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D for Disorientation: Amado Boudou

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To come back and write something. So instead of apologizing (again) for doing something else instead of writing, I thought I'd share short snippets of my thoughts that might interest my readership. Here comes one: did you know (or notice) that phonetically, the name of our latest Minister of Economy, Amado Boudou. Thats some thought-provoking linguistic symbolism youve uncovered Pablo. It seems that the Kirchners really are. Yesterday the official gazette announced that the government is borrowing pesos ...

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D for Disorientation: June 2009

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The legislative elections are over, and if you're following the news, you'll be surely aware of the big picture: Néstor Kirchner has lost, the government's power in Congress has been cut down, and several presidenciables. That is, likely presidential candidates) are already lining up (or have been lined up by the media) for the 2011 election. Of a journalist who asked about the manipulation of INDEC's figures of inflation — which did. Links to this post. Cristina fernández de kirchner. Links to this post.

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D for Disorientation: February 2009

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Uruguay 2009, part 6: The feast of Iemanjá. Disponible en español: La fiesta de Iemanjá. On the evening of our second day in Montevideo, we set up our stuff to go to the beach (for the first time in Uruguay) and to watch what promised to be somewhat of a novelty for us: an umbanda ceremony honouring Iemanjá, the orisha. In Portuguese), and which incorporated and assimilated the characters of Catholic saints and others. This fusion of diverse religious traditions is known as sincretism. Salesmen and peddl...

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D for Disorientation: July 2009

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I don't like translating my own writings, so I won't subject you to a translation of my review of ¿Dios existe? Whose core is a public debate. Between then-cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and the atheist Italian philosopher Paolo Flores d’Arcais. Which, as far as I know, hasn't been published in English). The book in fact doesn't deal a lot with that ancient, ever-present topic, but has more to do with the mode. Popular English-language atheistic thought is, understandably, almost completely devoted to refutin...

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D for Disorientation: May 2009

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I'm going on vacation to the Iguazú Falls today. Marisa and I will be lodging on the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, from where we'll the falls from both sides of the border. I'll share the experience when I come back, next Saturday. See you! Links to this post. Labels: 2009 trip to the iguazu falls. Marijuana March 2009 in Rosario. Last Saturday it was the tenth edition of the Global Marijuana March. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. View my complete profile.

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D for Disorientation: January 2009

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If all goes well, as you read this I should be crossing the Río de la Plata on a boat headed for Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. I'm going to spend two weeks in this country — a few days in Montevideo, some relaxing time on the beaches of the Atlantic coast, and some more on the return trip through the interior. Don't miss me! Links to this post. Labels: 2009 vacations in Uruguay. Everything goes up and stays there these days, especially taxes and the heat. The national government also recently authoriz...

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D for Disorientation: In a pause

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I'm having trouble connecting to the internet at home, due to a chronically failing telephone line, so I'm writing from the office and I'll have to keep it short. I'm working at the very place where the statistics of the influenza A epidemic for the south of Santa Fe are reported and analyzed, so you'll understand. I haven't even caught a cold this winter (knock on wood), so I'll be back soon, I hope! Labels: influenza A pandemic. Pablo, where are you? We miss your insights. Hope all is well!

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D for Disorientation: Primary election results

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A few weird numbers. Came out of yesterday's election. The main thing was that the opposition represented by the Justicialist Party (that is, the Peronists) won in Rosario, where it usually loses by a wide margin, and the Progressive Front won in Santa Fe City, where it usually doesn't do that well and was vanquished in the latest legislative election. What happened? Pablo - Although I know voting is supposedly compulsory, I also know that that even in Federal Elections, turnout has been as low as 71%.

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D for Disorientation: August 2009

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A few weird numbers. Came out of yesterday's election. The main thing was that the opposition represented by the Justicialist Party (that is, the Peronists) won in Rosario, where it usually loses by a wide margin, and the Progressive Front won in Santa Fe City, where it usually doesn't do that well and was vanquished in the latest legislative election. What happened? Links to this post. Links to this post. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Las costas de Avalon.

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D for Disorientation: October 2008

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25 years of democracy. Today it's been 25 years since the formal return of democracy in Argentina. On October 20, 1983 a democratically elected president, Raúl Alfonsín, took office after more than seven years of dictatorship and over half a century of erratic shifts between legal presidents and military usurpers. I have my reservations and my protests in store and readily available, but today I want to end this on a positive note. For 25 years now we've refused, as a people, to be deprived of our ri...