D-Day For Brazil’s Rousseff: ‘I Fear The Death Of Democracy’
Rousseff told senators today that she saw a clear parallel between the time she was infamously put on trial by the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1985). “I can feel the bitter taste of injustice in my mouth once again,” the suspended president said. Despite that work, it was Michel Temer, Rousseff’s vice-president and the mastermind behind her impeachment trial, who was leading the government during the Olympics. “The scariest threat brought about by this impeachment process … is to roll back by an unbelievable 20 years all expenditures on health, education, sanitation and housing,” she said. Rousseff spoke at the beginning of what was the final scene in an impeachment process that has engulfed Brazil in turmoil for months.
Source:The Bubble
August 29, 2016 17:37 UTC
Argentina’s Congress Building Opening Its Doors To The Public This Friday
In addition to being the center of some of the most important decision making in the country, Argentina’s Congress Building or the more formal The Palace of the Argentine National Congress, one of the city’s most recognizable and historic landmarks, is opening its doors to the public this Friday (the 2nd of September). Designed by famed Italian architect Vittorio Meano and completed under the watch of Argentine architect Julian Dormal, the building is a visual treasure trove full of intricate design and bronze statues from some of the country’s best sculptors. Capacity is limited so if you’re interested make sure to leave early enough to not and get caught in rush hour traffic. (but you must bring valid ID)*note: if senate is called to order the event will be suspended. Make sure to check the event on the day of tour.
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August 29, 2016 16:30 UTC
Argentine Inflation ‘Will Be Less Than 1 Percent’ This Month
Granted, that would come after inflation soared 32 percent in the first seven months of the year, according to the Buenos Aires City government. If the estimate is true, it would mark the lowest monthly inflation rate in 10 years, he said. “We’re doing what we said we would, which was lower the inflation rate in the second semester,” Prat-Gay said in an extensive interview with La Red radio. Again, that’s after making inflation soar in the first half of the year, but let’s not get caught up in the details. Despite this optimism, Prat-Gay refused to speculate on what the inflation rate will be this year.
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August 29, 2016 15:45 UTC
Maradona Vows Revenge After He Isn’t Allowed To Leave Argentina
Diego spent the last three months in the country and had been doing a good job of staying in the spotlight. But it seems he couldn’t leave Argentina without one more controversy. Diego ofuscado decidió sacar un pasaporte express — Norberto Dupesso (@norbertodupesso) August 29, 2016“Customs didn’t let him travel with that reported passport. Whatever the truth, Maradona had to go back to his house in Tigre, Buenos Aires province. “He rushed to say that, after having the entire country on the edge and a lot of kids crying.
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August 29, 2016 14:37 UTC
Weekend Roundup: ‘Resisting’ Macri And Fire In San Luis
— Margarita Stolbizer (@Stolbizer) August 27, 2016Burn. Read more: Cristina Takes Stolbizer To Court On Smear Campaign ChargesBuenos Aires province Governor María Eugenia Vidal was the victim of yet another death threat on Sunday. The fire’s epicenter is about 40 kilometers away from the city of San Luis, the provincial capital, and one hundred people had to be evacuated yesterday. On Saturday, the Buenos Aires province police force peacefully evicted around 500 families that had started to unlawfully occupy space in a rural area near Route 25 in the partido (or district in Buenos Aires Province) of Moreno. Read more: Hundreds Of Families ‘Unlawfully’ Occuping Land In Buenos Aires District MorenoGo forth and show yourselves to be well informed, my loyal Monday readers!
