‘An act of intimidation’: journalists condemn police stationed outside state-owned media
One of them rejected the idea of the operation being an intimidation tactic. Other sources told the Herald that no police vans came back on Tuesday, but that two police officers did. “This happened at a time when the government wants to turn these outlets into corporations, to pave the way for their privatization,” Secchi told the Herald. Secchi said that the government has yet to name a board of directors in the state media outlets. It also filed an injunction against the privatization of public media outlets but has yet to receive a response.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 17, 2024 12:10 UTC
Dozens of prisoners escape Ecuador jail amid military operations
Forty-three prisoners remain at large after escaping a prison in northern Ecuador, the SNAI prisons agency said on Monday, as security forces continued operations throughout the country. “As a result of this inspection, the escape of 48 people inmates was discovered,” the statement added, noting that five prisoners were recaptured. Security forces also learned that one prisoner had died in the prison, SNAI said, without giving further details. Since the state of emergency was declared, security forces have detained more than 1,500 people and have carried out 41 operations against terrorist groups, according to the government. Operations will continue throughout Ecuador this week, the government said in a separate statement.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 16, 2024 12:15 UTC
Pope says he hopes to visit 'suffering' Argentina this year
Pope Francis said on Sunday that the people of Argentina are suffering and that he hopes to be able make his first trip back to his homeland in the second half of this year. On Thursday, President Javier Milei’s office said he had invited the 87-year-old Francis to visit, appearing to extend an olive branch after attacking the Catholic leader in recent years. He said a potential trip to Argentina would take place after August, when he is planning to visit some countries in Polynesia. “After that, the trip to Argentina, if it can be done, but I would like to go. Francis has made more than 40 trips outside Italy, including many in Latin America, since his election nearly 11 years ago as the first Latin American pontiff but has yet to visit Argentina.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 15, 2024 23:45 UTC
Simply The Best? Why Messi isn't the favorite in FIFA's awards
Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi is nominated for his third The Best FIFA Men’s Player. Messi will be competing against Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland and his former teammate at PSG (and World Cup final rival) Kylian Mbappé. The Rosario-born star could win a record-breaking third award for best male player. Haaland scored 34 league goals, proving a key member of Manchester city under coach Pep Guardiola. Messi is still likely to feature in the FIFA/FIFPRO World XI, which football’s governing body awards in conjunction with the professional footballers union.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 15, 2024 22:43 UTC
Teatro Colón fires musical director after child sex offense charge
British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig was removed from his position as musical director of the Teatro Colón on Friday after being charged with sexual offenses against minors. Latham-Koenig, 70, had been musical director, the highest artistic position at Teatro Colón, since January 2023. The general director of the Colón, Jorge Telerman, had called Latham-Koenig “one of the great conductors of the world scene” when appointing him. He has also conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The indictment in London came during January’s Teatro Colón’s annual recess and came as a surprise to the theater’s authorities, Télam news agency reported.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 14, 2024 03:44 UTC
Digital culture roundup: How X saved a kitten and fell in love with an opossum
Suddenly, the Argentine X community became obsessed with one of them: a tiny baby called Sia. “A little opossum is saving lives.”Volpato prepares breakfast for Sia every morning and shares a picture of the animal enjoying it. Speaking to the Herald, Park explained that he heard a cat mewling and posted about it on X. They showed up in large part because X users saw the post and called for help, since Park couldn’t do it all by himself. Creo que va entendiendo que no tiene que estar en estado de alerta todo el tiempo.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 14, 2024 01:30 UTC
RingConn Smart Ring Impresses at CES 2024: Unveiling Plans on Features and Medical Algorithms Updates that Redefine Personal Health Management
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Source:The Bubble
January 13, 2024 18:16 UTC
New SafestBettingSites Website Launched to Help UK Bettors
AdvertisementLONDON, Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A new website called SafestBettingSites has been launched to help UK bettors navigate the potentially dangerous waters of online gambling. The site provides honest and unbiased reviews of the best betting sites that are fully licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission. “And it’s good that there are so many excellent regulated betting sites for bettors to choose from. “Gambling itself is a risky business, so it’s dangerous to increase those risks further by joining a potentially dubious betting site. Others will recommend betting sites that operate under licenses issued in other countries where regulations aren’t as tight as they are here in the UK.
