“It looks like one of those soccer teams that have several injured people,” joked a businessman, while people continued entering the Industrial Clubthe beautiful event hall that Chamber of Industry (CIU) has at its headquarters. He alluded to the current situation of the government, which faced a political crisis due to the Marset case, which took a couple of ministers, an undersecretary and an advisor to the Presidency.
It was celebrated Industry Day and the 125 years of the business union, and a good part of the government attended, including the president Luis Lacalle Pouthe vice president Beatriz Argimonthe Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado and several ministers. And there were also the mayors of Montevideo and Cannelloni, Carolina Cosse and Yamandu Orsi, along with dozens of businessmen and industry professionals. The CIU’s ability to convene was overwhelming.
“With Monday’s newspaper, everyone talks,” commented a politician with an experience that few in the Executive have in the ear. “Presidents seek to do, solve things. Issues like this are recurrent in management,” he added, alluding to the controversial meeting held by the now former advisor. Lafluf and the undersecretaries, at the request of President Lacalle Pou.
The government is not going through a good time, but the industry had urgent demands. In his speech, the president of the CIU Fernando Pache -with great skill- combined recognition of the government at various levels, with questions about the exchange delay and denouncing the growth of smuggling of Argentina that has hit the national industry hard. He also proposed continuing to advance in labor reforms and that the tax rule next year, something that seems quite difficult judging by the latest data.
There was also time to demand improvements in the waste management, particularly in packaging. “We have been working for years, but the Montevideo Municipality demands more taxes without compensation,” explained an expert in environmental affairs linked to the CIU. The so-called Vale plan (which aims for the consumer to return containers, to obtain a ticket for repurchase) is advancing, but slowly.
Favors
This time there were no doubts. It was just a step into the hotel’s Ballroom. Radisson to realize that it was the busiest ADM lunch of the last times. This time, the usual host, Jorge Abuchaglia, He could not be there for health reasons, but his son Gustavo represented him without hiding the smile typical of a successful event. “We had to leave people outside, because they couldn’t fit in the room,” he commented, going around the tables.
The speaker was Alvaro Delgado, accompanied on the stage by all the ministers of State. At the tables, numerous businessmen and several mayors of the coalition, as well as a good part of their legislators, especially from the National Party. However, the absence of references from the Broad Front. Last week, at the conference Carolina Cosse, something similar had happened. Return of favors?
Israel
When the video ended, there was a long and sad silence. A group of journalists had just watched the video prepared by the Israeli Embassywith records of the terrorist attack of Hamas to Israel, occurred on October 7. They were images that had not been disclosed out of respect for the integrity and identity of the victims. The journalists had to leave their cell phones at the door.
Dantesque, unheard of, aberrant events followed one another. They were shots obtained from social networks, closed circuit television from the attacked kibbutz, from traffic control cameras and cell phones, from the victims and from the terrorists themselves (captured by the Israelis). Among the many sensations, some that the journalists exchanged. On the one hand, the madness of claiming death as an achievement, with several terrorists calling their families to tell them about their feat: having killed a Jew. On the other hand, the striking helplessness of Israeli citizens, while the terrorists broke in, killing and kidnapping. And also the difficult journalistic task of accurately and fairly reflecting a war where the first victim is the truth.
Source: Ambito
