Days after hikes ruling, Two of President’s nominees now sit on the nation’s highest tribunal Monday, August 22, 2016 Rosenkrantz joins Supreme Court, resetting its alignmentMauricio Macri’s Supreme Court nominee Carlos Rosenkrantz will be sworn-in at the nation’s highest court today, expanding the number of sitting judges to five and potentially altering its composition in the president’s favour, just days after his government was handed a major setback by the same court. But with the new Supreme Court justice’s swearing-in, this chapter has been finally closed. On March 15, Rosenkrantz’s appointment to Supreme Court passed the Senate’s Appointments Committee. There were also calls to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court. The two main objections to Rosenkrantz’s appointment was his having litigated for the Clarín Group against the State, and for having initially accepted this appointment as a Supreme Court justice via presidential decree.

OPINION Monday, August 22, 2016 Coaching, the hardest job in the countryBy Dan EdwardsFor the HeraldRacing’s Facundo Sava becomes first casualty before start of seasonThe Olympic Games extravaganza in Brazil was not the only place in the last week where one could witness a false start. Now the club must start from scratch, with a new man taking over a talented but underachieving group of players. That job insecurity goes a long way towards explaining why the average club values results over playing style, with three defeats almost guaranteeing a change of coaching personnel at any stage of the season. Chances are that the number will be even smaller by the mid-season break in December, as the coaching merry-go-round starts powering up for another busy year of action. Forget politics, or running a top business — running the gauntlet as a Primera División coach is undoubtedly the toughest job going in Buenos Aires and beyond.

Monday, August 22, 2016 Dissent undermines CGT unificationMultiple leaders from influential labour grouping set to give today’s congress the cold shoulderThe long-awaited unification of the CGT umbrella union, which was intended to put an end to internal dissent in the highly influential labour grouping, looks set to be overshadowed today as many leaders are expected to give the crucial summit the cold shoulder. Venegas, much of whose power lies in his leadership and influence over the so-called 62 Peronist Organizations, is seen by others in the CGT as answering to Macri. The rural workers’ leader met the president at the most recent Rural Society fairgrounds exhibition and was full of praise for the government, in contrast to a more critical or ambivalent approach from other CGT leaders. Last-minute negotiationsBoth the MASA and the Venegas group are expected to abstain from voting for the incoming triumvirate, but those aligned with the triumvirate are making last-minute efforts for a change of heart. Other negotiations include what the wording of tomorrow’s CGT documents will be, with bank clerks’ unionist Sergio Palazzo calling for a strongly-worded critique of the current socio-economic situation.

Olympics — Closing ceremony Monday, August 22, 2016 Rio de Janeiro bids farewell to 2016 GamesGold medal winner judoka Paula Pareto bears the Argentine flag during the parade at the closing ceremony. But two late gold medals for the host country in its two favourite sports — men’s soccer and volleyball — helped smooth some of the rough edges around the Games for Brazilians. The first Refugee team in Olympic history, one of the biggest crowd-pleasers of the Games, marched in behind the Olympic flag, carried by a Congolese judoka and Rio resident. Paula Pareto, winner of the Olympic gold in judo in the under-48kg category, was the Argentine flag bearer. And US gymnast Simone Biles, the US flag bearer in the closing ceremony, kicked off her Olympic run by tying the record of four gold medals in a single Games.

Tonight, the 17 days of the Rio Games conclude. In the months leading up to the Olympics, athletes are defined by their preparation and sacrifice. “Everything I did, I did with the idea of going to the Olympics and winning,” Boudia said before the Rio Games began. In his book “Greater Than Gold,” released as the Rio Games opened, he revealed that he contemplated suicide. “I’ve already had [Rio] Olympic athletes calling me and saying, ‘I need to come in and talk.

Sunday, August 21, 2016 Seven DaysBy Michael Soltys / Senior EditorLAST WEEKEND. Energy Minister Juan José Aranguren is grilled in Congress over utility pricing. An Olympic gold in yachting for cancer survivor Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza. Attorney General Alejandra Gils Carbó broadly anticipates the next day’s Supreme Court ruling by stipulating prior public hearings. The Leones hockey team win Argentina’s third gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, beating Belgium 4-2.

Sunday, August 21, 2016 Old-time demands are backBy Julio BurdmanObservatorio ElectoralInflation, crime are top main worriesAfter a first half of the year when corruption allegations against Kirchnerite leaders were a priority for the public opinion, something began to change. If we compare these figures with June, we can see how old-time demands gained ground in the concerns of society. In the 1980s, surveys made by pioneer pollsters like Edgardo Catterberg showed that democracy was also a major social concern, besides economic welfare. If the social concern about corruption is fading and thus normal demands rising, then the political agenda needs some sort of adjustment. The other says that a saturation of the public with the corruption issue lets the old-time demands back in.

