Argentina Willing To Discuss Joint Oil Exploration With U.K. In Malvinas
A law passed by Congress forbids oil exploration off the Malvinas without express authorization from the Argentine government. She also said President Mauricio Macri’s administration is willing to discuss allowing airlines to use Argentina’s airspace to get to the islands if at least some flights leave from Buenos Aires. Regardless of specifics, Malcorra said the one thing the Macri administration is clear on is that it wants to soften the tone on Malvinas. “Our claim to the Malvinas will be sustained, but as part of the approach of a good neighbour.”While negotiations continue, respect is key. Read more: Malcorra Urges UK To Renew Malvinas Negotiations With Argentina
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 21:45 UTC
August’s Inflation Rate Was Allegedly 0 Percent. Wait, What?
We already knew that August was going to have a low inflation rate — ministers said they expected it to be less than 1 percent. Now government sources tell La Nación the government is estimating the inflation rate for last month was actually close to zero. Since the price of services are a component when calculating inflation, the fact that the gas hikes did not come into effect means that the increase was not included in the overall inflation rate. And while we’re still getting used to the idea that maybe there was no inflation, another word has also been making the rounds lately: deflation. Thus, in the same way that August’s inflation rate may be a lot lower than expected (the same goes for September), the inflation rate for October will probably be back to a more normal rate.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 21:22 UTC
Collective Freak Out Illustrates How Abortion Remains Taboo Topic In Argentina
Media outlets in Argentina were thrown into a tizzy today about a supposed talk given by a political party allied with former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that apparently taught high school kids how to perform abortions. “Carlos Pellegrini high school encouraged the usage of abortive pills,” reads a headline from Clarín, while La Nación claims that organizers were actually seeking students to support their stance: “the public repercussion from the talk raised alarm bells within the high school,” the article said. Many outlets used a featured image a leaflet promoting talks organized by Nuevo Encuentro that do teach how to perform an abortion using pills. However, they forgot to mention these talks are held in the party’s offices and that the debate held at Carlos Pellegrini was about decriminalization. It is a high school that is hard to get into and is traditionally very politicized.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 20:26 UTC
Happy Feet: Penguins Come Back Home To Argentina
Hundreds of Magallenic Penguins have started to arrive to Chubut along Argentina’s Atlantic Coast after having migrated to two wildlife reserves, Punta Tombo and Cabo Dos Bahías. The protected area of Punta Tombo is home to over a million penguins during the peak of mating season. Magallenic Penguins are known for their friendly and amiable nature, allowing tourists to take pictures and come up closely. The first penguins to arrive to the area are the males, who start things off by setting up their nests. Tourists will have limited access at Punta Tombo in order to preserve and help lower the levels of disruption for the area’s natural wildlife.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 19:30 UTC
Protesters Steal Independence Day Spotlight At Brazilian Embassy In BA
As 2,000 people tried to enjoy wine and salmon canapés at the Independence Day festivities in the official residence of the Brazilian ambassador in the City of Buenos Aires, a small group of protesters tried to interrupt the party. “Out with Temer,” the protesters chanted, in reference to Michel Temer, who was sworn into office last week. The protesters are part of a movement calling itself Passarinho that is behind most of the protests that have taken place in Buenos Aires against the impeachment. Michel Temer is scheduled to come to Buenos Aires on October 3. What that means for Temer’s visit to Buenos Aires remains to be seen.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 19:07 UTC
Macri Moves Forward With Plan To Build Massive Train Station Under Obelisco
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine a massive train station underneath the Obelisco. Well, by far the biggest thing is a massive underground structure in which all train lines will meet in a huge train station underneath the Obelisco. But let’s be honest, that all sounds really boring when compared to a massive station under the Obelisco. But this massive station won’t just be about trains. The first step will be launched this month when work will begin on the underground station of Constitution.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 17:37 UTC
Homophobia In Argentina: Young Man Beaten Up In Córdoba ‘For Being Gay’
Gonzalo Valverde says he was beaten up in downtown Córdoba City in the early morning hours of Saturday after disclosing his sexuality. “Early this morning I was a victim of a clearly homophobic attack in the middle of downtown Córdoba. Valverde, who is an activist in the Socialist Workers Party, wrote about the attack in more detailed statement the following morning, in a piece for La Izquierda Diario. Politician Pedro Robledo, for example, said he received similar treatment from hospital staff when he was beaten up outside a party in San Isidro in 2013. The Socialist Worker’s Party (PTS) is helping to organize the protest while the event page on Facebook declares: “our liberty will be conquered by our own actions, it will not come from any government.”
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 16:57 UTC
Abstract Art Alert! Kazimir Malevich’s Work Is Coming To Buenos Aires’ Proa Foundation
For the very first time, work from the one of the most influential geometric abstract artists, Kazimir Malevich, is coming to Argentina. The Proa Foundation’s Eugenia Petrova is curating a retrospective for the museum working hand in hand with the State Russian Museum. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the founder of the avant-garde Suprematist Movement. In this, the opens the road to abstract art reducing pictorial language into stripped down shapes building his imagery with circles, squares and crosses. The exhibition will also include many specialists of 20th and 21th century art, the seminar ´Kazimir Malevich in Context´ is especially noteworthy.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 15:33 UTC
Why Is A Judge Investigating Argentina’s Vice President?
