Second Noise-Making ‘Ruidazo’ Protest Against Steep Rate Hikes Tonight
There will be a second massive protest against the tarifazo, or the intense rate hike on basic utilities such as gas, electricity and water. Tonight at 8 PM, Argentine citizens around the country will raise their voices and pots in a noise-making protest called a ruidazo or cacerolazo. News for this ruidazo spread throughout social media, where hashtags #ruidazo, #NoAlTarifazo, and #ChauAranguren accompany virtual fliers advertising the ruidazo contra el tarifazo. Cacerolazo is the term for a protest that utilizes pots and pans, so a cacerolazo signifies huge amount of casserole pans, which is metonymic for a protest. “#Today #NoAlTarifazo 8PM Join the #ruidazo Let’s ask the Court to cut it!”This ruidazo will mark the second citywide protest of its kind since President Mauricio Macri was inaugurated in December, 2015.
Source:The Bubble
August 04, 2016 15:33 UTC
Winning Messi Back To Argentine National Team Is Bauza’s Top Priority
However, Bauza will not be submitting a roster before talking with Messi because Messi will help the team “a lot” and “it would be key to start winning.”I’m with you Bauza, winning sounds like a good start. There’s reason to have faith in Bauza as he has yet to picture the team without Messi. On Monday it was announced with underwhelming enthusiasm that Edgardo Bauza would be the new coach of the Argentina National Football Team and yesterday, Bauza announced his priority in this nation’s most important leadership position was winning back Lionel Andrés Messi. He was runner-up, he was not a failure.” That’s really cute, Bauza, you’ve earned my trust. Maybe now that Messi has changed his hair it means he’ll change his mind about la Sección too but maybe that’s just wishful thinking.
Source:The Bubble
August 04, 2016 15:00 UTC
Justin Bieber To Face Argentine Judge For Past Indiscretions
Read more: Justin Bieber Must Return To Argentina Or Face INTERPOLMorla, who represents INK, will fly to the US next week to face Justin Bieber and his lawyers, with Judge Baños presiding over the meeting via webcam. On August 11, Bieber will face the Argentine Consulate in the US for the crimes logged against him by Judge Alberto Baños including theft, injuries and threats. And all this in front of the Deputy Commissioner of Palermo.”The singer refused to return to Argentina to face justice, saying he was too busy trashing touring 46 countries. Local judge Facundo Cubas even called on INTERPOL to bring Bieber back to Argentina. In a conversation with El Exprimidor on Radio Latina, Morla recounted the night that Bieber partied it up in Palermo.
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August 04, 2016 14:48 UTC
Judge Ruling Bans Electricity Bill Increases Throughout Argentina
“While the injunction is not revoked, this ruling suspends all electricity increases throughout the country,” the judge said in an interview with C5N. If increases were to be retroactive, people would have to pay several months of non-applied increases. If the Court upholds the judge’s decision, the government will still be able to take its claim to the Supreme Court, which will have the final say. The decision comes on the same day that the La Plata Federal Court will decide whether to send the Macri administration’s appeal to the Supreme Court or not. If the Macri administration decides to appeal the decision — which it probably will — it will be up to the San Martín Federal Court to back up the initial decision or revoke it.
Source:The Bubble
August 04, 2016 14:26 UTC
Argentina starts campaign against Portugal today
Soccer Thursday, August 4, 2016 Argentina starts campaign against Portugal todayRIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina’s soccer team will start its Olympic campaign against Portugal today at 6pm at the João Havelange stadium in a match for Group D.The team coached by Julio Olarticoechea arrives with serious chances of winning a medal, although it is not among the three favourites in the betting websites. Argentina started with its training sessions less than a month ago after Gerardo Martino’s resignation and the Argentine Football Association’s crisis. He joined his new teammates less than a week ago and will be on the bench today. Argentina played three friendlies before travelling to Rio and did not suffer a defeat (0-0 with Colombia, 3-1 against Haiti and 0-0 with Mexico). Brazil got off to a winning start in South America’s first Olympic Games yesterday when the women’s soccer team beat China 3-0 in host city Rio de Janeiro.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 04, 2016 05:25 UTC
Argentina eyes golds in team sports
From the gold medal won by the national polo team at Paris 1924 to the one clinched by Crismanich at London 2012, Argentina won 18 golds. Rio 2016 Thursday, August 4, 2016 Argentina eyes golds in team sportsArgentina will participate at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with 213 athletes to equal its biggest delegation record set at London 1948. The men’s basketball team led by Emanuel Ginóbili, the women’s national field hockey team the Leonas, judoka Paula Pareto and the sailing team are the main candidates to clinch gold medals. In swimming, Pan-American gold medal winner in Toronto 2015 Federico Grabich will compete in 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle. Argentina usually get better results in team sports than in individual sports and Rio 2016 seems to keep this tendency as main candidates for gold are the Leonas and the men’s basketball team.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 04, 2016 03:49 UTC
Federal judge blocks all electricity hikes
EDELAP electricity distributor president Alejandro McFarlane criticized Arias, calling on him to quit “playing politics” via his rulings, and influencing users to not pay their electricity bill. Thursday, August 4, 2016 Federal judge blocks all electricity hikes‘Exorbitant’ increases suspended across country, Macri administration vows to appealDealing yet another blow to the government’s hopes of reducing the fiscal deficit this year, electricity bill hikes by all distributors across the country were frozen yesterday after a federal judge accepted a request for an injunction filed by consumer protection organizations. Electricity market wholesaler CAMMESA must also abstain from passing the new hikes on to all the electricity distributors in the country until a public hearing is conducted. “An injunction based on a collective action request accepted by a federal judge is valid in every part of the nation,” she said. Yesterday’s judicial ruling echoed a decision issued last month dealing with natural gas rates hikes.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 04, 2016 03:45 UTC
