Door-to-door import deliveries finally OKed
When using the official post system, users will receive any product weighting up to two kilos and worth less than US$200 at home. For bigger deliveries, the goods will need to be retrieved from the local post office. Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Door-to-door import deliveries finally OKedUp to five yearly purchases will be authorized, paying a 50 percent tax before AFIPThe government finally launched its door-to-door international delivery system yesterday, lifting some of the restrictions on imports which forced residents to face long queues and a complex bureaucracy at Retiro neighbourhood’s Customs Office. We are introducing competition in a measured way, favouring consumers without damaging local national production,” he said. The new system means that citizens can use either the post office or private couriers to secure the delivery of goods from abroad.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 27, 2016 01:52 UTC
Cristina Criticizes Attempts To Reopen Nisman’s Case Against Her
To reopen Nisman’s case against Cristina,” read the multiple tweets. The bid to reopen the case has already been rejected, but Cristina took to Twitter nonetheless to blame the Macri administration for instigating it. Cristina also alludes to the people “pointing fingers” as guilty of covering things up:“What are you talking about, Cristina? Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas dismissed the case against Cristina in 2015. In a barrage of Tweets today, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner criticized yet another attempt to reopen a case investigating whether she covered up the role Iran could have allegedly played in the deadly 1994 AMIA bombing.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 20:15 UTC
Mariah Carey Is Coming To Buenos Aires
That’s right nerds, Mariah Carey is coming to Buenos Aires for the very first time fulfilling your every #fantasy and #touchmybody #everyMariahsongever. If you thought you saw a slight dusting of glitter and the fluttering of butterflies on the streets of Buenos Aires today, you were correct. Not te quiero, te amo. The queen mother of all things unicorn, rainbows, and the 90s is gracing the city with her presence. She wrote in her announcement for her Latin America tour that she can’t wait to see everyone in their hometowns and … wait for it… “te amo”!
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 20:15 UTC
Poll: Seven Out Of 10 Argentines Believe Cristina Kirchner Deserves Jail Time
A questionnaire by D’Alessio IROL and Berensztein has indicated that out of 500 Argentines polled, seven out of 10 believe that former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner deserves a jail sentence. The ex head of state currently faces four charges and is being prosecuted in the Future Dollars Case. An overwhelming 69 percent of people surveyed believe that a jail sentence is justified, while only 25 percent believe that imprisonment is unwarranted. When asked if they believed whether Cristina would actually end up in jail, a majority of participants said they didn’t. US $10 billion worth of future dollar contracts were sold in December,when they were actually worth US $15 billion.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 19:30 UTC
I Want Candy? Sweets Consumption Falls But Imports Rise
“And they become more important during harder times.”In Argentina, an examination of candy imports and exports in the sweets sector can provide some insight into the state of the economy. And though lipstick sales decreased around the time of the 2008 Great Recession, nail polish sales increased by 65 percent. In their recession of 2001, lipstick sales increased, prompting Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder makeup company, to coin the phrase “the lipstick index” to explain this improbable rise. Overall candy and cookie consumption is down in Argentina, and exports have fallen by 21.4 percent. According to a report from the Research on the Economic Sectors (IES), for the first five months of this year, imports on sweets have grown by 27.5 percent.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 18:56 UTC
Items That Were Stuck At Customs Due To Import Restrictions Will Be Auctioned Off
How will it work work? They tend to be quite large, so if you’re thinking of buying something, make sure you read how many items you’re getting. Let’s take a look at a couple of items being offered:Shipment 12001M ARE001 199R contains 1,804 books, the initial bid being AR $55,563.20. The new restrictions meant that customers could only purchase a maximum of two items a year, and effectively ended door-to-door courier services. Remember that crate of books you ordered off Amazon last year that never ever came because you only belatedly found out about import restrictions?