It seems Argentina’s vice presidents can’t catch a break. First Cristina Fernández de Kirchner selected a vice president that many then qualified as a traitor for voting against the government, then in her second term, she chose someone who ended up being involved in all sorts of legal trouble. And now, Vice President Gabriela Michetti, has come under judicial scrutiny almost immediately after taking office. Michetti is now on the defensive, coming under fire for alleged irregularities in the foundation she presided, the SUMA Foundation. Michetti: Nothing to see hereThe vice president has been adamant all along that there is nothing fishy going on.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 15:00 UTC
Chemical Plant In Buenos Aires Province Ordered Shut After 11-Year Battle
Judges have ordered the closure of the Atrasina chemicals plant in San Nicolás, a city located in the northern end of Buenos Aires province. The plant is owned by the North American multinational Atanor, Argentina’s second-largest producer of the controversial herbicide glyphosate. In the first official recognition of the firm’s wrongdoings, Judge Facundo Puente ordered the preventive closure of the plant. During a raid last week, court officials found the plant was not compliant with environmental regulations on waste disposal. Judge Facundo Puente gave local police powers to investigate the plant after it ignored a previous injunction to change its waste disposal policy.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 14:48 UTC
Good Luck Getting Anywhere On Time: The City Is In Chaos (Again) Due To Roadblocks
Chaos on the streets is the norm in the City of Buenos Aires and today is no exception. Since early morning, social organization Barrios de Pie (Neighborhoods on Their Feet) has set up several roadblocks, or piquetes, throughout the capital, demanding job opportunities and the Macri administration take measures to tackle poverty. “We demand [City of Buenos Aires Mayor] Horacio Rodríguez Larreta solve the city’s marked inequality,” said Barrios de Pie leader Daniel Menéndez. Barrios de Pie is a social organization that voices the demands of unemployed people on a national level. As an organization, it also provides community services such as food distributions through community bakeries and soup kitchens.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 13:41 UTC
Authorities In Ezeiza Detain Suspected Lebanese Terrorist Wanted In U.S.
A Lebanese citizen wanted in the United States for suspected ties to terrorism was detained at the Buenos Aires international airport, Ezeiza. Khalil Mohamed El Sayed tried to enter Argentina with fake documets from Paraguay on Wednesday night, according to state-run news agency Télam. The detention “was possible thanks to a system implemented by the Security Ministry that connects Interpol International’s network with that of Customs,” according to Télam. The area commonly known as the “tri-border” that connects Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina has long been seen as a hub of illegal activity. El Sayed is currently being detained in the Ezeiza prison.
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 12:56 UTC
Hay Cata: Beer Tasting In Buenos Aires
Hay Cata is a new concept brought to us by a group of friends wanting to put on a different kind of “tasting experience”. Next week’s Hay Cata will be all about the art of beer. Everyone is welcome, in their own words “Lo lindo de catar, es que nunca hay respuestas incorrectas” (the best thing about tasting is that there is never a wrong answer). The beer for tasting this time around will be provided by UK25 and Cerveza Bastion. You can also hire Hay Cata and have a tasting party at home!
Source:The Bubble
September 08, 2016 12:00 UTC
Passing the winter
But it is not only a question of communicational glitches — there are also some fundamental conceptual errors. Nor does the “social tariff” offer as complete a safety net as it should be. Above all, small businesses on the brink are highly vulnerable to violent lurches in their energy costs (even 203 percent). There is an assumption that the same corporate structures prevail but they are changing like everything else in this day and age. (Next Thursday will be our 140th anniversary and for that reason Economic Outlook will be yielding this space for a special article to mark the occasion)
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
September 08, 2016 02:48 UTC
Denmark agrees to buy leaked tax data from ‘Panama Papers’ source
Thursday, September 8, 2016 Denmark agrees to buy leaked tax data from ‘Panama Papers’ sourceIn bid to fight tax evasion, parliament approves purchase of documents to reveal offshore fundsCOPENHAGEN — Denmark revealed yesterday it will buy leaked data stolen from a Panamanian law firm that helped customers open offshore companies to avoid paying taxes, in a new battle to tackle tax evasion. Reports suggested the government had paid up to US$1 million for the data, though that number could not be confirmed. It’s unclear whether Denmark is the first country to have bought or accessed the leaked data beyond what was made public. Lauritzen said the data cost a single-digit million kroner, where one million kroner is equivalent to US$150,000. Finally, it shows that Owners, Fleg and Socma Americana are part of a triad under which there is the same economic reality, beyond the corporate veil.”Herald with AP
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
September 08, 2016 02:48 UTC