energy companies to go back to issuing gas and electricity bills without the steep price increases implemented in February. In the Patagonian city of Bariloche, gas bills went up by as much as 2,500 percent, leading Mayor Gustavo Genusso to actually tell the city’s residents to not pay their upcoming gas bills back in May. There’s a chance the judiciary may decide to make the increases retroactive to the moment they came into effect, but that doesn’t seem likely. However, as we’ve seen with the gas increases, this process usually takes one or two months, during which time the administration will have to maintain high energy subsidies. Utility bills skyrocketed at the beginning of this year when the Macri administration removed many of the consumer-level subsidies on electricity and gas.

August 05, 2016 14:26 UTC

You can learn more about the Buenos Aires native, and take a look at some of her work here. Auditorio Buenos Aires (Av. Lacarra)LGBT: Make sure you catch the last day of Buenos Aires Diversa with their closing ceremony and trophy presentation at Sitges Bar. They’re hosting the oh-so-relatably titled No fui pero la vi por internet, which is a one-time event featuring the work of 10 Argentine artists specifically not from Buenos Aires. Espacio Cultural Carlos Gardel (Olleros 3640)MOVIE: The historic Cine Gaumont will be presenting one of Sofia Bianco’s masterpieces, Deconstrucción: crónicas de Susy Shock.

August 05, 2016 03:00 UTC

Beneficiaries of the programme do not have to face an immigration officer upon arrival in the United States. While both the United States and Argentina will participate in the vetting process, the US will have the final say in whether a traveller qualifies for the programme. Washington offers help on security screening for Syrian refugees Friday, August 5, 2016 Argentina on track for inclusion into expedited entry into the USWithin the framework of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Buenos Aires, the United States and Argentina have signed an agreement paving the way for Argentina to eventually participate in the US Global Entry programme, potentially making customs and immigration checks easier for travellers who pass an exhaustive vetting programme. “We believe that we really want to commend Argentina for its commitment to bring in 3,000. And we are committed to work with Argentina in an effort to try to make sure that the screening and the process works effectively,” Kerry said yesterday.

August 05, 2016 02:26 UTC

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association strives to find disappeared children who were abducted by the military dictatorship between 1976-1983. Hundreds of Argentines today crowded the streets before the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association headquarters after an arrest warrant was issued for the organization’s head, Hebe de Bonafini. According to La Nación, Judge Martínez de Giorgi still intends to get her to testify and will order her arrest to answer his questions tomorrow. The judge then determined Bonafini was in contempt of court and ordered that police bring her in by force. At the time this article is being written, Bonafini continues to refuse to comply with the arrest orders issued by Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi.

August 04, 2016 20:48 UTC

In a press conference held today, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced Argentina will be included in the US Customs, Border and Protection (CBP) Global Entry Program, which will allow Argentines to speed up the process of entering the US when coming to the country as tourists. If you’re already bored with my explanation, you can check out this video made by the CBP starring friendly looking airport agent. Read more: US Secretary Of State John Kerry Congratulates Macri For Being ‘On Right Track’Did Kerry’s announcement convince you to travel to the US? If you’re an expat living in the country, bring that DNI with the massive red extranjero stamp on the top right corner. However, don’t celebrate all the way just yet: this doesn’t get rid of visa requirements, which are still mandatory along with a US $160 fee.

August 04, 2016 20:03 UTC

Here is a rundown on some of the best bookstores in Buenos Aires selling books in English. He arrived in Buenos Aires a long time ago and decided to start looking for books in English as a hobby. Walrus books is constantly incorporating new titles, its English language catalogue is one of the biggest in Buenos Aires and prices are very reasonable. It has a long established reputation as being a leading international book distributor, offering learners the possibility of buying language books, literature, the classics and dictionaries. Definitely the second home of all English language lovers.

August 04, 2016 19:10 UTC

However, this is not a foreign concept to all Pokemon Go players, there have been various arrests throughout the United States of cell phone thieves targeting or taking advantage of Pokemon Go players. “I’m opening pokemon go”“So that they don’t rob me”“This green up there to the right is Plaza Once. Goodbye dignity?”“The taxis are already against #PokemonGoArgentina”“The only pokeball that I’m interested in” Among those concerned are the Casa Rosada and your everyday porteños. “Forget about it, I’ll also be an idiot playing Pokemon Go when it arrives, I want pikachu at all costs.”Be smart out there kids and be sure to look up every once in a while.

August 04, 2016 18:22 UTC

In May, Temer took office as a stand-in for the impeached Rousseff, at which point the Financial Times reported the grim news that Brazil’s economy had contracted 5.4 percent in the first quarter from a year previously. In turn, the World Bank says the shrinking of Brazil’s economy by 3.8 percent in 2015 represents its worst performance since 1981, four years before the country returned to civilian rule. Brazil can also take heart from Argentina’s recovery from its 1998-2002 economic crisis. Brazil is in the midst of its worst political, economic, social and – some say – cultural crisis in decades. Yes, but the steps required to overhaul Brazil’s bureaucratic madness are politically tricky to take, particularly given the current climate in the country.

August 04, 2016 17:03 UTC

On TV show Zona I, economist Martín Tetaz questioned Moreno on the way he handled inflation during the Kirchner administration, while he was domestic trade secretary. Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno was once again the subject of controversy last night when he insulted an economist on live television and tried to have him expelled from the set. The IMF fined the Government for farcical statistics, and publications like The Economist stopped using its numbers entirely. He became the face of the much-questioned INDEC statistics bureau and his name is synonymous with misreporting inflation numbers. I believe I should have told him to leave, because we can’t have anyone act like that toward someone,” she said.

August 04, 2016 16:30 UTC

US Secretary Of State John Kerry had a positive message for the Macri administration at a meeting with business people at the Sheraton Hotel this morning: “The Macri Administration is on the right track. Read more: US Secretary Of State John Kerry In Argentina To Meet With Macri. Read more: Obama’s Schedule For His March 23-24 Visit To ArgentinaThe US’s relationship with the Kirchner administration wasn’t exactly the best. Kirchner pursued an insular policy during her presidency and following Macri’s election, Argentina has begun reaching out to other countries around the world to reenter global markets. Kerry arrived past 9:30 AM at the Sheraton to give a speech to more than 200 business people from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Argentina (Amcham).

August 04, 2016 16:07 UTC