Telenovela Update
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in culture, lifestyle, politics | 2 Comments »Written by Jamie Telenovela means soap opera in Spanish and since the current strike is starting to resemble a bad soap opera, I figured this would be an appropriate title. Yesterday, Wednesday, everything that was scheduled (National Day of Protest, Pro Government ...
Farm Strike, The Very Latest
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in business, culture, politics | 4 Comments »Written by Jamie As I have posted before, there has been an on again/off again farm strike in Argentina. Thankfully, this ongoing dispute has had little impact in Patagonia. In and around Buenos Aires and other parts of the country, however, ...
Argentine Humor
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in culture, politics | No Comments »Written by Jamie As I have posted before, the farmers and the government have been at odds over export taxes on crops such as soy beans. The farmers have had 3 spearate strikes, then the government starts dialogue with them and ...
Farm Strike-Truce Called
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in business, politics | 2 Comments »Written by Jamie As reported today in the New York Times, the farmer's have agreed to a 30 day truce to negotiate the export tax. The farmer's went on to say that at the end of the period, if the haven't reached ...
Farm Strike-The Latest
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in business, politics | No Comments »Written by Jamie Late Friday and into Saturday, the government met with the farm union to negotiate the new export tax. During that time, the farmers agreed to suspend their strike. According to this article, the talks didn't go so well. The ...
Farmer’s Strike-Temporary Truce
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in business, politics | 2 Comments »Written by Jamie According to the Associated Press, the farmer's have agreed to temporarily halt the strike and meet with the government to discuss the tax increase. It might be a little early to put the pots and pans away, but it appears ...
Farm Strike Update
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in business, politics | 2 Comments »Written by Jamie President/Queen Cristina has now said that if the farmers end their strike, she will meet with them to discuss the current situation. This is certainly a step towards resolving the problem. Yesterday, she was quoted as saying, “To ...
Farm Strike in Argentina
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in business, culture, politics | 6 Comments »Written by Jamie There is a current strike going on with the Argentine farmers. The main issue at hand is the raising of export taxes on such agricultural goods as soy beans, from 35% to 44%. The government changed this tax ...
Newsweek Article on Cristina’s First 100 Days
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in business, politics | 1 Comment »Written by Jamie Here is an article posted on the Newsweek blog about Argentina's new president, Cristina Fenandez Kirchner. On a side note, most of the Argentines we have asked what they think about her, say something like "same president as before ...
Light Bulb Exchange
Friday, January 11th, 2008 Posted in culture, lifestyle, politics | 5 Comments »Written by Jamie Since our new president Cristina has taken office, I have heard more talk about energy conservation. As posted here last week, there was a time change to help energy consumption. In addition, the government announced a light bulb exchange. ...