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 18:45 UTC
New National Cabinet For Climate Change Created Today
President Mauricio Macri, Cabinet Chief Marcos Peña and Environment Minister Sergio Bergman have created a brand new National Cabinet for Climate Change. Decree 891/ 2016 for the creation of said Cabinet was signed yesterday and published in the Official Bulletin today. I really doubt anyone finds the thought of swimming through the San Telmo markets appealing if Buenos Aires truly does go underwater, as Climate Central suggested. It confirms that Argentine will adopt the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Read more: Buenos Aires Will Become Atlantis At This Rate Of Climate ChangeAccording to the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, the glaciers are melting at the fastest rate in the past 350 years.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 17:45 UTC
Argentines Raid Supermarkets For Oil Ahead Of Price Hikes
But since news of the rise in oil prices broke, supermarkets’ oil stock has dwindled drastically. The government eliminated subsidies on oil in supermarkets, which will lead to a sharp rise in the price of oil. Oil Prices In Supermarkets Set To TripleOil price increases have been capped at 30 percent and while markets have largely accepted this mark, they don’t accept the proposed timeline. I will relish in that noise this week before oil falls victim to prices gone wild. The sound of oil popping in a pan on top of the stove is like a beautiful serenade to my empty stomach.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 16:51 UTC
Macri And TV Presenter Tinelli Spar On Twitter Over Impersonations Of President
Over the past few days, there has been an escalation of tensions between President Mauricio Macri and TV presenter Marcelo Tinelli. Tinelli satirizes me in a bad way before three million people on television [but] takes offense over 30,000 Twitter users,” concluded Macri. How could there not be 30,000 Twitter users that sympathize with the government when this administration is largely [made] from social networks?” said Macri. Tinelli is the presenter of the program, which enjoys some of the highest TV ratings in the country. But there were 30,000 Twitter users that criticized him.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 16:21 UTC
Report: 5,000 Phones Are Stolen In Argentina Every Day
In this database, phone network companies list IMEI numbers of devices that were reported stolen, which helps generate a red list that gets updated each day. In a city as large and busy as Buenos Aires, this figure doesn’t actually seem too surprising, considering the amount of people passing through the Subte, colectivos and streets each day. “We need more campaigns, more police monitoring areas where these crimes take place, and monitoring and investigating into these organization that change IMEI numbers. Just as several years ago most crimes of theft had to do with automobiles, now most crimes of theft are to do with phones and that same attention needs to be granted.” The study also indicates the areas of Buenos Aires where you are most susceptible to these thieves include the neighborhoods of Retiro, Once, Constitución and Liniers, as well as large shopping malls and train stations in the city.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 16:03 UTC
Macri Administration To Use Social Security Data To ‘Improve Communication’
According to resolution 166 published yesterday in the Official Bulletin, ANSES will periodically send over information about citizens’ names, last names, ID numbers, addresses, phone numbers, emails, dates of birth, civil statuses and education levels. In the northern part of the country there were people who contracted the disease, in the center we had to talk about prevention and in the south we understand there are no mosquitoes,” the source said. It doesn’t have to be like that. Government sources told Clarín they are specifically seeking to go from a “unidirectional style of communication to one where the message reaches whoever it has to.” “For example, when we launched the awareness campaign against dengue (a disease transferred by a certain type of mosquitoes), we had a single message. “It is essential for the government to identify, evaluate and analyze the different problems or matters of interest in every region of the country, as well as understand and detect social and cultural variables that allow to incorporate federal diversity in public communication,” reads a passage of the resolution, which goes on to inform that the agreement between organizations will last two years.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 14:51 UTC
Part Of Argentine Delegation Won’t Stay In Olympic Village Due To Poor State
Gerardo Werthein, the president of the Argentine Olympic Committee, yesterday announced that part of the Argentine delegation for the upcoming Río Olympics won’t be staying in the Olympic Village due to the poor state of the accommodations. But 213 Argentine athletes are taking part in the Olympics, and that’s without taking into account coaching staff and COA officials. Since the delegation will now be using three floors, 144 athletes would be able to stay in the Village at the same time. The committee said it will move part of the delegation to apartments nearby the Village. We are renting nearby apartments and moving coaching staff and officials to have athletes stay in the town,” said Werthein.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 13:41 UTC
What To Do At Argentina’s ExpoRural
After a long day of very intense research, we came to the conclusion that the ExpoRural is definitely worth checking out. The gauchos hanging out by every stall are the real deal, and an intense reverence towards Argentina’s soil and its traditions is thick in the air. There are also dedicated music stands where you can sit (if you’re lucky enough to find a seat) and enjoy traditional folk music and dancing. After spending a brief moment fantasizing about what it would be like to spend the rest of our lives atop a gilded sulky, we moved on to the outdoor music stands. If you’ve never been, the only thing that even comes close to being comparable is a very large state fair.
Source:The Bubble
July 26, 2016 13:10 UTC
Syria refugees welcomed in recession-hit Brazil
Refugees like the Dacka family are finding it hard to land permanent jobs and get state support to settle in. Monday, July 25, 2016 Syria refugees welcomed in recession-hit BrazilOriginally from Idlib, in northwest Syria, Khaled Dacka, second from right, arrived in Brazil last year under the government’s humanitarian visa programme, where he and the rest of the family, including daughter Hanan (far right), have now been granted asylum. Some 2,100 Syrian refugees live in Brazil, mostly in the country’s most populous city of São Paulo. “For this reason, the situation for those who are arriving in Brazil, the immigrants, the refugees in particular, is complicated,” he said. She was chosen by the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee after her name was put forward by the UN refugee agency in Brazil.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 25, 2016 03:58 UTC