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August 29, 2016 14:15 UTC
Farmers fear seed bill will favour Monsanto
Monday, August 29, 2016 Farmers fear seed bill will favour MonsantoGov’t to send draft to Congress that would require royalty payments for first three seasonsLocal soy farmers fear they will get shortchanged under a proposal they argue would favor US agricultural company Monsanto by forcing them to pay royalties on seeds grown on their own farms using the company’s genetically modified technology. Monsanto says to plant seeds grown with that technology without paying royalties — something that the current law allows — amounts to copyright infringement. The government will introduce a bill to Congress next month requiring farmers to pay royalties for the first three seasons of planting beans grown from original GMO seeds. Monsanto officials in Buenos Aires said they would have no comment on the bill until the measure is formally introduced. In response to criticism, Monsanto implemented an alternative mechanism known as “Bolsatech,” which allows farmers to appeal the decision before being charged, but farmers were sceptical of letting Monsanto run the controls altogether.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 29, 2016 03:04 UTC
River Plate thrashes Banfield 4-1
Other matches Monday, August 29, 2016 River Plate thrashes Banfield 4-1River Plate began its First Division tournament campaign with a convincing 4-1 victory over Banfield at the Monumental stadium yesterday. River found the net quickly in the third minute when Sebastián Driussi anticipated his mark to score with a header. After the goal, the hosts tried to control the ball, but Banfield found an equalizer with its first clear chance six minutes before the break. Experienced Uruguayan striker Santiago Silva sent the ball home with a header to stun the home side. In Córdoba, Independiente took the three points after beating Córdoba 1-0 at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 29, 2016 03:04 UTC
Governing is not bossing around
Sunday, August 28, 2016 Governing is not bossing aroundCabinet Chief Marcos Peña speaks as Interior Minister Rogelio Frigerio (third from the right) listens at the summit of president Mauricio Macri’s Pro party in San Juan on Friday. By Enrique MartínezFor the HeraldUpdating public utility rates in Argentina has turned into a monumental error of the government with no end in sight. It forms part of the culture of private corporate leadership to believe that decisions are imposed, not the fruit of consensus. They also assume that a zero-sum logic (whereby anything gained by one person is lost by another) prevails everywhere. The generation of neo-conservative CEOs managing the public interest today evidently faces a steep learning curve to understand that governing is not bossing people about, only to bash their heads against the wall repeatedly.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 28, 2016 04:28 UTC
Santa Fe Socialists vow action on crime after mass mobilization
Approximately 20,000 rallied on Thursday Saturday, August 27, 2016 Santa Fe Socialists vow action on crime after mass mobilizationThe Socialist government of Santa Fe province said it “had heard the message” yesterday sent by a massive march in Rosario on Thursday night calling for greater security and appealed for greater cooperation with the national government. An estimated 20,000 people marched in Rosario last night in response to a wave of violence that has included 24 murders in the last month. Rosario’s homicide rate has been well above the national average for years but the recent surge was met with a non-partisan mobilization demanding a halt to the violence. Buenos Aires province had a homicide rate of 7.4 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2015 and the City of Buenos Aires clocked in at 5.4 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. The provinces of Santa Fe, Mendoza, Formosa and Neuquén all suffer from notably high murder rates, while in terms of robberies, Mendoza, Neuquén, Salta, Río Negro and Buenos Aires City are the worst-hit.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 27, 2016 03:45 UTC
Rights groups reject migrant detention
Saturday, August 27, 2016 Rights groups reject migrant detentionHuman rights groups have united to voice their concerns over government plans to create a new detention facility for immigrants who arrive in Argentina without the necessary paperwork. “Amnesty International discourages the routine use of detention of foreigners as a tool for the exercise of immigration control. Everyone, including migrants and asylum-seekers have the right to liberty and freedom of movement and protection from arbitrary arrest and detention,” Amnesty International Argentina said in a statement released in response to the proposals. “Amnesty International warns of the negative impact on human rights of migration-related detention and opposes the use of detention as a form of punishment or deterrence, rather than addressing the causes which cause irregular immigration,” it added. “Expulsion as a sanction against irregular immigration is a last resort that the State can use.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 27, 2016 03:33 UTC
Servini seeks to block Corradi extradition
