Letters from the editor: Shameful, complicity, price
Sultry
I'm not generalizing, and there's no need to name them. We've seen and heard them. With clean records, legislators and political party leaders gave us one more reason to be ashamed of our native politics. Crossed accusations of betrayal between the government and Pro. Crude chicanery during the debate from the K-backed party, evading their responsibility for the corruption experienced during the Kirchner administration, in addition to their attempt to summon LLA officials regarding cryptocurrency to show that immorality wasn't only on their side. Are these the representatives of the people who are going to solve the serious problems we Argentines face? What should have been voted on unanimously became an embarrassment. Politics, and especially Congress, become a daily spectacle of conflicting selfishness, squabbles, and party reversals that clearly show that these leaders are driven by behavior that is at odds with public service. And the people? There we are, waiting for decades for examples of capacity and ethical values. And let them demonstrate even a small part of the constant sacrifice of all citizens to move forward.
Matías Aníbal Rossi
Complicities
It has become clear that political corruption and a clean record are an impossible equation. Beneath the narrow margin of just two votes lies a web of far deeper complicity.
Daniel Zolezzi
Price
The failure of its sanction, and the suspicions of money involved by the Government, remind me of Oscar Wilde's phrase: "They know the price of everything, but the value of nothing."
Hugo Perini
DNI 10.224.705
Confusion
Please tell me if I'm mistaken, but based on recent news, I understand that: 1) the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham) has expressed its displeasure with the lack of clean chips, making it very difficult for investment to come in; (2) the boss of Misiones accepted that the change in votes in the Senate was due to a personal request from the President; 3) the President himself promised us during the campaign that once the economy improves, foreign investment will flood in.
I would like to know why I am extremely confused.
George W. Handley
A sad image
Hours ago, I received a joke on my cell phone with a sad image of what the world thinks about Argentine politics and justice. It depicts Christ on the cross, with both crosses to his right and left empty. And Jesus asks the centurion guarding them: "What happened to the two thieves?" To which the centurion replies: "They were tried in Argentina, and they were set free, and now they are deputies."
It's just a joke, published in a newspaper in Spain, but... what a sad image our justice system and our politics paint. And that must have been written before the clean record law was rejected in the Senate.
Ricardo Olaviaga
Brother Leon
The choice of the name Leo XIV immediately refers to Leo XIII and his valuable legacy in the Social Doctrine of the Church, especially through Rerum Novarum , which marked the beginning of a teaching attentive to the world of work, human dignity, and social justice. However, there is a particular note that takes on meaning when remembering that Leo XIV is the successor of Pope Francis. "Leo" was also the name of Saint Francis of Assisi's closest and most faithful brother: Brother Leo. Silent witness, beloved disciple, companion in poverty, in prayer, and in fraternity with all creatures.
By choosing this name, the new pope not only aligns himself with the Church's social tradition, but also suggests a certain spiritual continuity with Francis, the saint and the pope. A choice that, without fanfare, brings with it a promise of fidelity to the poor, to creation, and to the tenderness of the Gospel.
Joaquín Pousadela
DNI 32.983.203
In Argentina
One of the interesting details of the new pontiff is that he visited our country before being elected pope. Indeed, Cardinal Prevost was in Buenos Aires in 2004 for the Augustinian Congress of Theology, and returned to our country in 2013. In addition to the obvious case of Francis, Leo XIV joins in this regard Pius XII, who participated in the 32nd International Eucharistic Congress, held in Buenos Aires in 1934, and Pius IX, who was in Buenos Aires and other Argentine regions in 1824 long before being elected supreme pontiff. Sarmiento points out this last fact in his book Travels, when commenting on his interview with Pius IX, already pope, in 1847.
Claudio H. Sánchez
Play
I listened with utter disgust and discomfort to a radio advertisement for a play titled "Una Navidad de m…" (I refuse to use the term). As a Catholic, I feel deeply offended, because a beloved religious and family holiday like Christmas cannot be gratuitously insulted with such rudeness. It is a direct attack on our Christian sensibilities and on the holiday we celebrate every year to commemorate the birth of Our Lord, which is celebrated throughout the world. Discriminating against Christians by offending a holiday corresponding to our liturgical calendar should not be tolerated; and the people responsible for this play should, immediately, not only apologize but urgently proceed to change the title of the play, since in Argentina there are laws that punish religious offenses and hatred.
Miguel A. Pombo
On the Facebook Network
Lorenzetti asked his colleagues to reject Cristina Kirchner's request to remove him from the Roads case.
“Hurry up, judges... hurry up”
Graciela Vivian
"The reasons they used as grounds for the recusal are, in addition to being shameful, a clear example of an attempt to delay the review of the case. Rejection in limine is appropriate." - Emiliano Aguirre
"She challenges anything against her. If she were innocent, there wouldn't be so many challenges." - Marta La Rocca
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