As we enter the homestretch of the October 22 election, it’s unsurprising that two-thirds of this week’s translation troubles came from political candidates. For now, here are three from the past week: overscrewed, downed lines and joker cards. Pasarse de roscaPresidential candidate Patricia Bullrich said that rival Javier Milei’s denialism was “pasarse de rosca.” This has a fairly simple English translation — to go overboard, going too far. As a kid, I would usually hear “you’re overscrewed” when it was past our bedtime and we had way too much energy for the exasperated adult in question. Share your thoughts and translation hang-ups with us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram!

Argentina is through to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after the national men’s team Los Pumas beat Japan 39-27 on Sunday morning at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, France. Following the hard-earned victory against the Brave Blossoms, Argentina has managed to slip into the second position of the D group, right behind England. It’s the fourth time that the Pumas have reached the group of the best eight teams in a rugby world cup. Argentina will play against Wales for a spot in the semi-finals on Saturday at 12 p.m. in Marseilles. “Now, we have to enjoy this victory and tomorrow start thinking about Wales to get into the semifinals,” said Carreras.

Seven men suspected of involvement in the murder in August of Ecuador’s anti-corruption presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, the prisons agency said, barely a week before a crucial run-off election. Six of the killings took place in a penitentiary in Guayaquil, the South American country’s largest city, the attorney general’s office announced. The prisons agency announced a seventh death at another prison. The SNAI prisons agency said in a statement that six of the seven murdered men were Colombian nationals. The second round run-off vote is scheduled for October 15, the culmination of an election cycle marred by numerous incidents of violence.

It’s June of 1978, and the FIFA World Cup hosted by Argentina has just finished. “Congratulations on the World Cup, Mr. Videla”. Help us.”Barend interviewed the Mothers at the exact same moment the 1978 World Cup opening ceremony was taking place in River Plate stadium. They remained unharmed and left the country as soon as they could after the World Cup ended. Van der Putten had lived in Argentina previously but left a few months after the March 24, 1976 coup.

The authorities cracked down on underground dollar operations on Thursday and Friday, raiding banks and launching investigations and filing complaints against brokerages. The government also further restricted access to U.S. dollar bonds on Thursday. The MEP dollar (the financial rate investors get in the local market) made more moderate gains, reaching AR$812.7 on Friday. The government intervenes heavily in the MEP rate, and a report by the consultancy 1816 estimated that on Thursday alone, the Central Bank “burned” US$100 million in the MEP market to keep the price at bay. AFIP also found that 857 people with inactive tax identification numbers had apparently been active in the MEP dollar market, the government said.

The government is trying to negotiate a railroad extension that would connect the shale oil reservoir Vaca Muerta to one of Argentina’s main ports in Bahía Blanca. The expansion of the railroad structure will lower costs for the arrival of inputs and increase transport capacity up to six times. The government’s current priority is the section that reaches Vaca Muerta — 83 kilometers of new railroad. Vaca Muerta aims to reach a rate of one million oil barrels per day. While in 2018 Vaca Muerta was estimated to require 985,000 tonnes, by 2030 the demand through railroad transport is expected to be 2.73 million tonnes.

Monthly inflation for Buenos Aires was 12% in September, according to the city government’s second price index since August’s 22% devaluation of the peso. It is the highest monthly figure since the government began tracking inflation in 2012. These increases were driven by sectors including food, drink, housing, utilities, hospitality, and clothing, the Buenos Aires city government’s General Directorate of Statistics and Census (DGESYC, by its Spanish acronym) wrote in its monthly report. According to the consulting firm Ecolatina, inflation in Greater Buenos Aires was 12.4% in September. The National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC) will release the national figure for September on October 12.

An investigation led by Amnesty International concluded that Jujuy’s provincial police carried out arbitrary detentions and illegal use of force on June 20 when repressing protests against a controversial constitutional reform. Different national and international human rights organizations and government officials— including President Alberto Fernández — heavily criticized the reform and the repression. The findingsFrom September 25-29, an Amnesty International delegation visited the city of San Salvador de Jujuy and the provincial municipalities of Tumbaya, Cochinoca, Humahuaca and Susques. They also requested meetings with the Secretary of Human Rights and the Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of Jujuy, which have not yet been held. “And that they respect the right of Indigenous communities to free, prior and informed consultation, as protected by both international human rights law and the Argentine constitution.”

