The <i>dólar blue</i> is the American dollar sold freely by individuals without permission of the government, and without limits. Thanks to Alejandro Agustín Lanusse and the Argentine Revolution (Law 18924/1971), it is illegal to trade with foreign currencies without authorization of the government. This last month it has been experiencing extreme increases, and people have assumed we're in the eve of an hyperinflation.

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The dólar blue is the American dollar sold freely by individuals without permission of the government, and without limits. Thanks to Alejandro Agustín Lanusse and the Argentine Revolution (Law 18924/1971), it is illegal to trade with foreign currencies without authorization of the government. This last month it has been experiencing extreme increases, and people have assumed we're in the eve of an hyperinflation.

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Context for this meme:

1. On <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/fabiola-yanez-denuncio-a-alberto-fernandez-por-violencia-de-genero-nid06082024/">August 6, 2024</a>, Alberto Fernández was accused of intimate partner violence by his ex-wife Fabiola Yáñez.
2. On <a href="https://radiomitre.cienradios.com/politica/si-vos-me-denuncias-me-voy-a-matar-la-escalofriante-amenaza-de-alberto-fernandez-a-fabiola-yanez/">August 7, 2024</a>, Sandra Borghi reported that Fernández said to Yáñez that he was going to kill himself if she ever spoke about those incidents.
3. On <a href="https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/08/09/la-denuncia-de-fabiola-yanez-contra-alberto-fernandez-venis-golpeandome-hace-tres-dias-seguidos/">August 8, 2024</a>, Infobae published the evidence Yáñez had against Fernández. <a href="https://x.com/Luis_Delia/status/1821709161769439307">Luis D'Elia</a> (a controversial figure himself) condemns Fernández, and publicly asks the former president to apologise to Fabiola, their children, his party comrades, and the Argentine people, and to kill himself. The very same day, <a href="https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/08/08/se-conocio-un-video-de-alberto-fernandez-con-tamara-pettinato-en-el-despacho-presidencial-de-la-casa-rosada/">a video of Fernández and Tamara Pettinato</a> gets leaked, where very notably the former asks the latter to say something nice about him.
4. On <a href="https://x.com/Luis_Delia/status/1821864544064438608">August 9, 2024</a>, D'Elia publishes an screenshot of a message Alberto Fernández sent him, where the latter asks the former to listen to him before he kills himself.
5. On <a href="https://x.com/Luis_Delia/status/1822300290822898043">August 10, 2024</a>, D'Elia once again talks about suicide and publishes this meme mocking Alberto Fernández.

Sofía Clerici was already <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/en-plena-campana-sofia-clerici-blanqueo-su-romance-con-martin-insaurralde-en-el-mediterraneo.phtml">a controversial figure</a> during the 2023 elections. This creepy post was covered in a lot of news websites: <a href="https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/2024/02/20/sofia-clerici-revelo-que-toma-sangre-y-conto-el-motivo-todos-quieren-mi-secreto/">Infobae</a>, <a href="https://www.ciudad.com.ar/espectaculos/2024/02/20/sofia-clerici-revelo-por-que-toma-sangre-una-vez-por-semana-a-veces-en-shot/">Ciudad Magazine</a>, <a href="https://www.eltrecetv.com.ar/noticias/2024/02/20/sofia-clerici-conto-cual-es-su-escalofriante-tip-de-belleza-para-mantenerse-joven/">eltrece</a>, <a href="https://www.clarin.com/fama/sofia-clerici-revelo-insolito-metodo-utiliza-mantenerse-joven-bebe-propia-sangre_0_asIDufXYSL.html">Clarín</a>, <a href="https://tn.com.ar/show/famosos/2024/02/20/sofia-clerici-conto-que-toma-sangre-para-verse-mas-joven-y-mostro-los-tragos-que-prepara/">TN</a>, <a href="https://www.losandes.com.ar/por-las-redes/el-perturbador-habito-de-sofia-clerici-para-mantenerse-joven-por-eso-soy-una-mune-de-porcelana/">Los Andes</a>, <a href="https://www.mdzol.com/mdz-show/2024/2/20/sofia-clerici-exnovia-de-martin-insaurralde-revelo-que-toma-su-propia-sangre-407161.html">MDZ Online</a>, <a href="https://www.minutouno.com/espectaculos/sofia-clerici/revelo-el-escalofriante-metodo-que-utiliza-mantenerse-joven-n5949476">MinutoUno</a>, and <a href="https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/sofia-clerici-mostro-el-metodo-inusual-que-usa-para-mantenerse-joven-que-toma--202422013591">El Observador from Uruguay</a>, among many, many others.

