Milei is leading Argentina’s presidential race after coming first in August’s primaries. Of the survey’s male interviewees, 41% said they would vote for Milei in the presidential elections, compared with just 26% of women. “In past elections, there wasn’t such a significant imbalance” between male and female vote for any of the candidates, according to Opina Argentina’s director, Andrés Gilio. In this context, many men — cisgender, straight men in particular — feel they have been left out and their needs neglected. You may also be interested in: Javier Milei could win Argentina’s elections.

Unemployment reached 6.2% in the second quarter of 2023, according to a report by the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC) released on Wednesday. According to the INDEC, economic activity fell in the same period, both in comparison to the first three months of the year (-2.8%) and to the second quarter of 2022 (-4.9%). The INDEC measures unemployment by surveying a cross-section of urban centers — 29.4 million people — and measures the percentage of unemployed people who are actively looking for a job compared to the total economically active population (14 million). This latest report from the INDEC comes after inflation reached a 32-year high in August, with the institute announcing that it would begin publishing inflation figures weekly as a result. You may also be interested in: Argentina to publish inflation figures weekly after August’s 32-year record

The Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires (MALBA, by its Spanish acronym) is throwing itself a birthday party, and the entire city is invited. From 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, the museum will be opening its doors to the public free of charge, with the bash extending into the adjacent Plaza Peruano. MALBA, which was founded by the Argentine businessman Eduardo Constantini, is celebrating its 22nd anniversary. Inside its walls, MALBA will be offering multiple tours of its Tercer Ojo (Third Eye) and Luz y Fuerza (Light and Strength) exhibitions. That act will be followed by electronic artist Franzisca, who will be performing music from her new album Vida Nocturna and a set inspired by Tercer Ojo.

In his own words, La Libertad Avanza’s (LLA’s) Javier Milei wants to take a motosierra (chainsaw) to the federal government. Milei will also lack gubernatorial support in the provinces — another key factor in his ability to govern the country. Juntos por el Cambio deputies are represented by yellow and Unión por la Patria deputies are light blue. Source: Diputados ArgentinaIn the national Congress, sessions need a quorum of half of the seats plus one to start. If Milei fails to find consensus in Congress for his polarizing policies, could he push them through via presidential decree?

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies approved ruling coalition Unión por la Patria’s (UxP) bill to raise the threshold of the income tax known as Ganancias on Tuesday night. Opposing coalition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) provided the vast majority of the negative votes, despite previously asking the tax threshold be modified. If the Senate approves the bill, only 88,000 people will pay income tax, less than 1% of total workers and pensioners in Argentina. Photo: Matías Ortega/ÁmbitoLast week, the Argentine government raised the income tax threshold by decree, a decision Economy Minister and UxP presidential candidate Sergio Massa had announced days before. Eliminating income tax, along with many other taxes, is one of his main campaign proposals.

Chief Argentine Supreme Court Judge Horacio Rosatti said the dollarization plan proposed by presidential candidate Javier Milei is “unconstitutional” because it would abolish the national currency, the peso. “If a dollarization [plan] eliminates the Argentine currency, that’s unconstitutional. Article 75 of the Argentine Constitution establishes the country have a Central Bank and a currency whose value must be protected. As an example, Rosatti cited the convertibility period of the 1990s, when the peso was pegged to the dollar one-to-one. The CCL dollar rate was AR$735.1 per US dollar at the time of writing.

On Tuesday, the museum and site of memory that commemorates the spot was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was announced Tuesday morning at the World Heritage Committee’s 45th Convention in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The road to the World Heritage List began in 2015, when the Argentine government began negotiations with UNESCO. In 2017, the World Heritage Center included the ESMA Museum on its tentative list. The Argentine delegation in Riyadh was headed by Human Rights Secretary Horacio Pietragalla Corti, ESMA Museum executive director María Marcela ‘Mayki’ Gorosito, and the general coordinator of the Work Plan for the candidacy of the ESMA Museum, Mauricio Cohen Salama.

The government is also in talks with Bolivia about the cost of using existing infrastructure to get gas up to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Vaca Muerta–BrazilArgentina will end 2023 with a stable energy balance following a record deficit in 2022. To that end, a month ago the government launched a tender for the Reversal of the Northern Gas Pipeline — aimed at getting Vaca Muerta energy to Argentina’s northern provinces. If the project is ready by then, sources in the Economy Ministry say “the Argentine north will live off Vaca Muerta.” And the almost 20-year-long contract with Bolivia will be terminated. It will be at the inauguration of the Vaca Muerta Northern Pipeline, which will increase transportation capacity and export crude oil to Chile.

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.