Vacations in Córdoba: Quebrada del Condorito
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
On our third day in Córdoba, we intended to reach the Quebrada del Condorito (which translates as Little Condor’s Gorge), a gorge on whose walls condors can be seen from up close. The gorge and the high plateau that surrounds it at no less than 1,900 m above sea level, called Pampa de Achala, are all part of Quebrada del Condorito National Park, created in 1996. There’s a project to raise condors there and repopulate the area with them.
If we’d had our way, we could’ve chosen the day and enjoy it to the max. But it turned out that you have to buy bus tickets in advance, or you may not get a place. So we got our tickets for Saturday morning on Thursday afternoon. It’s the bus that goes along the winding road known as Camino de las Altas Cumbres (High Summits Road), crossing the Sierras Grandes range from […]
bornhauser
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
I can’t find any info at all on G. Bornhauser. Where did he come from? Did he design any other buildings in Buenos Aires? His name doesn’t ring a bell. The reason I care is because hotel he built in San Telmo at Caseros 691 is an Art Nouveau masterpiece. Hopefully by posting this, someone can add some further info. While only 3 stories tall, Bornhauser packed in a stained-glass solarium, curvy wrought-iron for the windows & a couple of sensual dragons:
Just around the corner is a more humble structure, but one I find equally as beautiful. The contrast of different types of beauty make Buenos Aires unique & such an exciting place to walk around… but only if you pay attention.
Solving A Problem
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
All of these global farming issues and rising food prices have been on my mind a lot lately. We, as people of this planet, need to come to terms with what is at stake in the future. This troubles me to say the following, heh, I mean look at the general topic of this […]
Habla Cristina
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
You know me: I’m from a country whose government hasn’t made any sense in its public pronouncements for quite sometime. I raise cows… and now, for the first time, soy and corn. I’m much closer to the left than the center, politically. I have praised the Peronists from Duhalde thru Kirchner I and II for tremendous advances that they have made. I pay my taxes and I’m glad to see that money redistributed …throughout this great country that has so generously adopted me …in the pursuit of a more just society. That’s my full-disclosure again.
I just finished listening to the speech and the response from four rural groups.
My opinion: the government wants this strike and wants this fight…
…but it may now be thinking that it has bitten off a bit more than it can chew. My estimation of the Kirchners as savvy political operators […]
6:30pm… and still no Cristina
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
The whole country is on pins and needles. If it’s like Thursday, we won’t get around to her first sentence until almost 7pm. Even James Brown never had it this good. (Macio Parker would be good right now!)
Oh Random Roundup
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
-Well my plans to update the design of this site and a few other things have been squashed for the past three weeks due to my ISP screwing over all of its customers down here with connection speeds slightly better than what I had with Compuserve back in ‘93. So while I’m sitting here flushing […]
Watch Gualeguaychú
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
…the television is reporting that there are 30Km of stopped semi-tractors at the international bridge. The truck drivers have given the rural strikers 30 minutes to either let them pass or the drivers themselves will begin to block all traffic, both the private and emergency vehicles that the strikers have been allowing to pass freely.
Take it from me, with 20 years in logistics, truck drivers do not knowingly go to places where they even suspect they will not be allowed to pass …it’s too personally expensive to them and too uncomfortable.
All of these drivers left their origins at least suspecting that they would be stuck for hours or days.
Ordinarily, drivers are not paid for their time at blockages of any kind.
Are these drivers being compensated for their “waiting- time” in Gualeguaychú? If so, by whom? Why are they not turning around?
On the flipside….
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
I still hate it when I go into stores and the clerks say, “X item is only X dollars US!” and I say “Thanks, I finished high school and can divide by 3. I live here and it isn´t in US dollars.”
Okay, I am almost finished ranting. But I have 3 more on the list coming soon!
7 Questions for an Argentine Farmer
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
The Argentine Post has an interesting interview with an agricultural producer today. It’s interesting reading. http://www.theargentinepost.com/
This strike is not easy for me to understand. As a small/medium producer (my plans for one of those 4×4s that Cristina mentioned in her speech are now gone), I support it and its goals but it doesn’t make sense to me on many levels.
Don’t get me wrong: I am familiar with strikes, with truckdrivers, and with governments, but this strike should have failed by now.
Currently, I can only come to one conclusion…
…the government wants this strike.
The timing of the export tax hike announcement and the follow-up address to the nation on Thursday, made it look to me that the government wanted to actually provoke a strike.
Based on past performance, the Kirchners seem to me skilled politicians. They must know that almost all strikes have doom in their DNA… a rural […]
Farmers Suspend Strike, Begin Negotiations With Government
March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Argentine farmers have begun discussions with the federal government after suspending a two-week-long farm strike over the weekend which crippled the South American nation’s food/produce industry. The farmers are remaining on high alert, however, warning that if no agreement is reached the strike will resume. The initial work stoppage and transportation blockades were done in response to the federal government increasing export tariffs from 36-45%.
The strike sparked wide-spread protests of the government, highway road blocks, and some violent conflicts between supporters from both sides. As of this weekend, farm production and distribution has resumed, and both sides are hoping a mutual agreement can be reached swiftly.
Via: Bloomberg
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