Queiroz Galvão was part of a consortium working on the construction of the plant, which included other major firms. The investigation is hunting for additional evidence that Queiroz Galvão systematically paid bribes to win over contracts with Petrobras, prosecutors said. The sprawling “Operation Carwash” investigation was launched two years ago to tackle price fixing, bribery and political kickbacks at state-run oil firm Petrobras. Wednesday, August 3, 2016 New Petrobras graft arrests tie PSDB to bribeProsecutors from sprawling investigation target executives from Queiroz Galvão building firmBRASILIA/CURITIBA — Brazil’s federal police said they had arrested two people and raided properties yesterday over alleged corruption at building firm Queiroz Galvão, as fresh allegations linked the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) to an alleged US$3-million bribe. Former Queiroz Galvão senior executive Ildefonso Colares Filho and current employee Othon Zanoide de Moraes were arrested, authorities said in a press briefing in the southern city of Curitiba.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Beloved humorist Juan Carlos Mesa diesComedic master created memorable comical characters for radio, TV and filmComedian, author and scriptwriter of many local television hits, Juan Carlos Mesa died yesterday in a Buenos Aires hospital, where he was being treated for kidney failure. With an early penchant for white humour, he started in the 1950s at a local radio and cut his teeth on clever skits about the human zoo of the city. Returning to his hometown in 1997, he led the radio show El despertador, on LV2, which won him the Bamba and Excelencia awards. Appearing mainly on radio, he worked with his brother Edgardo and son, Juan Martín, in El Surtidor (“The Dispenser”), a variety show complete with astrology forecasts. He returned to television, however, as the chief writer and in a supporting role in a 2003 sitcom, Dr. Amor.

There’s a petition going around on change.org to name the new Santa Fé station on the H line after Argentine LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui. The location of the subway station in question is relevant to Ferraro’s petition: it is situated on the corner of Puerreydón and Santa Fé. Santa Fé Avenue and its associated environs have been described as fundamental to the city’s LGBT history, and the subway station, that sits in the middle of it, could become a modern landmark to the neighborhood’s legacy. This August 20th will mark the twentieth anniversary of his death; Jáuregui died at age 38 of AIDS. The initiative, that was initially put forward by representative Maximiliano Ferraro, was given the thumbs up in a tweet by city the city’s mayor, Rodríguez Larreta.

It’s necessary to clarify this is not the case opened by the late Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, which investigated whether Cristina and Timerman covered up the role Iran could have played in the AMIA bombing. Just like with Nisman’s accusation, the case had been archived by Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas in 2015. Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio today upheld a request from family members of victims of the 1994 Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish center bombing to be appointed as plaintiffs in a case investigating former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and former Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman for treason. In fact, the president of the Delegation of Israeli Associations (DAIA), Ariel Cohen Sabban, today also officially requested Judge Rafecas de-archive the case, but it hasn’t transpired whether he presented new evidence. Just in case you forgot what the Nisman case and the memorandum of understanding (MOU) are all about, here’s a brief explanation: In 2013 Argentina and Iran signed this MOU to conduct a bilateral joint investigation into the bombing.

The good news: Argentines might be able to use their phones to make electronic bank payments. “The credit will not recuperate,” he said, “if we don’t solve the structural problems that drag the Argentine financial system.” According to Sturzenegger, these changes would encourage long-term savings, as well as sustaining the current financial system and encouraging credit. Transfers can become immediate and easy, through a virtual bank note. At least, this is what Central Bank (BCRA) head Federico Sturzenegger advocated yesterday while presenting the Financial Stability Report.

Next Friday, I’m sure Rio will be practicing flawlessly its all-time favorite sport: showing off to the world! As the local saying goes: “I am Brazilian, I never give up!” Last Sunday, a bohemian mock torch traveled through all the botecos in da hood in the hands of the most iconic drunkards of the city. I have never seen so many street musicians play in downtown streets like nowadays. Will it bring haunting ghosts of conservatism and prejudice back to their grave?

Sin fuerza de gravedad’ is on at Elefante Club, Guardia Vieja 4257, every Wednesday at 9pm. Sin fuerza de gravedad’ tells no story, is set on no stage, and does not distinguish a line between spectators and performers. Sin fuerza de gravedad’ is an Austrian play written by Ewald Palmetshofer that has been taken to stage repeatedly for the last two years in the hands of the highly acclaimed director Lisandro Rodriguez. ‘Hamlet está muerto. Humans are left alone with their own consciousness, no guide whatsoever, and that precisely coincides with post-dramatic theatre’s fundamentals.