Economy Minister Sergio Massa, Tourism and Sports Minister Matías Lammens and AFA president Claudio Chiqui Tapia gave a press conference following the announcement that Argentina will co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. “It was hard to compete (against other host candidates),” Tapia said, “from the economic standpoint, but also from a vote-gathering side. You may also be interested in: 45 years after Argentina’s 1978 World Cup win: ‘We were in a bubble’“The Albiceleste jersey can open any door for us,” said Massa. If we have to build a stadium, we’ll do it.”This will be the first time Argentina has hosted any World Cup games at the elite level since the 1978 World Cup, held during the last military dictatorship and under severe suspicion. This announcement makes me very happy because I know how much our people have suffered and this will be the World Cup of democracy.”The economy minister and the AFA president highlighted each other’s work.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently recognized the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory as a World Heritage Site for its “outstanding value to humanity.” This week, ESMA is reminding its visitors why. On Wednesday, the museum will be hosting the 17th annual “Finding Yourself in Diversity” Day, bringing together more than 1,000 youths of different sociocultural backgrounds to foster tolerance and understanding. From 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., there will be a series of workshops on religious diversity, body positivity, music, dance, and more. Then, at 3 p.m., visitors can enjoy a discussion about diversity, equity, and inclusion between different experts and leaders from the public and private sectors. The ESMA Museum and Site of Memory is located on Libertador 8151, in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

There are, of course, specific exchange rates for those, called “Coldplay Dollar” and “Netflix Dollar”. Official exchange rate (Dólar oficial)The official “wholesale” exchange rate is the cheapest and the largest market. Blue dollar (Dólar blue)The “blue dollar” refers to cash dollars bought and sold informally. The “Qatar” dollar rate is calculated by adding 100% — a combination of three different taxes — to the official exchange rate. However, with the proposals of dollarization or “rapid exchange rate unification” some candidates are making, all of these exchange rates could soon be destined to the great rates chart in the sky.

They are the byproduct of political parties that haven’t lived up to citizens’ expectations, and start to be more a part of the problem than of the solution. The provincial ruling parties detached their local elections from the national ones in order to keep their territories. They are the pond where every political party will go fish, and what currently keeps all political strategists awake at night. Political parties as we have known them don’t exist anymore. “Democracy doesn’t work without political parties; but it doesn’t with these ones, either,” wrote Yanina Welp.

In the 2020 mini-series The Queen’s Gambit, Anglo-Argentine actress Anya Taylor-Joy plays a child chess prodigy who conquers her personal demons to win a major tournament in Moscow. Now, Argentina has a real-life world champion: Candela Belén Francisco Guecamburu, 17, who just won the International Chess Federation’s World Junior Chess Championship in Mexico. The Buenos Aires native defeated Bulgaria’s Beloslava Krasteva to become the first woman Grandmaster from Argentina. Three Argentine men have held the title, including Oscar Panno in Copenhagen (1953), Carlos Bielicki in Münchenstein (1959), and Pablo Zarnicki in Buenos Aires (1992). Francisco, who grew up in Pilar, Buenos Aires province, has been competing in tournaments since she was nine.

River Plate beat Boca Juniors 2-0 in the 260th Superclásico, the most important fixture in Argentine football. LO QUE SE PERDIÓ COLIDIO ❌Gran jugada colectiva de River y el delantero la tiró por arriba. The team now sits third in Copa de la Liga’s Group A, just one point away from leaders Independiente. The Xeneizes have struggled in the Copa de la Liga, sitting ninth in Group B, five points away from leaders Racing Club. The last time was on March 10, 2002, when River achieved a historic 3-0 win at La Bombonera.

This week’s “translation troubles” feature a controversial campaign video, a healthy dose of a rare interview by football superstar Lionel Messi, and a quintessentially Argentine piece of advice that comes up surprisingly often. Translation troubles got you down? Or soda water. Translation troubles, indeed. Picture an old-school bodegón patron with a bottle of red wine and its quintessentially Argentine pairing — a sifón (soda siphon).