Spain: rival hands Rajoy hope
Thursday, August 4, 2016 Spain: rival hands Rajoy hopeSpanish acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy addresses the media during a press conference after a meeting with Ciudadanos party leader Albert Rivera at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid. At an earlier press conference, Rivera heaped pressure on Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, urging him and his party to accept a PP-led minority government. “This is a first step and, as you know, even the longest journey always starts with a first step,” Rajoy told a press conference after meeting Ciudadanos (“Citizens”) leader Albert Rivera. For this only the Socialists (PSOE) are big enough, but the party has repeatedly said it would oppose Rajoy. Rajoy accepted a mandate from Spain’s King Felipe to form a government but has yet to set a date for a confidence vote.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 04, 2016 03:45 UTC
Venezuela excluded from crucial Mercosur meet as crisis deepens
Yesterday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa made it clear that Montevideo accepted none of the blame for the uncertainty unleashed by the current impasse. Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga was in no mood to keep things civil. The arrangement would have each member appoint a coordinator in order for the Mercosur to be extricated from its current crisis. Regardless of the back and forths over the pro tempore presidency, Uruguay has been picked as coordinator for those negotiations as Venezuela is not part of the talks. But despite the efforts, there will be one particularly notable absence — Venezuela has been excluded.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 04, 2016 03:22 UTC
Three Names To Know In The Buenos Aires Fashion Scene
Terrible Enfant (Luz Bauza)Terrible Enfant is no new name to those in the know on the BA fashion scene. NÓD (María Monsalvo and Catalina Arévalo)María Monsalvo and Catalina Arévalo first met studying fashion design at UBA and bonded over their intellectual and sartorial vision. Little by little the Argentine man is developing an appetite for the new and the provocative, which is what Terrible Enfant does best. They’re chic and sophisticated but also tough… they’re very Terrible Enfant. How did you go from a career in Sociology to jewelry design?
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August 04, 2016 03:00 UTC
Antonio Soriano: Buenos Aires’ Culinary It Boy Takes The Lead At Palacio Duhau
At the small Colegiales restaurant, the high end menu was served in the absence of high end pretension. The cheeseburger is a defiantly simple looking dish: meat, bun, cheese, and the classic tomato, onion, pickle and lettuce combo. Fingers crossed that a few dishes stick on the Piano Nobile menu with a Soriano stamp added on top. Part technique: cut it too thin and it falls right apart but too thick and it becomes a grotesque chew. It’s part science: only the freshest meat chosen from a cut encased in fat will keep the diner from getting sick.
Source:The Bubble
August 04, 2016 00:45 UTC
Dubai: plane with 300 onboard crashlands
Thursday, August 4, 2016 Dubai: plane with 300 onboard crashlandsAn Emirates Airline flight is seen after it crash-landed at Dubai International Airport yesterday. All 300 passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the gutted Boeing 777-300 after a crash that one survivor described as terrifying. Video showed a tower of flame bursting from the front of the plane, and then a thick black plume of smoke rising into the sky. DUBAI — An Emirates jetliner arriving from India caught fire after slumping onto the runway in Dubai yesterday, killing one firefighter in an intense blaze and bringing the world’s busiest international airport to a halt for several hours. The Dubai carrier’s first significant accident happened after the crew apparently attempted to abort the landing for a second attempt amid unconfirmed witness reports of landing gear problems.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
August 03, 2016 23:15 UTC
Macri Announces Universal Healthcare Reform For Argentina
President Mauricio Macri announced yesterday that the government will reform the national healthcare system in order to implement universal coverage in Argentina. To afford the reform, the Macri administration will get its hands on an AR $30 billion fund called the Solidarity Redistribution Fund (FSR). The Macri administration will use part of these FSR funds to pay back some of this debt. In 1993, the Menem administration sanctioned Law 23.661, which committed the State to reimburse the funds obras sociales paid hospitals for serious treatments. Let’s break down its different aspects:Universal CoverageThe Macri administration intends to create a universal coverage system, which aims at covering the 15 million people who are not currently covered by any social security.
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August 03, 2016 20:48 UTC
Oh Butter Where Art Though: Medialunas May Be Affected By Dairy Shortage
Butter is the end product of the dairy production process, it comes last. While the shortage has not had a noticeable affect on the price of medialunas so far, if it continues, there will definitely be some long-lasting results.”And could the shortage in dairy production affect the production of cheese? Because butter is such a crucial part of baking medialunas, this presents the possibility of a hike in the price of our favorite facturas. If the butter crisis wasn’t already enough to give you a low-grade panic attack, there’s now a possibility that medialunas could face price hikes too. The increase in prices will surely alter the traditional cafe con leche and three medialunas combo.
Source:The Bubble
August 03, 2016 19:30 UTC
Gas Leak In Barracas Leaves One Dead And Three Hospitalized
This morning, a gas leak in the neighborhood of Barracas in the City of Buenos Aires resulted in one death and three hospitalizations. It’s unknown how the gas leak was started. The nearby students were not told to evacuate but Civil Defense ordered all neighbors of the accident to close their windows. SAME, Civil Defense and the Metropolitan Police are still near the site of the accident because gas and light were cut within a two-block radius but the leak is under control. The employees of a Metrogas contracting company were doing routine repairs on a low-pressure pipe when gas flooded the pit where Metrogas was operating.
Source:The Bubble
August 03, 2016 18:45 UTC