Analogías, investigated Argentine consumption habits last month to see how much we’ve altered our behavior over these past few months to deal with higher food prices and service costs. Consortiums refer to groups of people living in the same apartment building who share certain expenses such as central heating. In some cases inhabitants stopped using the central heating and installed their own heating. Then there is the perhaps even more sensitive case of gas hikes, which saw even more outrageous increases and are still pending a definitive resolution. Read more: Ridiculous Gas Bill Hikes, ExplainedClarín spoke to Alicia Giménez, head of the Argentine Union of Consortium Committees (UCRA).

Talk of extending the military’s sphere of influence in Argentina typically creates some concern due to the armed forces’ history here. According to Infobae, today the army has a little less than 50,000 members. Since salaries are included in that, the army couldn’t properly raise salaries to cope with inflation. In order to develop and generate employment, we need to have peace,” said Macri. He went on to explain that by this, he means he wants the army to help control the country’s borders, fight drug-trafficking and help during natural emergencies (i.e.

Before her role in Stranger Things, Millie could be seen in NCIS, Once Upon A Time In Wonderland, and Modern Family. In a post on her Twitter account, actress Millie Bobby Brown of the popular Netflix series Stranger Things thanked her fans in Argentina. In Stranger Things, Millie plays “Eleven,” a young girl fleeing government scientists, who finds friendship with a group of boys searching for their missing best friend. The 12 year-old British actress who was born in Marbella, Spain, spoke in Spanish while addressing Argentina. You can follow her on Instagram where she’s posted some freakin’ adorable shots of her and the other actors from the show.

While the cooking oil nightmares did not live up to their rumors, supermarkets will apparently see butter shortages due to dairy farms’ decisions to produce less less. And since cheese is more profitable than butter, dairy farmers are focusing their energies on cheese. Bye bye butter is the newest anthem sweeping Argentina. He added that the government will not intervene in the price of butter but may try to “persuade” markets to sell butter at a certain price. He also attributed to drop to “seasonal” effects such as the increased consumption of butter “by housewives in the kitchen.” That’s right, it’s all Mom’s fault.

A group of medical marijuana users and their families in Santa Fe Province have formed their own association, appropriately called the Medical Marijuana Users Association (Apucam). They define themselves as “activists” committed to studying and promoting the benefits of marijuana use for medicinal purposes. However, first things first, the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes must be regulated throughout the nation. According to agenciafe.com, the group came about when Patricia Molina, the mother of 12-year-old Ignacio, became desperate to find a cure for her son’s chronic epilepsy. In Chile and Uruguay, marijuana for medicinal use has been legalized, while in Brazil a derivative of cannabis has also been approved.

Armando Pérez, the President of the Argentine Football Association’s (AFA) normalizing committee, yesterday announced that Edgardo Bauza will become the next coach of the Argentine national football team. The committee went on to offer the position to Marcelo Bielsa, who coached the national team during the early 2000s. Read more: Leo Messi Announces Retirement From Argentine National TeamOther key players such as Javier Mascherano, Sergio Agüero and Gonzalo Higuain had also expressed their doubts regarding staying with the national team. Messi announced he was leaving the national team after Argentina lost to Chile in the Copa America. That’s why the most important thing to do is talk to him and get him to keep the commitment he’s always had [to the national team].

We will then take Argentine businessmen, banks, investment funds and government officials to introduce them in different countries,” Melhem said. Although no concrete investments were announced — the delegations signed three preliminary memorandums of understanding — the visit itself was considered fruitful by experts who believe Persian Gulf countries are set to reach agreements with Argentina in order to use land for food production. That’s an opportunity for Argentina, a really strong country when it comes to agriculture and game. President Mauricio Macri last week received a visit from Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa along with oil, energy and business leaders from the region. As a result, they’re looking to go out into the world and buy areas in which they can produce food,” he began.

In a discussion regarding Argentina’s social issues with journalist Cecilia González for Mexican News Agency Notimex, President Mauricio Macri shut down the discussion of possibly decriminalizing abortion in Argentina while saying that the possibilities of ending drug trafficking and legalizing medical marijuana were both on the horizon. The Supreme Court established a precedent when it ruled in favor of decriminalizing marijuana possession for personal consumption in the 2009 Arriola Case. There is no mention of medical marijuana in the ruling. The interview also discussed the recent visit of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who has been criticized for continuous violations in human rights, with an estimated 28,000 people having been forcibly disappeared since 2011. Macri said that while he was not “aware until now” of the Mexican government’s role in human rights, it was a discussion that everyone needed to be aware of, and that he would always advocate for the protection of human rights.