Megadeth to perform again in Argentina

On April 28, at Luna Park Stadium, the American heavy metal band Megadeth returns to perform in Argentina, with their new album “Endgame.”

Tickets to see Dave Mustaine and his entourage will cost from 120 pesos and up. They will go on sale on April 8 at Luna Park, located on the Corrientes Avenue and Bouchard Street. But it also can be purchased through Ticket Portal, by calling 011-5353-0606.

Meanwhile, Mustaine admitted: “After the smoke cleared of changing labels and staff, I knew to get my self-esteem and Megadeth would be a big commitment.”

Guitarist Chris Broderick was attached to the band for “Endgame”, with drummer Shawn Drover and bassist James Lomenzo.
Besides Argentina, the other countries in the region that Megadeth will

Economy Minister at the Senate defends use of Central Bank reserves

Economy Minister Amado Boudou is speaking before a Senate committee to justify use of the central bank reserves to repay debt, among other issues.

Boudou  defended the use of reserves at the time that  ruled out an adjustment.

“The chances are lowering pension funding, curbing public works, borrowing at high rates or using excess reserves. We will not adjust in any way,” he said.

The minister explained the 2006 payment in advance of all debt with the IMF, “this fact was important from an economic point of view but had a strong political effect. At that time, 30% of total reserves of the BCRA were used or 100% of freely available reserves. It was the maximum possible utilization of the reserves of free access.

Falklands oil: Exploration disappointing

The CNN reported that shares in a British company drilling for oil off the Falkand islands halved Monday, after it revealed the existing supply may not be commercially viable.

Shares in other companies operating off the Falklands also fell amid fears that the region’s reserves may disappoint.

Desire Petroleum informed that “oil may be present in thin intervals but that reservoir quality is poor.”

The company will release the final results of its 30-day test drilling operation on Wednesday. According to company sources it may have to drill deeper to find greater quantities of oil.

Desire had estimated that the North Falkland Basin could contain 3.5 billion barrels of oil as well as significant gas reserves.

The disappointing results dealt

Silvio Berlusconi and the regional polls

At 8:00 a.m. the doors of 49,862 polling stations opened in Italy for the 41 million citizens to cast their vote in regional elections, provincial and municipal that will take place between today and tomorrow until 3:oo pm, where they begin with the counting of votes.

The Italian population will elect the chairmen and mayors of thirteen regions, four provinces and 462 municipalities.

The party of the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called People’s Party of Freedom (PDL) and the opposition Democratic Party (PD), of Pierluigi Bersani will be facing’.

For Berlusconi, rather than a public election is a referendum on his person, after having gone through all kinds of scandals, including sex, corruption, abuse of power, connections with the Mafia and others.

According to the surveys’ now is not clear who will win and Berlusconi may be defeated. The elections reflect that the popularity of his

Queer Tango Marathon started in Buenos Aires

A gay tango marathon started last night in various venues in the city. An uninterrupted 42 hours of tango is taking place until tomorrow along with lectures and discussions on gender, marriage law and sexual identity, by specialists.

Queer Tango Marathon is free and it aims at broadening tango perspectives. The event also offers classes, art exhibitions, lectures and discussions sponsored by the National Institute Against Discrimination (INADI), national ministries of Justice and Culture of Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte (IUNA), among others.

The marathon started last night at 22.30 after a class at Chalmers Club, in Palermo Viejo, and it ended at 6.30 to go on in Archibrazo cafe, Almagro, until 13 hs. Then, it went on outdoors in Manzana de las Luces, until 21.30 hs.

At that time the milonga starts

Moyano retracts himself: “In a growing country, inflation is not bad”

Hugo Moyano went out to put some ice on the polemic he sparked with the harsh words he had yesterday for the inflation hitting the country.

“In a country that is growing, inflation is not bad,” said this morning in line with Economy Minister Amado Boudou.

The Secretary General of the CGT had said yesterday that inflation is “a reality which is felt every day,” contradicting Boudou, who had talked of “some pressure on prices” which he attributed to the growth of the economy.

