Classical Music Alert! Barenboim Comes Back To Buenos Aires
The Festival Barenboim de música y reflexión is a collaboration between the conductor, classical music legends like Martha Argerich and Jonas Kaufmann, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Teatro ColónCerrito 628July 24th – August 6th(here’s the West-Eastern Divan rocking a symphony you may be familiar with…) Thursday August 4th and Friday the 5th8:00 PMBarenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are back and collaborate with Argerich to present epic works by Liszt and Wagner. The child piano prodigy turned international conducting superstar was born right here in Buenos Aires, and will be presenting his latest project at the Teatro Colón through August 6th. Sunday July 31st5:00 PMBarenboim and Martha Argerich join forces to present Mozart, Brahms and Liszt.
Source:The Bubble
July 28, 2016 04:07 UTC
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC audio files
WikiLeaks released files on Wednesday of what it said were audio recordings pulled from the emails of the Democratic National Committee that were obtained by hacking its servers. The latest release, which came in the middle of the Democratic National Convention where Hillary Clinton was officially named the party's presidential nominee, is the second batch in a series that has deeply rattled the party and prompted the organization's chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to step down.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 28, 2016 00:00 UTC
Macri And Tinelli Face Swap On Snapchat To Bury The Hatchet After Twitter Spat
Tinelli satirizes me in a bad way before 3 million people on television [but] takes offense over 30,000 Twitter users,” concluded Macri. In fact, sources from the Macri administration told La Nación that “everything is OK”: “They cleared everything up,” the source added. A part of the program features parodies of celebrities and politicians, and during the past days, Tinelli has been very critical of the Macri administration. But there were 30,000 Twitter users that criticized him. It looks like things went pretty well: after the meeting, Macri tweeted a video of the two face swapping on Tinelli’s Snapchat account.
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July 27, 2016 20:48 UTC
Macri Announces Plan To Fight Gender-Based Violence In Argentina
The group’s survey on domestic violence reached 40,000 respondents and its call for an end to violence has taken to the streets. According to Clarín, this plan is the first of its kind in Argentina, where the tragedy of gender-based violence has continued to weigh heavily on the nation. President Mauricio Macri said, “Gender-based violence is what impacts us the most. The plan is expected to make use of technology like ankle monitors on offenders and cellphone tracking software. In the audience were several family members of recent victims of gender-based violence, including the mother of Angeles Rawson, who was murdered by her doorman, and the mother of Lola Chomnalez, who was murdered during a summer vacation in Uruguay.
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July 27, 2016 20:26 UTC
Social Organization ‘Barrios De Pie’ Marches To La Plata To Demand Job Creation
After spending the night at the Alpargatas roundabout the marchers are expected to finish their march around 2 PM in La Plata tomorrow. “So we begin from the Obelisk to La Plata. In Terms Of Unemployment And Poverty, Cabinet Chief SaysBarrios de Pie is a social organization that voices the demands of unemployed people on a national level. Social organization Barrios de Pie once again put its foot down (pun intended) and started a 60-km march from the Obelisco in the heart of the City of Buenos Aires to the Buenos Aires Province capital of La Plata to demand an audience with provincial Governor María Eugenia Vidal. It has staged a number of protests and set up food distribution stations throughout the City of Buenos Aires these last few months to demand government action against swelling poverty numbers.
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July 27, 2016 19:07 UTC
Fed keeps rates unchanged, says risks to outlook reduced
"It sounded a reasonably upbeat tone, not a big difference from last time, but a reasonably upbeat tone," said Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab and Co. The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but said near-term risks to the US economic outlook had diminished, opening the door to a resumption of monetary policy tightening this year. The Fed is most likely to wait until December to raise rates, according to a Reuters poll of economists. The US central bank said the economy had expanded at a moderate rate and job gains were strong in June. While Fed policymakers said they continued to closely monitor inflation data and global economic and financial developments, they indicated less worry about possible shocks that could push the US economy off course.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 27, 2016 18:33 UTC
Macri Travels To Peru To Attend President Kuczynski’s Inauguration
President Mauricio Macri is traveling to Peru today to attend the inauguration of the country’s new president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, which will take place tomorrow morning. Macri will receive Peña Nieto a day after, on July 29th, also in the City of Buenos Aires. Peña Nieto and Macri already met at the World Economic Forum in Davos back in January. Read more: Macri Set To Travel To Peru And Later Meet With Mexican President Peña NietoFollowing tomorrow’s ceremony, Macri will quickly come back to the country to receive Qatari President Emir Hamad bin Khalifa. Macri’s meeting with Kuczynski is another opportunity to strengthen ties with the various members of the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
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July 27, 2016 18:21 UTC
Study: Buenos Aires Apartment Prices Increased 9 Percent In Dollars
Buenos Aires is the place where you want to live. In the neighborhood of Almagro, these apartments increased by as much as 18.1 percent, while they became cheaper in Caballito by -0.3 percent. New three-room (two-bedroom) apartments increased even more in value, with an average of 11 percent throughout the City. In fact the City of Buenos Aires revealed statistics in June that proved that expenses for an apartment in the capital has risen by 39.2 percent in a year’s time. Meanwhile, used three-room apartments increased by 7.5 percent on the whole, with the highest increases in Chacarita (by 24.2 percent) while Colegiales saw a decrease of 4.3 percent.
