Ernesto Semán
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A brief history of Milei’s Argentina, for the New York Review of Books. A libertarian revolution that is half dead half alive, depending on the day, but grounded on deep forces that will not go away so easily.
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Argentina: Into the Abyss | Ernesto Semán
In 1983, when Argentina held its first presidential election after seven years of military dictatorship, Raúl Alfonsín won with an optimistic slogan:
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“América Latina es, al fin y al cabo, tan desigual como beligerante.” Tremendo trabajo de la Universidad de Texas en Austin y Revista Anfibia con links (al final) a las historias de las cosas que funcionan, el presente de dónde saldrá un futuro mejor.
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La persistencia - Revista Anfibia
"Las ideas se nos ocurren cuando les place, no cuando nos place a nosotros. En efecto, las mejores ideas se nos ocurren de la forma en que las describe Ihering: fumando un puro en el sofá; o como Helm...
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From Ten Ten Peninsula, Chiloé
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¡Gracias! I wasn't aware of the youtube video. Thanks!
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On Perón and "Rerum Novarum", and how he thought it as a means for the evangelization of a labor base of Marxist and Anarchist background into what will be known as "Third Position" or simply Peronism.
Not bad for today's standards of conservative barbaric nightmare...
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Finally! Open access for Marambio's wonderful visual essay: "De mi sangre: Un ensayo sobre la menopausia".
A small, delicate masterpiece packed in just '24.
In Spanish (and Eng and Fr). For subt, go to settings x your preferred option. A work made at University of Bergen.
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De mi sangre: Un ensayo sobre la menopausia
YouTube video by Universitetet i Bergen
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El mundo es un artículo de "Barcelona", ¿no?
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Sant Jordi in Bergen! Books, roses, medialunas, even sunlight!
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Capybaras roamed free until the 1980s. Developers built gated communities and expelled them. They came back. An Argentine billionaire, also developer, promotes their sterilization--with a drug designed for male pigs before they're slaughter, so they taste better. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/w...
Hundreds of Giant Rodents ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What?
The world’s largest rodent is multiplying in — and dividing — one of Argentina’s most exclusive gated communities.
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Terrific book (subject, approach, writing, everything). A must.
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Norway now.
"They cancel their holidays to New York: Totally fine not to spend money in the US."
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Trump's hallucinatory rant against Haitian immigrants pervaded Israel's military reality. The language of genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...