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| Argentina's most favourite Son - and Pope - Pope Francisco I, has celebrated his birthday by inviting homeless people and a dog to his birthday breakfast Feliz Cumpleanos! And as a birthday present: His home team, San Lorenzo soccer team of Buenos Aires, won the Championship...must be the blessing of the Football Club's banner on his inauguration day. |
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| No end in sight for this heat wave, some say it may be Christmas at 40 degrees...power outages, several thousand households without electricity - and some without water. Grocery stores throw out perishable food for lack of refrigeration. Neighbours stage protests lighting fires on pavement (just adding to the furnace temperatures), and the working people create their own version of 'Casual Friday' outfits But - there is Good News: Para el Gobierno, los cortes de luz son por el cresciente economico Según Capitanich, la demanda energética crece porque más argentinos han accedido al empleo y por ende, a bienes durables como los aires acondicionado. Y pidió controlar su uso. Los cortes de luz afectaron a 30 barrios de Capital y GBA Which means: the power outages are due to a growth in economy, more people can afford airconditioning in their homes. |
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| The Green Spaces of the city are filled with sunbathers...how on earth they can stand not only the heat, but the intense sun rays. |
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| Creative use of a street side garbage container, the only thing missing is a cool cerveza |
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| Our four legged friends - and their owners or dog walkers - take advantage of the many fountains of the city to keep a semblance of 'cool' |
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| Rio Plata - polluted it may be - but in this heat, irresistible for down town city dwellers |
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| Whilst yours truly heads via airconditioned bus to an airconditioned milonga (Sueno Porteno in Boedo) and practices the Chacarera interspersed among the usual tangos. |
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| Reminds one of the River Ganges, but without sprinkling ashes of the deceased. Forecast calls for more heat and longer duration of the ola de calor. Photos - of the heat wave - published on the Internet by Clarin newspaper |