The fact that he ended up dismembered lead to jokes comparing him to Exodia, from _Yu-Gi-Oh!._

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“Sentido Común” (Common Sense) by HistorietaBord (in Spanish)

Translation:

1. “What's your plan to lower the inflation?” — “I'm going to kill all retirees” — “Okay... you're a son of a bitch” — “Shut up, impoverisher leftist!”
2. “Controversial retiree reduction plan of one of the favorite candidates in the polls” — “Is it possible that the project reaches Congress?” — “We are going to discuss it 24 hours a day on all channels”
3. “Relax, this government is not going to kill retirees even if we have inflation of 100%, 200% or 300%. Seniors have the right to live a full, happy life and also enjoy, why not, their sexuality. That it is a subject that is not talked about and we should reflect on it. You see, sex in old age...”
4. “We do not agree with extreme measures. There are no magical solutions. There is only work, work, work. That is why we commit ourselves not to kill more than 5 out of 10 retirees.”

Panel 3 is a reference to an <a href="https://www.pagina12.com.ar/243514-gabriela-cerruti-hay-que-hacer-la-revolucion-de-las-viejas-p">infamous Instagram post</a> and <a href="https://www.pagina12.com.ar/321310-el-goce-es-nuestro">(later) book</a> by Gabriela Cerruti in which she vindicates old people, and talks about their sexual needs.
Panel 4 is Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and a criticism of his Central Korea approach.

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José Luis Espert proposes the Peso Libre (Free -as in freedom, not free as in free beer- Peso)

José Luis Espert is one of the two main libertarian candidates in Argentina. He's famous for advocating for the <a href="https://twitter.com/jlespert/status/475033688850567168">dollarization of Argentina</a> for several years. The fact that he now advocates for a national currency, after joining forces with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (which turned out to be quite controversial), sunk his reputation even further.

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Savencia (also owners of Milkaut) buys Ilolay (in Spanish)

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Sergio Berni: Before and after

In the <a href="https://tn.com.ar/policiales/2023/04/03/la-matanza-ladrones-asesinaron-a-un-colectivero-tras-tirotearse-con-un-policia-arriba-de-la-linea-620/">dawn of April 3, 2023</a>, Daniel Barrientos (a bus driver) was shot to death by criminals while he was working in La Matanza. <a href="https://oestenoticias.com/municipios/la-matanza-mataron-a-un-chofer-y-hay-paro-de-colectivos-en-zona-oeste/">This caused a strike of 6 hours</a> in order to reclaim for more security. Sergio Berni (Minister of Security of Buenos Aires Province) went to talk to the protestors in order to get them to calm down, and <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/policia/fotos-asi-golpearon-a-sergio-berni-en-la-protesta-de-los-choferes-de-colectivos.phtml">he was beaten instead</a>.
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Berni tries to cultivate an image of being the Argentine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo">Rambo</a>, so initally he refused to denounce the people who punched him. However, the next day <a href="https://www.pagina12.com.ar/537766-berni-sobre-el-crimen-del-chofer-no-se-si-no-nos-tiraron-un-">he started to push for conspiracy theories</a> blaming the opposing political party. And so, the next day he denounced them, and were promptly detained by the police.
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Of course, this caused <a href="https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202304/624721-paro-colectivos-detencion-agresion-berni.html">a new strike</a> asking for the liberation of the two drivers. This whole affair was considered to be one of the worst PR blunders of the currently ruling party, especially because this is an election year.

