Argentina’s Security Minister Says Murderer Is The Real Victim
The government has come out loud and clear on this: the doctor who was detained after killing the man who was trying to rob him is the real victim in the case. But the doctor was the victim and we can’t forget that,” Bullrich said at a press conference today. The surprisingly frank statement is bound to agitate a case that had already caused much debate across the country over what constitutes justifiable homicide. On Friday, Dr. Lino Villar Cataldo killed 24-year-old Ricardo Krabler after he tried to forcefully steal his car in the Buenos Aires province district of Loma Hermosa. Judiciary sources told Diario Popular that in July and August there were at least 15 cases of the perpetrator of a robbery later being killed by the person he robbed in the City of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires province.
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 21:00 UTC
Sports Journalist In Hot Water Over Aggressively Misogynistic Messages
You know when a guy keeps asking “Why not?” or “Do you have a boyfriend?” or “Is he here? What’s the problem, then?” and you have to clarify that it has nothing to do with your relationship status, no means no? Well, add those two things together and you get Fourcade, whose conversations with several women via Twitter and Facebook were published online. Fourcade’s brazenness and sense of impunity is also notable and seemed to particularly hit a chord with women across Argentina. The messages were made public mostly by the Twitter account “Anti Botineras” (@anti_boti), which has more than 120,000 followers.
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 20:15 UTC
Al Pacino Is Coming To Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón
“It’s Fine,” you think to yourself, “it just needed to breathe.” But it’s not fine, and neither are you. Fear not, the one and only Al Pacino is coming to Buenos Aires to have an intimate talk at the Teatro Colón to straighten your life out. The event at Teatro Colón will be a conversation (in English with subtitles) with Pacino regarding his career and process and will mark the actors first public appearance in Argentina. Tickets are now available for purchase for HSBC Customers and will go on sale to the general public on September 5th at the Teatro Colón box office and tuentrada.com. VIP tickets are also available, which gives access to a cocktail party and meet and greet with Pacino.
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 18:45 UTC
Journalism Is Dead: Clarín Publishes Faux Ranking On Its Front Page
Sure, Darín is amazing, and has the uncanny ability to hurl insults better than perhaps nay human alive. Below, Europress added another ranking, written seemingly out of thin air by one of its own journalists of the best 25 actors in current time, in which Darin placed 12th. Others pinned the blame on Europress itself, saying it had later modified its information to clarify who had written which list. Without checking the source of the info, the outlet called Darín to get his reaction to the (faux) news. It’s a minor issue, but reveals how (badly) journalism is carried out in Argentina today.”
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 17:03 UTC
Pizza and Artisanal Beer Come To The Hipodromo For ‘Apetito’
Fantastic news for Buenos Aires foodies, and by foodie I mean anyone that knows that most of life’s greatest pleasures come in the form of carbohydrates. Start September off right by checking out the first edition of Apetito Festival Gourmet – a food festival taking place in the Hipodromo de Palermo where for the first time in carb history the best pizzerias and breweries in Argentina will come together to bring you something different to spice up your weekend. This Saturday (September 3rd) and Sunday the 4th, the country’s top pizza masters will be doing what they do best from 11 AM to 7 PM. There will be 22 food trucks distributed throughout the festival for your eating enjoyment, and the best part is entrance is FREE so you can save your money for actual food. Horses are great, but you had us a pizza.
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 15:45 UTC
Macri Goes To Qatar And China (On A Private Plane)
Shortly after President Mauricio Macri took office, there was lots of hubub when he decided to travel to on commercial airliners. Macri is set to travel to China today, with a convenient stopover in Qatar, for the G-20 summit (which will be held on September 4-5) and will be doing the whole thing via private jet alongside First Lady Juliana Awada. Leaving On A [Private] Jet PlaneMacri will be traveling the long distance to Qatar and China on a private jet (a Gulf Stream 650) belonging to the businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, one of the richest Argentine executives who leads Corporación América. Sheikh Tamim visited Argentina in late July, when he met with Macri at the presdiential residence in Olivos. China, with its massive population, benefits from Argentina’s agricultural business, but there was a bilateral trade deficit of US$5 billion in 2015.
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 15:22 UTC
Macri Wants To Fight Drug Trafficking: Why Not Stop Pursuing Consumers?
Macri didn’t outline any concrete initiatives. The big message was of optics, to put forward an image of unity with the presence of several key governors and, no doubt the star of the show, Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti. In 2009, the Supreme Court declared that detaining people for possession of illegal substances was unconstitutional. But dealers, of course, are the lowest rung in the illegal drug business. This increased pursuit of consumers is coming at a time when Macri’s administration has made it clear there are no plans to decriminalize drug possession.