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July 27, 2016 16:35 UTC
There’s A Butter Shortage On Top Of Soaring Oil Prices
Read more: Argentines Raid Supermarkets For Oil Ahead Of Price HikesThere is a butter shortage in Argentine supermarkets and the momentary shortage has hiked up prices. While butter is following oil off our supermarket’s shelves, their absences stem from different causes. The president of the Chamber of Small Dairy Businesses, Pablo Villano, has attributed the butter shortage in part to lower prices being paid to producers at the beginning of the year, which discouraged dairy production. Villano also attributed the butter scarcity to the autumn climate in the provinces of Cordoba and Santa Fe, which led to a drop in production and unfortunately, when dairy production drops, butter suffers the most. To avoid this in the future, Villano said that dairy production “will have to be regulated come spring.”However, we may not have to endure too may days of naked toast.
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July 27, 2016 14:53 UTC
Argentine Street Artist Ice Debuts ‘De la A a la Seta’
Tonight, Hollywood in Cambodia and POST Bar are hosting the opening gallery show of Buenos Aires native and renowned street artist Ice. The name of his exhibition, “De la A a la Seta” (a riff on “from A to Z”) hints at the subject of the show – in Spanish, “seta” means mushroom – and also suggests the organization of his showpieces. As he is experimenting with a new form of presentation, Ice is also exploring new and varied creative techniques. Through the door, a rooftop lounge with an industrial facade mural-painted in the gaudy surrealism of bare-bones street art. What ties these pieces together is the common use of of a bell-headed shroom, which is something of a symbol for Ice.
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July 27, 2016 14:31 UTC
Evidence Suggests Football Hooligan Mallo’s Gun May Not Have Been Used In Unicenter Crime
The crime known as the Double Murder of Unicenter involved the deaths of two Colombians who belonged to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a paramilitary group linked to drug trafficking. If the gun isn’t a match to the projectiles found at the scene, that suspect list will quickly change. Read more: Football Hooligan Marcelo Mallo Testifies Regarding 2008 Unicenter MurdersJudge Sandra Arroyo Salgado had ordered for the gun, a .40 caliber Tanfoglio, to be processed after it was revealed that a similar gun was used to shoot the projectiles found at the Double Murder scene. Forensic scientists from the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), the Buenos Aires Police Force and the defendant’s forensic team began analyzing it on Friday and the results will be announced today. Last night, new forensic studies revealed that a gun found in barra brava (hooligan) Marcelo Mallo’s possession was allegedly not used in the murders of two Colombian drug traffickers in 2008, known as the Double Murder of Unicenter (after the shopping mall where the murders took place).
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July 27, 2016 14:17 UTC
Pope says Europe attacks show 'world at war', religion not to blame
The killing of 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel, forced to his knees by Islamist militants who then slit his throat, sent a deep chill over the World Youth Day event. He said that a string of recent attacks, including the murder of a priest in France, was proof that the "world is at war". Police have not raised the threat level for the gathering of more than a million Catholic youth from around the world, sometimes called the "Catholic Woodstock". However, speaking to reporters aboard the plane taking him to Poland, the pope said he was not talking about a war of religion, but rather one of domination of peoples and economic interests. "Pope John Paul II said that we should be tolerant and not resort to force.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 27, 2016 14:15 UTC
Rejoice! Momentarily. Subte Costs Are Not Going Up To AR $7.50 Today
So good news to commuters: the cost of your underground ride will not be going up from AR $4.50 to AR $7.50 today. “Subte prices are absolutely inflated. Yesterday an injunction presented by auditor Facundo Del Gaiso was upheld effectively putting the Subte ride price increases scheduled to come into effect today on hold. I’m not saying we are happy to do it, but today everyone admits that AR $4.50 is a really low fare take the Subte,” he said. We also put into question the amount of money destined to subsidize the Subte company, as it has grown exponentially since 2012 and reached AR $2.1 billion in 2016,” Del Gaiso told Infobae yesterday.
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July 27, 2016 13:51 UTC
Food shortages leave zoo animals hungry
Thursday, July 28, 2016 Food shortages leave zoo animals hungrySome 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at one of Venezuela’s main zoos, according to a union leader, due to chronic food shortages that have plagued the crisis-stricken nation. The fatalities at the Caricuao zoo in Caracas include Vietnamese pigs, tapirs, rabbits and birds — some of whom had not eaten for two weeks, according to Marlene Sifontes, a union leader for employees of state parks agency Inparques. — Herald with Reuters
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July 27, 2016 13:18 UTC
S.Korea rejects Argentine wheat due to GMO
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 S.Korea rejects Argentine wheat due to GMOBy Jane ChungReutersSEOUL — South Korea rejected a shipment of Argentine feed wheat after finding unapproved strains of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the cargo, Korea’s agriculture ministry said yesterday. Shift to AsiaAmple Argentine wheat supplies and the low grain quality have pressured prices and boosted feed wheat shipments to Asia. It imported 396,900 tons of Argentine feed wheat in June out of total imports of 910,946 tons, according to the statement. “When you analyze the destinations that Argentine feed wheat is being shipped to, there has been a radical shift toward Asia,” said Leandro Pierbattisti, chief analyst with Argentina’s grains warehousing chamber. South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy, mostly imports feed wheat from Australia, India, Ukraine and Canada.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 27, 2016 03:41 UTC