In Argentina, economic rationality is widely regarded as political lunacy. Cristina and her cronies fear that unless it nosedives within a couple of months, they will end up behind bars. Over the years, Argentine jurists have proved to be good at throwing spanners into the economic works; there is no reason to suppose that they have lost their ability or desire to continue doing so. For a few months, many hoped that Argentina would, uncharacteristically, prove to be a bright spot. They clearly underestimated the power of the forces that are determined to stop or slow down change.

You can’t change the structure of the economy so easily.”When looking at each sector, primary products exports rose 9.6 percent between January and June. Shipments of processed meat dropped 4.8 percent while raw animal exports soared 46.2 percent. Shipments of cereals increased by 23.8 percent while exports of grain mill products dropped 13.5 percent. Unprocessed vegetables exports rose 58.5 percent, much higher than the 9.7 increase of the processed ones. Vehicle exports dropped 26 percent, followed by shoes (28 percent), leather goods (nine percent), paper and cardboard (21.9 percent) and base metals (27 percent), among others.

Sunday, August 21, 2016 Book sales tumble by 20% so far in 2016Buenos Aires City has more bookstores per capita than any other major city in the world. “In January 2016 sales in bookstores declined up to 30 percent, then the situation improved a bit because of the sales for Father’s day. If there is no general predisposition for buying, it will also affect book sales,” he added. “If you compare book prices to any other prices you won’t see that they jumped dramatically,” said Barrella. Great expectationsAll experts agree that despite the current fall in general sales, sometimes the book industry also depends on the expectation of the readers regarding new releases.

Olympics — Field hockey Saturday, August 20, 2016 Britain dethrones the NetherlandsRIO DE JANEIRO — Britain beat defending champion the Netherlands yesterday to take home its first Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey, winning 2-0 in a tense shootout following a hardfought 3-3 draw. After topping the podium in Beijing and London, the Netherlands were hot favourites going into the Rio Games. Britain also finished the group stages with a perfect record and was gunning for gold in its first Olympic final having won bronze four years ago in London. The Netherlands’ second goal promptly followed with Paumen scoring off the last of three penalty corners in the space of four minutes. Britain’s Helen Richardson-Walsh and Hollie Webb found the back of net to secure victory and their team’s first Olympic gold medals.

But that is not the only cultural battle Macri is waging. The Macri administration is extremely concerned about being – or at least looking – different from its predecessor, the Kirchner era. Where the Kirchners sought to manipulate the media, Macri claims he barely reads newspapers and cares little about what they write about him. But it will only continue to do so if Macri can also be proactive – and successful – in establishing something similar to a governing plan of his own. Catch 22 may be around the corner.

Saturday, August 20, 2016 Gov’t pledge for zero duties on soybeans sees ‘delay’President Mauricio Macri pledged during the presidential campaign to continue lowering the soybean levy five percentage points every year until fully eliminating it. He pledged to continue lowering the levy five percentage points every year, until fully eliminating it in seven years. Argentina is going through a difficult situation,” Guillermo Bernaudo, Agriculture Ministry Cabinet Chief, said yesterday in a summit in Córdoba. “We probably won’t have news this year, probably in the next one after the soy harvest season,” he added. He said during the presidential campaign that soybean levy would be at 25 percent in 2017,” Buryaile said back then.

Saturday, August 20, 2016 Utility rates: businesses mull injunctionsStung by their exclusion from a Supreme Court ruling that rolled back natural gas price increases for residential users only, heavy industry and business representatives yesterday urged the government to broker a solution for their sectors. On Thursday, the country’s top tribunal struck down the hikes in gas prices for residential users only — accounting for roughly a third of total consumption. As such, the Court excluded the businesses and industry that consume the majority of the country’s gas. While domestic users will enjoy the rates in effect on March 31 and may be reimbursed in the coming months, businesses will be expected to pay the increases capped at 500 percent. Urtubey added that the ruling issued unanimously by the four Supreme Court justices did “not resolve the rate problem” and that a comprehensive solution was needed.

In a world in which we are constantly bombarded with information, remembering something longer than your home address can prove to be a challenge. That is why sometimes your CBU (Clave Bancaria Uniforme or, in English, Single Banking Code), which is like the local version of the IBAN, can be very annoying sometimes. The good news is that the Central Bank (BCRA) appears to have reached that same conclusion this week and announced that it will create a so-called “Alias CBU” instead by which bank users will be able to link their account numbers to a pseudonym of their choice. Goodbye 22-number account combinations, hello endless possibilities for weird names. You must have a funnier alias than your friends.