Businessman Juan Chediack died on Monday morning after the small plane he was flying in crashed in San Luis city airport on Sunday. Chediack, 69, former head of the Argentine Construction Sector Chamber (CAMARCO, by its Spanish initials) was the only passenger on the plane. He suffered burns across most of his body and other severe injuries including compromised airways and a broken leg. He has a fractured pelvis and other severe injuries including compromised airways and burns over a large proportion of his body. On Sunday night, the wind speed reached over 100 kilometers per hour in San Luis, according to the province’s Meteorological Stations Network.

On returning from a trip this week, one of my favorite parts of getting back into the office was trawling through our translation channel on Slack. Although not in common parlance, the earliest use of the phrase is in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar — so it’s actually a translation from English. EscracheThis one was waiting in my inbox and came from Martina: although the term wasn’t used in the final article, it’s worth getting into. As mentioned in a previous translation trouble article, -azo is a cheerleader, used to play up the size, force, or importance of something. Share your thoughts and translation hang-ups with us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram!

“That’s Conan there. It’s Conan, that’s Conan,” the congressman repeated when he opened his mouth again. But there was a lot about that dog — and about himself — that Milei did not reveal in that interview earlier this year. Just as he had done with Moses, He told Milei that He had a “mission” for him: to enter politics and not stop until he became president of the country. The thing is, Milei’s mysticism was not the first revelation to force a change of plans.

Chaco province will vote for its next governor on Sunday, with incumbent Governor Jorge Capitanich from the Peronist local coalition Frente Chaqueño as a frontrunner. However, his ties with the suspects of Cecilia Strzyzowski’s alleged femicide have had political repercussions that might affect his performance as they did in the primaries. In Chaco, gubernatorial candidates need at least 45% of the vote or 40% with a 10-point advantage to win the elections. The drop could be a consequence of Cecilia Strzyzowski’s disappearance and the ensuing media storm and political discontent. You may also be interested in: Chaco governor minimizes political ties with femicide suspects— with information from Télam

In its last two lines, Argentina’s National Anthem sings “coronados de gloria vivamos, o juremos con gloria morir” (Let us live crowned in glory, or swear to die with glory). And as of late, locals have seemed to take the task of achieving “glory” as a mandate. Over the past year, either Argentine individuals or national representatives have won prizes in multiple realms. Grimson insists that this idea is key to understanding how Argentines achieve greatness in the middle of an economic crisis. According to surveys done by Voices Consultancy, even an efficient monthly purchase at the shop can sometimes feel like an odyssey.

Hours before the legal deadline, the Economy Ministry presented the 2024 budget bill, the road map in which the government establishes the main economic variables for this and the following year. In Argentina, it is not unusual for the budget bill treatment to happen after presidential elections. Year-on-year inflation for 2024 is forecast to be 70%, while average inflation will be around 90%. Per the new document, GDP is expected to drop by 2.5% this year and grow by 2.7% in 2024. According to the budget, the exchange rate by the end of 2024 will be AR$600 to the US dollar.

The Economy Ministry raised AR$1.14 trillion through peso securities in the local market in a scheduled auction that took place on Thursday. The second round of this auction will take place Friday at 3 p.m. This was the second bond auction of the month, albeit the first scheduled one — the previous one on September 1 was not planned. The most-requested instrument was a dual bond (TDJ24) that matures in June 2024, which got 55.7% of the total raised amount. Dual bonds pay the highest amount between the inflation rate and the devaluation of the peso against the US dollar.

“The well, which will cost about US$100 million, is set to start between next December and June of next year, but the works in the Mar del Plata port have already begun. According to Guiscardo, Vaca Muerta required close to U$S780 million since 2009 to explore 87 wells and detect reserves of 29,100 MBOE. Brazil, with close to 2,200 offshore wells, managed to double its crude oil production from 2 to 4 million barrels. Lamacchia said that the Mar del Plata offshore project can have up to 50% of locally made components, cautioning nonetheless that it would not be easy. He also estimated that the national government would receive between 58% and 62% of the total profits from this project.

