The affinity of the carnival atmosphere with the left is no mystery to anyone. However, some striking things are happening. “Among the pre-candidates for the Presidency, the two who come to the Summer Theater the most are two whites: Gandini and Iafigliola”comments a journalist who has been following the Carnival for years. Gandini’s affinity for murgas is not new. A historic fan of the Diablos Verdes, he also appreciates the work of new murgas. “Bergara and Cosse came once, Orsi and Lima never,” she added.
An FA leader comments – during the halftime between murga and murga – that Gandini’s thing seems more like an imposture. “There is a need to show a certain affinity to this popular festival,” he comments. “I don’t think it’s just to enjoy the show.” However, Gandini ignores the comments, continues going to the Theater and criticized Antel on TV Ciudad (the IMM channel), which greatly reduced the pattern in Carnival. So much so that Deputy Varela (FA) will request reports on this issue.
In reality, the matter is visible: in fact, last year the state companies greatly reduced the pattern for the Carnival. “And how did they bank?” asked a naive merchant, who decided to return to the Summer Theater after years away. “Boy… didn’t you see? “All the unions of the entities are setting the guidelines,” a colleague, an unconditional carnival fan, responded ironically. And just like that: Antel left the pattern, Sutel entered; UTE lowered the standard, Aute entered. The Brou had also reduced its support, but this year it has more presence.
Pluna
“The ruling is automatically proving Campiani right.” This was the comment of a lawyer, without looking up from the press release that reported that Uruguay must pay US$30 million plus interest to the Larah company, which sued the Uruguayan State for the closure of Pluna. The failure, of ICSID (International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes) is final.
Larah took the shares of Leadgate, the company led by Matías Campiani that partnered with Pluna and developed a business plan that, after a period of progress, ran into serious problems. The liquidation decided by the Uruguayan State, according to the ICSID, had a series of defects that prove the plaintiff right. “We all pay for it,” commented another professional who shared the table with the lawyer.
The question arose immediately. “What will Campiani do? “He ate a year and a half of gray hair,” asked the lawyer who had put the tablet aside and was savoring the coffee. “They tell me that he doesn’t want to know anything more about Uruguay,” responded the other. “It’s okay… but now he has everything to win.” The interlocutor shrugged his shoulders and added: “the money we have lost with the whole story of Pluna, Leadgate, Alas Uruguay… has no meaning,” he said laconically. The content of the ruling will be announced in a few weeks and the Pluna issue – as a true “walking dead” – re-emerges in the electoral campaign.
Discomfort
There is a lot of unrest in the Argentine Dredging and Beaconing union (which leads Juan Carlos Schmidone of the “heavyweights” in the CGT) for the endorsement given to Uruguay for dredging the access channel of the Port of Montevideo. “For 25 years we have asked to address Argentine policy on this issue and promote the waterway and the Magdalena Canal; and nothing has been done,” roars from the union. Those from Dredging and Beaconing are one of those that cannot be missed in any CGT demonstration and with Milei in the government they will surely be seen more on the street.
“We do not deny Uruguay’s right to develop, but it cannot be at the expense of Argentina,” adds one of the union leaders. “I love Peñarol, ha ha, but I don’t like that they complicate our work,” he says with humor, while showing the message that Pepe Mujica He sent them on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation. “I feel like you about the verb of workers’ rebellion. Take care of the union organization, and do not forget the rest of the people, those who do not have a union and are in danger of belonging to irrelevant humanity,” the former Uruguayan president says, among other things, in the message. It is in Youtube. What will you think now?
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Source: Ambito
