The Book Fair Buenos Aireswhich celebrates its forty-eighth edition in 2024, demonstrates its resilience at a time of “disheartening data” for sale, due to the socioeconomic crisis that Argentinaand appeals to his “big capital”what is “people” who visits her. These words were spoken this Thursday by the writer Alejandro Vaccaro, president of the El Libro […]
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Diaries, magazines and letters, another way of telling the Malvinas war
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Clippings and headlines from the most important newspapers and magazines of the time, in contrast to the letters sent by the young soldiers to their families, the most human view of the 1982 conflict, accumulate these days in Buenos Aires. On the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the Falklands War, the Library of Congress […]
The Argentine middle class: an emblem that fades with the crisis
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Agustina Bovi has two jobs, but she cannot spend on sports or leisure. Samanta Gómez can no longer pay for education or health: the middle class, historical emblem of a Argentina egalitarian, is sinking under the weight of inflation and adjustments. “This is my best job and my worst economic moment,” says Bovi, a 30-year-old […]
Soup kitchens in Argentina, the bitter taste of Milei’s adjustments
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Under the rain and in the middle of the street, Mario Cardozo eagerly eats a stew from a plastic container that he holds in his hands. While he punctures the pieces of chicken that float in the broth, the 71-year-old retiree watches over the wheeled cart where he has kept other containers of food that […]
Argentine unionism promises “fight” against the adjustment of the Milei Government
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Argentine unionism promised “continue the fight” against the reforms and adjustment of the ultraliberal Government Javier Milei, within the framework of the first strike general since May 2019 that the South American country is experiencing this Wednesday. The half-day general strike called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the country’s main labor union, of […]
Vacations in Mar del Plata: a “lost season” for Argentines
Light traffic and a half-empty city: that is the panorama in Mar del Plata, the main summer destination for Argentines. With 211% annual inflation and a strong salary depreciation, the season “she’s lost” for the merchants forks “a sadness” for the tourists. “On vacation you should be calm, have a good time. I’m not telling […]
Incidents and several detainees after the CGT concentration in Buenos Aires
Various incidents occurred this Wednesday in the center of Buenos Aires when police blocked traffic on some avenues and prevented the passage of hundreds of people who had participated in a rally called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and other social organizations in front of the Supreme Court of Argentina to protest against […]
Buenos Aires presents an exhibition on democracy and the Parliament of Galicia
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The exhibition ‘The power of the word. A journey through the history of the Parliament of Galicia’ lands in Buenos Airescapital of ‘universal Galicia’, home to some 160,000 Galicians and center of the diaspora of this community in America. Established in 1981, the Parliament of Galicia It is the institution of legislative power in the […]
Milei and ministers travel to the area affected by a storm in Argentina
President Javier Milei and his government team mobilized on Sunday to the town of Bahía Blanca, southeast of the Argentine capital, where a strong storm left at least 13 dead as a result of the collapse of a roof of a sports establishment. The storm also caused multiple damages in the area. The tragedy in […]
Argentines, between anguish and resignation due to adjustment measures by the Milei government
Julia González does not know how she will now be able to afford transportation on three buses and a train to her job in the center of Buenos Aires. Lucía Pergolisi cries because her best friend has been fired from her position in a government ministry. Hilario Laffite admits that she will have to highlight […]