The Brazilian Supreme Court voted on Thursday to convict the first person to stand trial for the storming of government buildings in the capital Brasilia on January 8 to 17 years in prison. They were possessed by an irrational, almost pathological, hatred,” said Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also serves as the head of Brazil’s electoral authority. Thursday’s decision was the opener of a first batch as four people who were directly involved in the invasions stand trial. Pereira was convicted of all crimes he stood accused of, including attempted coup d’etat, damage to historic buildings, and criminal association. “The objective was, through the use of violence, to besiege Brasilia and propagate criminal acts throughout the country to attack the rule of law,” said Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin.

Economy Minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate Sergio Massa will file the 2024 national budget bill on Friday, following the deadline established by law, sources from Congress and the ministry have confirmed to the Herald. However, the bill will be presented on Friday, and not after the elections, as Milei requested. The government must present the budget bill for the period that starts on December 10 no later than September 15, according to Argentina’s Financial Administration Law. In Argentina, it is not unusual for the budget bill treatment to happen after presidential elections. In years without presidential elections, this usually happens in October or November.

Argentina’s monthly inflation rate was 12.4% in August, according to the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC, for its Spanish acronym). The figure is almost double that of July and represents the highest monthly rate since February 1991, when the country was mired in a hyperinflation crisis. Eco Go predicts an 11% inflation rate for September. pic.twitter.com/OA5CQQ5POL — Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) September 13, 2023Shortly after INDEC released the monthly inflation rate, Juntos por el Cambio presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich took aim at the ruling coalition on X (formerly Twitter). INDEC will publish September’s inflation rate on October 12.

The government will start refunding value-added tax (VAT) on basic goods for many workers and welfare recipients, Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced on Wednesday evening. The program, called “Buy without VAT”, will apply to products within the basic basket of goods, purchased via debit card. “Its goal is that the basic basket is covered and compensated by this benefit.”In Argentina, VAT is 21%. On Monday, Massa announced that the Argentine government will raise the income tax threshold to AR$1.7 million pesos per month from October. August’s inflation rate, announced just three hours beforehand, was 12.4%.

Currently, Argentine law allows a maximum of eight hours of work per day, six days a week, or 48 hours a week in total. Olmos said that the working week should be 40 hours, but added that more developed countries have a 36-hour week. Senator Mariano Recalde filed a bill in the upper chamber that would also reduce working hours to 36 a week, aiming to promote a four-day working week. They decided to maintain the reduced working week after the test run because it helped them increase productivity. “The 48-hour working week is anachronistic because worker productivity has grown exponentially, so we have to discuss and modify it,” he said.

The new urban development will be called “Añelo Ciudad Central” (‘Añelo Central City’) and will be connected to the current city of Añelo in Neuquén province, near Vaca Muerta’s main pits. The goal is to expand the city now that the recently-approved arrival of the North Patagonian railroad will increase the area’s accessibility and connections. “It’s a city that will coexist with Añelo, expanding its urban limits with new lands,” he explained. To give an idea of how big it will be, the city of Añelo currently covers 2000 hectares: this project could cover up to 10,000 hectares. But there is also the bottleneck of how to get to, live in, and work in Vaca Muerta,” said Cantero.

However, this is not the place for such sociolinguistic analysis; suffice it to say that local catering staff are more likely to speak local dialects, with local accents. All of which leads me to the Argentine learner of English, who wants to improve the way they speak. However, most Argentines studying English are not, presumably, thinking of applying for a post with the CIA or their equivalent. Native speakers don’t expect or require “perfect diction” in learners of English, and learners should not be so ashamed of their origins that they want to eliminate all the linguistic clues that betray their provenance. Some English teachers and phoneticians are so conscious of a need to speak “correctly” that they go over the top with their demands.