“I said there was a little inflation. The INDEC said, it should be no surprise to anyone. I do not know how much. When you take inflation in generalized products it may be higher,” said this morning Moyano, trying to tone down

Drug trafficker Angie Valencia would hand herself in

Colombian model Angie Sanclemente Valencia, who is also head of a band carrying drugs from Ezeiza to Europe, via Cancun, and former wife of a dangerous drug dealer, has been in Argentina since last December and in the coming days she might hand her self in to the police. The former Coffee Queen is a fugitive from justice and has national and international arrest warrants for six national and international prosecutions issued by the Criminal and Economic judge Marcelo Aguinsky. The Court determined that the idea of the model, 30, was to establish an organization with the goal of “exploiting” a route to smuggle cocaine into Europe via Cancun. Thus, the drug would come from Argentina by air. An acquaintance of Valencia’s said the model was in Argentina, and she had recently posted photos on Facebook in Buenos Aires, even after the arrest warrant was issued. Records indicate

Robert Pattinson: “I am almost deaf due to the screams of the fans”

Robert Pattinson, the actor of the saga ‘Twilight’ had made various statements such as “I don’t understand the passions that I rose” and “wants to extricate itself from its character as a vampire”, having added that “feels like a transvestite when he gets into that skin. “

Now, Pattinson refers to the damage that ‘it is producing some of the exclamations of her fans. Their cries when they meet him, are letting him more and more deaf ‘.

According to British newspaper ‘The Sun’, the actor confessed that “sometimes suffer serious hearing problems, which are exacerbated by the shouts of his most passionate followers. I am almost deaf and that worries me a lot. “

He also revealed that “feels very uncomfortable with the fame that was given to his role of Edward Cullen” and that “he doesn’t like the ‘hysteria’ that he and his partner Kristen

24 March activities: National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice

Since 2002, our country commemorates the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, which not only remembers the victims of the military dictatorship, self-called National Reorganization Process, but it is also a day to remember a period that must never be repeated in our national history.

On 2 August 2002, the National Congress passed act 25,633 creating the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, which is a non-working day since 2006.

Therefore, classes will not be conducted tomorrow, hospitals will attend through the guards, SAME will operate normally, and street parking will be similar to Sundays, according to the Buenos Aires government.

Thirty four years away from the military coup, the central events in commemoration of Remembrance Day will be held tomorrow in Plaza de Mayo, but tributes will take place throughout the country.

The main event in Capital Federal will begin at

Controversy over reform of the Cheque Tax

Senator Guillermo Jenefes

Before the proyect to reform the Cheque Tax issued by the Congress, which aims at raising the percentage of tax that is distributed in the provinces, Cristina Kirchner gave the order to not approve the initiative.

The opposition demands that the Government shares the whole of the funds with the provinces, about 10 million pesos. However, there are already two Kirchnerist Senators, Guillermo Jenefes and Luis Viana, who have expressed support for the initiave, as they want their provinces to receive extra millions in order to consolidate their accounts. Both Senators were abscent for lunch at the presidential residence in Olivos on Saturday. Jenefes estimated that the project would mean an extra 300 million pesos for the provinces “without the need of our officials and lawmakers to beg to the Nation”

Rosie O’donnell would be returning to daytime tv

Rosie O’Donnell is planning to come back to daytime television as host of a new syndicated talk show, according to a report.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show is being planned for a possible launch in fall of 2011, which is the same time that Oprah Winfrey’s long-running talk show will end.

The original Rosie O’Donnell Show premiered on June 10, 1996 and ran for six seasons garnering several Daytime Emmy Awards. Rosie ended the show at the height of its popularity in May 2002 to become a full-time mom.

While Rosie had enormous success back then, she also didn’t have the same amount of controversy attached to her name.

Rosie returned to television in September 2006 to co-host ‘The View’

Dante Spinetta launches third solo album, “Pyramide”

Singer-songwriter Dante Spinetta presented his new album “Pyramide” on Tuesday in night club in Palermo. It is his third solo album after the breakup of band Illya Kuryaki & The Valderrama. Surrounded by friends and family, Dante brought together local and international press to publicize his new material, with the special participation of musicians such as Resistencia from Calle 13, Fito Paez and Adrian Dárgelos, vocalist and leader Babasónicos. Son of rock musician and mentor, Luis Alberto Spinetta, he showed the video for “Mostro”, one of the 12 tracks that comprise his new album, whose cover features the singer with his hands crossed in the shape of a “pyramid”. According to the artist, Mostro “speaks of the transformation experienced by the people at night, how we change, how we behave  in

‘Argentine satellite SAC-D’ will be presented in Bariloche

Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana will head tomorrow in San Carlos de Bariloche, in Edelweiss Hotel, a special seminar on the SAC-D/Aquarius satellite mission.

There wiill participate members of the Cabinet and would be known in detail scientific functions that this new technology developed in our country will have.

The seminar will present the objectives and progress of the mission, and will be shown before its departure from Argentina.

It was informed to the media that “The satellite will travel for the completion of environmental testing at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) of Brazil, to be later released using the Delta II launcher from Vadenberg (United States) during the second half of this year. “

The Chancellor predicted that “this mission is