Argentine movie “Relatos salvajes” wins Goya award

The Goya Awards, also known as los Premios Goya, are Spain’s annually held film awards. This weekend, the movie “Relatos salvajes” (2014) (translated as “Wild Tales”) directed by the Argentine film and televisión director Damián Szifrón, won the Goya Award for the Best Foreign Film in the Spanish language (El Premio Goya a la mejor película iberoamericana). Damián Szifrón was born on July 9, 1975 in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires.

The Argentine movie was competing against “Conducta” (Cuba), “Kaplan” (Uruguay) and “La distancia más larga” (Venezuela). (more…)

Celebrating Carnival in Buenos Aires

Last Saturday the annual carnival in Buenos Aires kicked off. Thousands of people visited the first carnival night of this year which took place from 7pm to 2am. On Sunday they celebrated from 7pm to 12am.

The carnival in Argentina’s capital is characterized by dancers dressed in colorful costumes, walking and dancing on the rhythm of drums and cymbals and by traditional murgas, which is a kind of a popular musical theater.

If you would like to participate in the Buenos Aires Carnival of this year, you get the chance on February the 16th and 17th, when they will celebrate again. (more…)

Buenos Aires number 1 Destination according to Tripadvisor

Great news for Buenos Aires. The birthplace of Tango, also called The Paris of Latin America, is number 1 top destination of South America according tot the Tripadvisor!

According to Tripadvisor Buenos Aires is, like the tango itself “captivating, seductive and bustling with excited energy. “

Travelers love the different nighborhoods of the Argentina capital, it’s lively nightlife and the European heritage reflected in the architecture, avenidas and parks of Buenos Aires.

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Brain new trains in Argentina

In November and December last year several brand new trains were put into service in and around the capital city of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Also in other parts of Argentina old railway lines were replaced by new train sets. Half a year before the national elections of Argentina, the government of Christina Kirchner hopes to ingratiate with the voters. The Argentines are pleased with the new, modern and safe trains, although there is some suspicion around the strategic development.
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The website ´Don´t Call´ launched in Argentina. No more annoying phone calls!

Yesterday a new initiative of The Ministry of Justice was launched. It´s a campaign called ´No Llame´, which means Don´t Call. Argentines who register on this website won´t receive any more calls and messages with sales advertisements. Within 30 days telemarketers have to delete the data from their databases and cannot call the registered people anymore. In the first 24 hours more than 100,000 people registered already at the website.

Signing up is simple: you just dial the tall free 146 or go to the websitewww.nollame.gob.ar (more…)

President Cristina broke her ankle during her Christmas holiday

This year has been a tough year for President Christina Fernández de Kircher. This time Christina broke her left ankle while she was enjoying her Christmas holidays with her family in their holiday house in Río Gallegos, in Santa Cruz.

On Friday the 26th Christina broke her ankle and she came directly back to Buenos Aires, to go to the Otamendi Clinic, in Recoleta. The planning of the President was to go back to Buenos Aires on Monday 29th, for the special session to debate the Parlasur lawmakers´ election bill.
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New convicts for abduction of babies during military dictatorship

On Monday 22 December, former dictator Reynaldo Bignone, together with three other people, was condemned to jail sentence for the abduction of babies during the military dictatorship in 1976 to 1983.

Besides Reynaldo Bignone, also the military doctor Norberto Atilio Bianco, the ex-general Santiago Omar Riveros and obstetrician Luisa Yolanda Arroche de Sala García were condemned. They are accused of the kidnapping of at least eight babies, born in the military hospital of Campo de Mayo base.
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Government of Argentina Announces Cabinet Changes

After the resignation of the Chief of Intelligence, Héctor Icazuriaga, Public Communications Secretary Alfredo Scoccimarro has announced changes in the cabinet.

Icazuriaga will be replaced by Oscar Parrili while Senator Aníbal Fernandez will occupy  Parrilli´s role secretary general for the presidency.

The changes in the Cabinet are called “a desperate” response to legal complications by opposition parties.

Wednesday evening was Parilli sworn (more…)

A new monument in Buenos Aires of Ana Frank

The new monument of Ana Frank was made by the Dutch artist, Jet schepper and is a replica of the monument in Amsterdam. The monument will be placed on Wednesday 10 December in Puerto Madero.

The location of the monument will be on the Dutch Queen Square in Puerto Madero, facing the Puente de la mujer. The monument will be placed in commemoration of “International Human Rights Day”.

The opening will take place on Wednesday and the ceremony will be attended by the Dutch Embassy, the Centre Anne Frank, the vice president of the Legislature, Minister of Culture of Buenos Aires (more…)