Source:The Bubble
January 13, 2024 04:13 UTC
World Cup effect: Argentine football had record-breaking 2023
2023 was a record-breaking season for football, the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) wrote in a report released Wednesday morning. AFA reached 11 TV rating points per game, the highest-ever season average, with a high of 14 points during the Derbies Fixture. Argentine football also saw an increase in popularity on social media, with teams and league collectively reaching a record 95 million followers across all platforms. The AFA announcement comes at a controversial time for Argentine football clubs: President Javier Milei’s mega-decree allowed clubs to become private sports corporations. “As is often said, football clubs in Argentina fulfill a role far beyond the sport.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 13, 2024 01:24 UTC
Central Bank to issue AR$10,000 and AR$20,000 bills
Argentina’s Central Bank (BCRA) announced on Thursday that it will put AR$10,000 and AR$20,000 bills into circulation this year, making the logistics of the financial system more efficient and allowing for a significant reduction in production costs of finished banknotes. The AR$10,000 bill will feature the images of Manuel Belgrano and María Remedios del Valle, heroine of the Independence War. The heroine’s image belongs to the piece “La Capitana” by Argentine artist Gisela Banzer. On the back of the AR$10,000 bill, the main motif will be the artistic depiction of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag held on February 27, 1812. The main figure in the AR$20,000 bill will be Juan Bautista Alberdi, inspirer of the 1853 National Constitution.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 13, 2024 01:24 UTC
Max Life establishes presence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Source:The Bubble
January 12, 2024 22:08 UTC
Milei’s first inflation rate hits 25.5%
Argentina’s monthly inflation rate reached 25.5% in December 2023, according to the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC, for its Spanish acronym). The inflation rate, published on Thursday, is the highest since February 1991. It was also the highest 2023 inflation rate in Latin America, surpassing Venezuela’s which was 193% according to the Venezuelan Finance Observatory. Food and non-alcoholic beverages have the highest impact on the inflation rate given the category’s influence on the index. A report by the Center of Argentine Economic Politics (CEPA, by its Spanish acronym) said that the 118% exchange rate jump was the main reason behind December’s inflation rate.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 12, 2024 13:58 UTC
Akira Kurosawa at the MALBA: a special January film season
The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (MALBA, by its Spanish acronym) is offering a unique program of eight films by Japanese master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. The films, all in 35mm prints, will be playing every Thursday of January at the Museum’s film theater, programmed by Fernando Martín Peña. The series continues on Thursday 11 with Seven Samurai (1954), a medieval tale of a helpless town that hires a group of samurais to defend them from pillagers. With such a life, how can I abandon it?” said Kurosawa in an interview published by film critic Andrew Sarris. Yojimbo is a bit of a portrait of this situation,” said Kurosawa in an interview with Gian Luigi Rondi.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 12, 2024 13:58 UTC
Dollarization, drugs and armed conflict: What’s behind the violence in Ecuador
The wave of violence marks a major security meltdown in a country that has been suffering in recent years from worsening violence linked to the drugs trade. “In Quito, the city is dead,” said María Fernanda Noboa (no relation to the president), dean of the National Higher Education Institute, who focuses on security. “They started out with common felonies, but then they allied with the big drug cartels,” María Fernanda told the Herald. Formerly amateur gangs became professional, not only trafficking drugs but also carrying out armed attacks and planting explosives and bomb cars. María Fernanda said Ecuador “has been fighting violence with more violence.”“Strategic anticipation has not been taken seriously,” she said.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 11, 2024 05:22 UTC
From ‘Alive’ to ‘Society of the Snow,’ the true story behind the Andes flight disaster
The remaining 29 rationed what little food they had found in the luggage, and some of them died in the subsequent days. The incredible true story of the Andes flight disaster or “The Miracle of the Andes” has been the subject of several books, and adapted to film three times. The first was the forgotten 1976 Mexican film Supervivientes de los Andes — a mostly exploitative version that focused on the gruesome aspects of the story (i.e. That film, starring Ethan Hawke, was adapted from the best-selling book Alive by Piers Paul Read, which gave a detailed account of the events. Its name appears to have been written specifically for this harrowing true story: the Valley of the Tears.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
January 11, 2024 04:32 UTC