Jeremy,
I'm sick and tired of people complaining about the train services. First, because I work at TBA http:\\http://www.tbanet.com.ar which operates the Mitre and Sarmiento railways, good reason!. Second, as a commuter, I take the train everyday, round trip from my home at San Isidro to TBA headquarters at Retiro Station, and for me the train is the best, safest, most confortable and less expensive way to travel... (free for me!).
It's true that trains are not in their best condition. But, how much did you pay for your trip to Tigre? 95 cents. Which is the bus fare from the Herald to your home? 80 cents. So, you pay 95 cents for a 30 km trip by train and a bus fare of 80 cents for a 10 or 15 blocks distance trip (4 minutes). This is the reason why the trains are getting everyday a little worse. The fares are State regulated.
-- The train ticket from San Isidro to Retiro (20 km) is 70 cents.
[submitted on 16 Apr 03]
Elsa Carrió is the most left-wing of the LEADING candidates. Partido obrero, the Isquierda Unita, etc. are running candidates that are, at this point, as likely to win as Carrió. Doesn't say much about the Left here in argentina that if you watch the news or read the main dailies, you'd never hear about them except that they block traffic.
[submitted on 17 Apr 03]
I think the trains are great, generally. I just had a somewhat complicated trip. They are ridiculously cheap. I recently read subway fare in one city (London? Tokyo?) is 4 dollars a ride. For that fare, given the exchange rate, you could go to Tigre and back six times, even though it's a long trip - an hour or so, right?
Although I should point out it costs me only 75 centavos to get to the Herald and back.
Daivd - Did you know Carrió was in the lead a year ago? I didn't. Also, did you see today that a poll put Menem out front?
[submitted on 17 Apr 03]
RC
Whoever said that your blog is about travel? Certainly neither of you. I read for the machinations. And I keep hoping that one of you will let slip something about the harems I'm sure you keep, too.
[submitted on 17 Apr 03]
The two latest polls (maybe only interesting to jeremy and me, but they show how close the race is:)
The poll by OPSM:
Kirchner 20,9
Menem 17,8
López Murphy 14,6
Rodríguez Saá 14,5
Elisa Carrió 12,8%
And by Ipsos—Mora y Araujo:
Menem 18,3%
Kirchner 16,8 %
López Murphy 16,3%
Rodríguez Saá 15,1%
Elisa Carrió 12,6%
Both polls have the Radicals (the ruling party until december 2001) at about 2%.
Both have an almost 3-point margin of error. así que anyone could win, almost.
I've decided that if menem wins the final i'm going to uruguay for a bit, to hide out until after the coup.
[submitted on 18 Apr 03]
Matias
My vote goes for Lopez Murphy. I guess Menem could win the first call but not the final: many argentineans really hate him.
David and Jeremy, which candidate would you vote for in the hypothetical case you were allowed to?
[submitted on 18 Apr 03]
Hey, when are you guys going to write about tango?
[submitted on 19 Apr 03]
Jorge
Hi Jeremy!
Do you know the sentence: "Menem al gobierno, Bush al poder" have a historic and “peronista” background?
At the early 70´s Perón wasn’t allowed to be a candidate for the election. Campora, other candidate, make this promise: “Campora al gobierno, Perón al poder”. He won. And some weeks later, Perón came back from Spain.
Isn’t it interesting compare the two sentences?
(Sorry by my English!)
[submitted on 24 Apr 03]
I'm sick and tired of people complaining about the train services. First, because I work at TBA http:\\http://www.tbanet.com.ar which operates the Mitre and Sarmiento railways, good reason!. Second, as a commuter, I take the train everyday, round trip from my home at San Isidro to TBA headquarters at Retiro Station, and for me the train is the best, safest, most confortable and less expensive way to travel... (free for me!).
It's true that trains are not in their best condition. But, how much did you pay for your trip to Tigre? 95 cents. Which is the bus fare from the Herald to your home? 80 cents. So, you pay 95 cents for a 30 km trip by train and a bus fare of 80 cents for a 10 or 15 blocks distance trip (4 minutes). This is the reason why the trains are getting everyday a little worse. The fares are State regulated.
-- The train ticket from San Isidro to Retiro (20 km) is 70 cents. [submitted on 16 Apr 03]
Elsa Carrió is the most left-wing of the LEADING candidates. Partido obrero, the Isquierda Unita, etc. are running candidates that are, at this point, as likely to win as Carrió. Doesn't say much about the Left here in argentina that if you watch the news or read the main dailies, you'd never hear about them except that they block traffic. [submitted on 17 Apr 03]
Although I should point out it costs me only 75 centavos to get to the Herald and back.
Daivd - Did you know Carrió was in the lead a year ago? I didn't. Also, did you see today that a poll put Menem out front? [submitted on 17 Apr 03]
The poll by OPSM:
Kirchner 20,9
Menem 17,8
López Murphy 14,6
Rodríguez Saá 14,5
Elisa Carrió 12,8%
And by Ipsos—Mora y Araujo:
Menem 18,3%
Kirchner 16,8 %
López Murphy 16,3%
Rodríguez Saá 15,1%
Elisa Carrió 12,6%
Both polls have the Radicals (the ruling party until december 2001) at about 2%.
Both have an almost 3-point margin of error. así que anyone could win, almost.
I've decided that if menem wins the final i'm going to uruguay for a bit, to hide out until after the coup. [submitted on 18 Apr 03]
David and Jeremy, which candidate would you vote for in the hypothetical case you were allowed to? [submitted on 18 Apr 03]
Do you know the sentence: "Menem al gobierno, Bush al poder" have a historic and “peronista” background?
At the early 70´s Perón wasn’t allowed to be a candidate for the election. Campora, other candidate, make this promise: “Campora al gobierno, Perón al poder”. He won. And some weeks later, Perón came back from Spain.
Isn’t it interesting compare the two sentences?
(Sorry by my English!) [submitted on 24 Apr 03]