Facing serious charges in Argentina Saturday, August 27, 2016 Servini seeks to block Corradi extraditionFederal Judge María Servini de Cubría moved yesterday to block a request by her colleague Judge Sandra Arroyo accepting the extradition of Ibar Pérez Corradi to the United States, arguing that there was no urgency to send the suspected mastermind of the General Rodríguez triple murder to Washington. On Wednesday, Arroyo Salgado ordered once again that financier Pérez Corradi be sent to the United States to satisfy an extradition request. In a resolution made public yesterday, Servini de Cubría argued that “US judicial authorities have not insisted on, nor requested, the urgent extradition of Pérez Corradi” that Arroyo Salgado has greenlighted. After initially refusing to trade a Paraguayan prison cell for another in Argentina, Pérez Corradi has agreed to a swift extradition process that included his entry into a protection programme. Pérez Corradi has been accused of ordering the murders.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 27, 2016 03:33 UTC
Rousseff trial suspended amid row in Senate
Saturday, August 27, 2016 Rousseff trial suspended amid row in SenateLawyer Janaina Paschoal, sitting, talks with senators who support the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, during the impeachment trial in Brasilia. BRASILIA — The trial against Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff turned into a yelling match and was temporarily suspended yesterday after the head of Senate declared “stupidity is endless” and sharply criticized a colleague who had questioned the body’s moral authority. The second day of the trial against Rousseff got off to an edgy start when Senate President Renan Calheiros decided to bring up a comment made on Thursday by Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, a member of Rousseff’s Workers’ Party. “This impeachment trial has become a loony bin,” Calheiros said, appealing for calm. Temer has been interim president since mid-May, when Rousseff was suspended after Congress decided it would continue the impeachment process that began in the Lower House.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 27, 2016 03:33 UTC
On “Survival Guides”: Falling In Love With Buenos Aires One Quilombo At A Time
It’s a survival guide for foreigners, with the apparent target demographic centering on students studying abroad and tourists visiting Argentina. Produced by a pay-to-volunteer company based in Buenos Aires called Voluntario Global, the video became a sensation after being picked up by La Nacion. It’s not all of Buenos Aires! Die alone!”With that in mind…The Bubble receives mail every once in awhile, asking, “How do you survive in Buenos Aires?” With its mad bus drivers, mad inflation and madly cobbled streets and mad – truly truly mad sunsets? A bubble created by social media posts that depict Buenos Aires not tan eterna como el agua y como el aire, but as a bacchanal of parties far past dawn, of endless asados, of life on pause.
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August 26, 2016 22:07 UTC
Controversy Over Macri Administration’s Alleged Intention To Open A Detention Center For ‘Illegal Immigrants’
Different human rights organizations today raised alarm bells after news surfaced that the Macri administration is set to open a center to hold and process immigrants who break Argentine migration law. The center, located in the Capital’s neighborhood of Barracas, would start operating on September 1 and, according to a resolution from the Security Ministry headed by Patricia Bullrich, will hold those who “illegally entered the (nation’s) territory” or have “a court order determining their expulsion,” a decision that is finally made by the National Migrations Direction (DNM). Different social organizations were quick to question the decision, arguing that not only illegal immigration does not configure a just cause for detention, but that it would also be a radical change of turn in the country’s immigration policy, historically welcoming to those who want to settle in the country. All people, migrants and asylum seekers included, have a right to freedom, freedom of circulation and protection against arbitrary detention,” the release adds. This is basically all South America) to instate a persecution plan that is manifested in the 12,700 immigrants prosecuted during the year’s first semester.”Ramos goes on to say that, according to a member of a government entity tasked with defending immigrants, “the UN’s different human rights conventions for migratory policies, which our country has signed, clearly state that the detention of people for migratory regulation purposes harms freedom itself and criminalizes the right of circulation.”No official from the Macri administration has commented on the issue at the time this article is being written.
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August 26, 2016 21:45 UTC
Sentences Read For Perpetrators Of Crimes Against Humanity ‘Mega-Case’ In Cordoba
What Was “La Perla”? La Perla became the largest center of its kind in Argentina’s interior, second only to Buenos Aires’ Campo de Mayo and ESMA. According to Emiliano Fessia, the head of La Perla Museum, there were also items stolen from the victims’ houses such as furniture, which would then be sold. In 2007, the government turned La Perla into an “Espacio para la Memoria,” literally a “space of memory” or museum documenting the horrors that occurred there. SignificanceWhy are the convictions of La Perla so important?
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August 26, 2016 20:37 UTC