Market place.
From "Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video" written & illustrated by Emeric Essex Vidal, London: 1820 #illustration #art #Argentina https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/market-place/
![Hand-colored aquatint depicting the marketplace in Buenos Aires, featuring views of the Recova (the meat market), carts, fish and poultry sellers, passersby, and customers walking away with their purchases. The author describes the market as follows:
"Vegetables and fruit are sold in front of the spirit-houses, and under the south piazza. A double line is formed from the north to the south angle by the dealers in poultry, eggs, &c. [...] Ladies never go to market; gentlemen sometimes take the trouble; but in general it is left to a servant, or rather a confidential slave. Two of these are seen in the foreground with their provision for the day, of which two articles are remarkable — partridges and armadillos."](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/529/641/448/594/785/original/a724b842e2ffe9e4.jpg)
J Miller
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Can any Spanish speakers help with translating these four words from an Argentinian sign painter?
- escolazo
- jentuza (perhaps alternative spelling of gentuza?)
- nagual (perhaps alternative spelling of najual?)
- pusilamine (perhaps pusilánime spelled wrong?)
He's Luis Benz, and this is a lovely short film about him: https://vimeo.com/948463218.
I'm working on sharing the full set of these, but I hit a wall with these four.
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Pusilamine
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Nagual
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Jentuza
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Escolazo
Can any Spanish speakers help with translating these four words from an Argentinian sign painter?
- escolazo
- jentuza (perhaps alternative spelling of gentuza?)
- nagual (perhaps alternative spelling of najual?)
- pusilamine (perhaps pusilánime spelled wrong?)
He's Luis Benz, and this is a lovely short film about him: https://vimeo.com/948463218.
I'm working on sharing the full set of these, but I hit a wall with these four.
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Pusilamine
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Nagual
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Jentuza
Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Escolazo
Settling in to watch #Wales v #Argentina. Not expecting any miracles. I'll be happy if I can see a glimmer of better things to come. (It's the hope that kills you etc. etc.) 😅
Russian immigration to Argentina has surged, as L.G.B.T.Q. #Russians seek to escape escalating anti-gay repression.
120 k Russians have fled to #Argentina since 2022, some of whom are fleeing new Russian laws which deem the L.G.B.T.Q. movement as “extremist”, NYT reports.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/americas/argentina-lgbtq-russia-putin-escape.html
Julio J.
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Pregunta #idiomatica para gente que habla #español, pero habitualmente con "vos" como pronombre de segunda persona singular:
Si vas con alguien: ¿Cómo lo decís?
A) Voy contigo
B) Voy con vos
La forma "A" me suena rara, como que no encaja, pero la sigo escuchando, especialmente en internet.
Mi impresión es: "A" es re común en #Uruguay, pero muy rara en #Argentina.
En #Colombia, #CostaRica etc. no tengo ni idea.
Si sos de otra parte, igual podés comentar como a vos te suene. ¡Obvio!
Pregunta #idiomatica para gente que habla #español, pero habitualmente con "vos" como pronombre de segunda persona singular:
Si vas con alguien: ¿Cómo lo decís?
A) Voy contigo
B) Voy con vos
La forma "A" me suena rara, como que no encaja, pero la sigo escuchando, especialmente en internet.
Mi impresión es: "A" es re común en #Uruguay, pero muy rara en #Argentina.
En #Colombia, #CostaRica etc. no tengo ni idea.
Si sos de otra parte, igual podés comentar como a vos te suene. ¡Obvio!
Antanicus
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«Milei ganó por el temor a la debacle. Se impuso por la generalizada percepción que, si se devaluaba al día siguiente de la elección, sobrevenía el desastre económico. Vivimos en una sociedad con mucha memoria de esos desmoronamientos y la población se previno con un voto conservador. Optó por mal menor, para mantener lo que hay frente a una posibilidad de colapso».
https://argentina.indymedia.org/2025/11/01/claudio-katz-milei-gano-por-el-temor-a-la-debacle/
«Milei ganó por el temor a la debacle. Se impuso por la generalizada percepción que, si se devaluaba al día siguiente de la elección, sobrevenía el desastre económico. Vivimos en una sociedad con mucha memoria de esos desmoronamientos y la población se previno con un voto conservador. Optó por mal menor, para mantener lo que hay frente a una posibilidad de colapso».
https://argentina.indymedia.org/2025/11/01/claudio-katz-milei-gano-por-el-temor-a-la-debacle/
Lionel Messi, still chasing international glory nearly two decades into his career, says he hopes to play at the 2026 World Cup in North America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/28/soccer/messi-2026-world-cup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #lionelmessi #argentina #majorleaguesoccer #intermiami #2026worldcup
Bad news
#Argentina's #Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday's midterm elections, after defining the first two years of his presidency with radical spending cuts and free-market reforms.
His party, La Libertad Avanza, won nearly 41% of the vote, taking 13 of 24 Senate seats and 64 of the 127 lower-house seats that were contested.
His gains will make it easier for Milei to push ahead with his programme to slash state spending and deregulate the economy
I have never seen “soft power” diplomacy wielded so openly before by the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.
#Argentina 🇦🇷 had two realistic options: elect the party of the man #Trump wanted & receive $20 billion in cash, plus an additional $20 billion in loans (from private banks who are friends with Trump) or economic collapse.
👉🏾 Argentina 🇦🇷 election results deliver Trump-backed President Javier Milei a bolstered mandate https://www.cbsnews.com/news/argentina-election-results-javier-milei-trump-backed-party-wins/
"In the last 9 days, Trump:
- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"
~ Max Burns
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7
"- Threatened Argentine voters with consequences if they didn't support Javier Milei
- Said he doesn't care if Congress stays out of session for the rest of the year
- Refused to distribute legally required SNAP benefits to 40 million kids and families"
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia #shutdown #SNAP #food
/8
"Universities, law firms, news companies are buckling under the president’s threats, and billionaires are treated like members of the royal family."
#Trump #universities #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
/7
"In the last 9 days, Trump:
- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"
~ Max Burns
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7
Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, which currently holds about 15% of congressional seats, is on track to gain a stronger foothold to pass key economic reforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/milei-argentina-election-comeback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #argentina #javiermilei #southamerica
Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul
#HackerNews #Argentina #Elections #Libertarian #Milei #PoliticalReform
congratulations to all the american citizens, each of whom will now be personally contributing $100-200 to the #MakeArgentinaGreatAgain movement by buying argentinian pesos and holding them until they are worthless.
more on the #MAGA movement: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again-again
#Argentina #Milei #JavierMilei #uspol #uspolitics #election #libertarian #LaLibertadAvanza #LLA
“Not only will the loss of SNAP create more hunger in the richest country on earth, it will also rip a hole in local economies just as people’s health insurance premiums skyrocket."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
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"And yet, at the same time the Department of Agriculture says it cannot spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, the administration easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina.
What are we doing here?”
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
/6
“Not only will the loss of SNAP create more hunger in the richest country on earth, it will also rip a hole in local economies just as people’s health insurance premiums skyrocket."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #Argentina #HealthInsurance
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Julio J.
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#Sociology: ‘Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from the Autocrat era of Argentina.”
“By examining the 4,287 officers who served in autocratic #Argentina from 1975 to 1983, they discovered that the ranks of secret police are filled by those who perform poorly in merit-based systems.
Facing firing for their poor performance, they turn to more burdensome secret police work.”
