Poverty in Argentina reached an alarming 55% during the first trimester of 2024, while 17.5% of Argentines are destitute, according to a new report by the Argentine Catholic University’s respected Social Debt Observatory. “Food insecurity surveyed by the ODSA-UCA in urban areas is at 24.7% for people, 20.8% for households, and 32.2% for children and teenagers. On the other hand, 10.9% of people, 8.8% of households, and 13.9% of children and teenagers are in an even more serious situation with severe food insecurity,” the report says. Food insecurity is at 26.4% for individuals, 21.8% for households, and 35% for children and teenagers in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. “In order to reduce poverty, inflation should be reduced and new jobs should be created with salaries that grow above the CPI, as well as social programs.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 05, 2024 08:33 UTC
Thousands marched nationwide for the ninth annual Ni Una Menos — Not One Less — march on Monday. Since President Javier Milei took office, programs aimed at tackling gender-based violence have been put on ice with deep budget cuts and mass layoffs. Three died of their injuries and the sole survivor, Sofía, has nowhere to go: Ni Una Menos has coordinated community funding to help cover the funeral costs and raise money for Sofía. For many, hate speech from high-profile politicians has heightened violence against the community since the new administration came to power. The first Ni Una Menos march was held on June 3, 2015, to raise awareness about gender-based violence after the brutal femicide of 14-year-old Chiara Páez, who was pregnant when she was beaten to death by her boyfriend Manuel Mansilla (16).
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 04, 2024 12:54 UTC
Argentine football clubs now know who they’re facing next in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Three Argentine sides surpassed the group stage in the Copa Libertadores, the continent’s premier international club competition, River Plate, Talleres de Córdoba, and San Lorenzo. Boca awaits a rivalThings aren’t much different in the Copa Sudamericana, where Boca Juniors had to settle for second place in its group and now has one extra step on its road to the title. Second-placed teams in the Sudamericana group stage have to play one of the Libertadores’ group stage third-placed teams. Rosario Central, for its part, could go up against Delfín, Inter, Gremio, Racing de Montevideo, or Always Ready for the play-off, and then face Racing or Fortaleza in the round of 16.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 04, 2024 07:39 UTC
Claudia Sheinbaum, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist, will become Mexico’s first female president after winning a landslide election victory and promising to continue the work of her mentor and outgoing leader, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Accepting her victory, Sheinbaum thanked Lopez Obrador, calling him “an exceptional, unique man who has transformed Mexico for the better.”“We made history!” Sheinbaum told a crowd early Monday morning in the Zocalo square in the heart of Mexico City. Sheinbaum, who will take office on Oct. 1, is the first woman to win a general election in the United States, Mexico or Canada. She has vowed to improve security but has given few details and the election, the most violent in Mexico’s modern history with 38 candidates murdered, has reinforced massive security problems. More people have been killed – over 185,000 – during the mandate of Lopez Obrador than during any other administration in Mexico’s modern history, although the homicide rate has been inching down.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 03, 2024 23:44 UTC
“I won’t apologize for having a penis,” Javier Milei said to cheers and applause at the Buenos Aires Book Fair. But that’s when the radical libertarian first vowed to eliminate the Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity if elected to the Casa Rosada. Each year, thousands take to the streets to protest gender-based violence, demand action from public officials, and take stock of how far the nation has come. According to the Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ), government data show that public spending on policies that aim to reduce gender-based violence is 26.8% lower than it was in 2023. Two of the key initiatives in peril are the 144 line, Argentina’s hotline for assisting domestic and gender-based violence victims, and the Acompañar program, which provides a monthly stipend for survivors of gender-based violence as well as psychological support and legal assistance to escape violent situations.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 03, 2024 16:22 UTC
It’s considered a seminal moment in Argentina’s recent feminist history and marked a turning point regionally. The “traditional values” apparently being those of the Spanish Inquisition, a striking wish to turn the clock far beyond 2015. But it also exposed anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech, particularly within the government’s environs. Days before, Milei’s biographer and friend Nicolás Márquez made strong homophobic statements on one of Argentina’s most popular radio shows. Making it the scapegoat du jour doesn’t wipe the reality of its importance but the consequences aren’t worth it.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 03, 2024 12:19 UTC
Mexicans are voting in national elections on Sunday with the ruling party candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, commanding a hefty lead in the polls and expected to become the country’s first female president. There were already long lines outside voting centers when the polls opened at 8 a.m. local time. “Everyone must get out to vote,” Sheinbaum, a physicist and former Mexico City mayor, said during a live broadcast on local TV. Mexican officials expect these negotiations to be more difficult if the U.S. presidency is won by Donald Trump in November. The polls close at 6:00 p.m. local time (09:00 p.m. Argentina) and the first official preliminary results are expected late Sunday night.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 02, 2024 20:47 UTC