<a href="https://twitter.com/LANACION/status/1642946658391453698">Tweet 1</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/todonoticias/status/1643573621657305088">Tweet 2</a>.

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Argentine names be like...

The bullfighter is meant to represent a Spanish first name, and the chef is meant to represent an Italian surname.

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Obelisk of Buenos Aires vs. the National Flag Memorial (in Spanish)

Translation:

Obelisk of Buenos Aires:
1. It's a very simple obelisk
2. Any country (Brazil and U.S.A.) can have it
3. Zero national identity
4. Labor exploitation in its construction
5. Grave of José Consentino, one of the dead workers
6. Another historical monument (Basilica of Saint Nicholas of Bari) had to be demolished for its construction
7. Cradle of Peronists and leftists
8. Nobody liked it, people wanted to demolish it
9. Representation of the start of the Argentine decay
10. Boring
11. Artistic decadence

National Flag Memorial:
1. Unique in the world
2. Place where the national flag was created and raised for the first time by Belgrano
3. 100% national and patriotic
4. It's a giant ship
5. It's located in the same city where the best football player in the world, Lionel Messi, was born

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Alfajor Alignment Chart

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(2023-03-15) Argentina now has 102% of annual inflation, and is suffering a heatwave

Translation of the second line: Well, as I was saying, it's sweltering today, goddammit.
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Ignacio González Prieto

Ignacio González Prieto was the reporter sent by Todo Noticias (TN) that covered Máximo Jerez's funeral in the Los Pumas club in Empalme Graneros, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina; one of the poorest neighbourhoods of the city. The anger of the neighbours became violent when they decided to attack Cristián Carlos "El Salteño" (the one from Salta province) Villazón, one of the local <i>transas</i> (people who sell drugs, but do not produce nor distribute it) which was accused of shooting Jerez.

They looted his house, destroyed it, burn it and threw stones at him, and intended to lynch him. The <i>transa</i> meanwhile shot live ammunition to the crowd. Santa Fe Police stopped the angry crowd with rubber bullets and took the entire Villazón family away.

After that, the neighbours decided to ransack the remaining bunkers (permanent constructions used to sell drugs); all of them were, of course, empty. Their inhabitants went away to save their lives, probably taking note of what happened to the Villazón family.

González Prieto covered it all, getting acclaim from a lot of people, especially in comparison with Esteban Trebucq and Amalia Granata, who weared paintball vests during a trip in a relatively safe zone of Rosario, despite the dubious protective capacity of such clothes and the safety of the zone, while González Prieto only wore a shirt in a truly dangerous setting and time.

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Translation and winners:
The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martínez.
The Best FIFA Men's Player: Lionel Messi.
The Best FIFA Men's Coach: Lionel Scaloni.
FIFA Fan Award: Argentina fans.

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Argentine Ministry of Security be like...

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Guillermo Aquino: "Publishing that rubbish cannot be legal!" ("¡No puede ser legal publicar eso!)

A good reaction for questionable media articles. Too bad there's no version without subtitles.
He said this in a sketch in response to an article by the Clarín newspaper titled <a href="https://www.clarin.com/buena-vida/hallaron-metodo-increible-adelgazar-comer-tierra_0_LRZpdXbZX.html">The most unbelievable method to lose weight was found: eat dirt</a>.
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Argentina - Increase of the dólar blue since the first business day of the year up to April 24, 2023

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The dólar blue is the American dollar sold freely by individuals without permission of the government, and without limits. Thanks to Alejandro Agustín Lanusse and the Argentine Revolution (Law 18924/1971), it is illegal to trade with foreign currencies without authorization of the government. This last month it has been experiencing extreme increases, and people have assumed we're in the eve of an hyperinflation.

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