Source:The Bubble
August 30, 2016 14:50 UTC
Emotions laid bare as embattled leader defends her mandate
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Emotions laid bare as embattled leader defends her mandateBRASILIA — As she faced the architects of her political destitution yesterday, Dilma Rousseff remained defiant, casting a figure reminiscent of her younger guerilla fighter self, during the impeachment trial to oust her as president of Brazil. Rousseff claims she is being unjustly accused of breaking fiscal rules in her management of the federal budget, an impeachable offence accourding to the Constitution. As they resumed, the suspended president sat to receive questions from 40 senators. Rousseff though remained relaxed, at times smiling and always with an answer to the senators’ inquisitions. Because of their long friendship, Aníbal said he supported Rousseff in the presidency until around 2012.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 30, 2016 04:37 UTC
Willy Wonka comic icon Gene Wilder dies
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Willy Wonka comic icon Gene Wilder diesGene Wilder in his iconic role as the candymaker in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Wilder grew up in the Midwest, trained at the Old Vic in England and brought classical stage technique to Brooks’s outlandish humour. “His job was to make me more broad.”But sometimes Wilder brought important comic ideas to Brooks. After an early Broadway career, Wilder debuted onscreen in a brief role as a kidnapped undertaker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). After Army service in a psychiatric ward, Wilder picked up his theatrical career and appeared in several Broadway productions.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 30, 2016 04:37 UTC
Plots or paranoia?
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Plots or paranoia? Just as anything possibly involving rogue intelligence tends to be automatically linked to the ex-spymaster Antonio “Jaime, Stiuso, there is a similar school of journalism which attributes any sign of unrest to a Kirchnerite destabilization campaign. Thus a weekend columnist included among his evidence for the bid to undermine the government both the Moreno squatters and the Patagonian fruit-growers giving away their produce in Plaza de Mayo. Again the sympathies of the federal judge granting an injunction against the gas bill increases with the Legitimate Justice grouping are presented as clear proof of Kirchnerite sabotage. To these, a comprehensive economic plan is the only real answer, not the distractions of conspiracy theories.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 30, 2016 04:36 UTC
Buenos Aires Starter Pack: What To Do When You First Move To Argentina
The online rental resource AirBnB is burgeoning in Buenos Aires. Take a taxi or Uber to your housing; you’re within city limits. I usually refill mine with AR $100; each bus ride costs approximately AR $6.50, each subway ride AR $4.50. Newcomers can also opt into nonprofit organizations like Club Unión de Los Pibes or sports leagues such as Buenos Aires Fútbol Amigos. Other sites include Spare Rooms Buenos Aires, For Rent Argentina or newspaper classifieds like those found in Clarín.
Source:The Bubble
August 29, 2016 23:26 UTC
Manaos: The Little Argentine Company That Could Gets A Presidential Visit
President Mauricio Macri once again made reference to the deep political divide in Argentine society and called on everyone to unite to move the country forward. “The way is not through attacks or fighting, but rather through dialogue.” In other words: Zzzzzzz. It wasn’t what Macri said that was interesting though, it was where he said it: a factory for Manaos. The Argentine company that managed to squeeze itself into the competitive soft-drink market through low prices and a self-aware, self-deprecating humor that would make Louis CK proud, is already part of Argentine pop culture. The catchphrase “Vamos, Manaos!” (Go Manaos!)
Source:The Bubble
August 29, 2016 20:37 UTC
Government Turns To Familiar Faces To Solve Energy Crisis
Read more: Energy Minister Aranguren Justifies Utility Bill Increases Before CommitteeThe government still hopes to eventually implement the hikes, which it deems crucial to fixing the country’s energy crisis and to improving the economy as a whole. According to Clarín, different key officials last week reached a preliminary agreement to increase gas bills by 300 percent. Electricity, gas and water subsidies represent “roughly 75 percent of the large fiscal deficit left by the former administration,” according to La Nación. Electricity bills rose by 40 percent, while gas bills rose by less than 200. According to these figures, had the increases been applied, subsidies would have gone from representing 89 percent of the cost to generate energy in Argentina to 70 percent.
Source:The Bubble
August 29, 2016 19:07 UTC
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PRO Legislator In Hot Water Over Book: How [Not] To Lose A Maid In Seven Days
Revelations that a Buenos Aires City legislator for President Mauricio Macri’s Republican Proposal (PRO), Mercedes de las Casas, and her mother wrote a book that is, um, more than a little controversial to say the least. Newspaper Tiempo Argentino published excerpts of the book titled “How To Find A Maid…And Not Lose Her In Seven Days.” And it didn’t take long for the offensive quotes to explode on social media and De Las Casas has since defended her role in the writing of the book. Who is De Las Casas? She is a City legislator for the PRO and began her political career in 2003 at the Ministry of the Environment and Public Spaces. Just last week,Vice President Gabriela Michetti’s domestic employee testified that she received a monthly salary of 4,000 pesos for eight hours of work, 5 days a week.
Source:The Bubble
August 29, 2016 18:45 UTC
Direct From The Artist: Art Fair ‘BADA’ Returns To Buenos Aires’ La Rural
BADA, a fair that brings boutique offerings and fosters direct contact with between the public and local artists and designers is coming back to Buenos Aires. The concept behind the fair is to cut out the middlemen typically involved in acquiring and admiring art from the perspective of the consumer. Bring The KidsThe art world is not always known for being kid-friendly, but BADA wants to change that. Kids get in for free (if they are 12 or under) and some kid focused art and activities is scheduled on the roster. 2704 (Palermo)How MuchAR $120 (Children free up to 12 years old)2 for 1 with Club La Nacion, Amigos del Bellas Artes, MALBA Amigos and others.
Source:The Bubble
August 29, 2016 18:22 UTC