Del maroteAs per usual, I won’t divulge who we were talking about but someone was described as del marote in the newsroom. Let’s get the word marote out the way first, which I wasn’t familiar with. It’s a lunfardo term for “head” or general intelligence which according to the Royal Spanish Academy dictionary comes from the French word for mannequin head (marotte). GambaIncluding gamba here as a cheeky way to make this, our 100th translation trouble, the slang term for AR$100. You can also use the word gamba when asking for support or a favor with “¿Me hacés la gamba?”: requesting the “leg” in “leg-up.” Figuratively.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 02, 2024 20:46 UTC
Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello has filed a legal complaint against Pablo de la Torre, the ministry’s former Childhood, Adolescence, and Family Secretary. De la Torre was fired on Thursday amid a scandal involving undelivered food to soup kitchens. Pettovello’s complaint, however, is not related to the undelivered food but rather to an alleged embezzlement scheme involving ministry contracts. She filed the complaint before the Anti-Corruption Bureau, which was then forwarded to a criminal court. The Herald reached out to a ministry spokesperson seeking confirmation but did not receive an immediate response.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 02, 2024 08:16 UTC
Saturday’s swearing in ceremony in the capital San Salvador took place amid security concerns after police said they had thwarted a bomb threat. Among the attendees at the ceremony were Argentine President Javier Milei and Donald Trump Jr, the son of the former U.S. president, Donald Trump, who arrived in El Salvador on Friday. El Presidente Javier Milei y la Secretaria General de la Presidencia, Karina Milei, saludan al Presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, en su segunda investidura. With safer neighborhoods, public concern has now turned to the economy, which will likely be Bukele’s biggest challenge in his second term. El Salvador’s public debt, meanwhile, has skyrocketed on Bukele’s watch to more than $30 billion, or 84% of GDP.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 02, 2024 05:35 UTC
“We continue seeing great success in our eco-friendly line-up with an overall 50% increase YOY,” said Randy Parker, CEO, Hyundai Motor America. The 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2024 Sonata have received a designation and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 has been upgraded to a by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, (IIHS). 2024 Palisade Wins Three-row SUV Challenge by Cars.com: The 2024 Hyundai Palisade is the winner of Cars.com’s Three-row SUV challenge. Hyundai has significant operations in the U.S., including its North American headquarters in California, the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama assembly plant, the all-new Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (in development in Georgia), and several cutting-edge R&D facilities. Hyundai Motor America on Twitter | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | TikTokContactIra Gabriel(657) 568-7471[email protected]View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hyundai-motor-america-reports-may-2024-sales-302161104.htmlSOURCE Hyundai Motor AmericaDisclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire.
Source:The Bubble
June 01, 2024 20:41 UTC
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Source:The Bubble
June 01, 2024 14:41 UTC
Two hedge funds filed a complaint on Wednesday in a New York Court against Buenos Aires province for US$77 million in defaulted debt on bonds issued in 2011. The complaint was submitted to Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The funds making the claim are Glacial Capital and TRSE, which refused to accept a debt restructuring in August 2021. In 2023, Judge Vyskocil ruled in the funds’ favor, ordering Buenos Aires province to make a US$35 million payment. On Wednesday, the funds filed a new complaint of US$77 million for the unpaid maturities.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 01, 2024 11:43 UTC
Together, the women journey through a deserted Pampa landscape in a story that is one part comedy and two parts western melodrama. Drawing from 19th century Argentine literature and politics, the play is a beautiful and heartbreaking love story and an absolutely moving theatrical experience. Open Art Studios by La Gran PaternalJune 1 and 2 — 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Paternal, Buenos AiresMore than 200 resident and guest artists will be showcasing their work at 36 art studios in La Paternal neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Classic films in 35mm at MALBA and Sala LugonesErnst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to BeSunday, June 2 — 10.30 p.m. — MALBA (Av. Philosopher Slavoj Zizek counts it among his favorite films, describing it succinctly as “madness,”adding “You cannot do a better comedy”.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
June 01, 2024 04:12 UTC
The Human Capital Ministry announced that the Army would distribute 5,000 tonnes of food sitting in government warehouses, a week after announcing it would not deliver them to soup kitchens. A story by the El Destape news website revealed the 5,000 tonnes of food and warned that some of the food was close to its expiration date. Since it took office, the government has not been delivering food to most soup kitchens. Social movements that oppose Milei’s administration run most soup kitchens, and their leaders claim that the decision to discontinue aid is an attack on them. “There is hunger and they are not delivering food!
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 31, 2024 15:21 UTC