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Dollar today and blue dollar, LIVE: how much is being traded and what is its price this March 3, minute by minute

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Dollar today and blue dollar, LIVE: how much is being traded and what is its price this March 3, minute by minute

The government closely monitors the blue dollar quotewhich this Thursday was up $2 and closed at $377 after a couple of days with no changes.

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In February, the dollar lost the race against inflation: what is the Central’s strategy?

The blue dollar is trading at $377.

The Central Bank managed to reverse the selling trend on the foreign exchange market on Thursday and closed with purchases of 4 million dollars. In addition to dealing with the dripping of reserves, the institution tries to calibrate the daily rate of devaluation to prevent the exchange rate from being “behind” the rise in prices.

For me yes. The organization headed by Miguel Pesce tries to calibrate the interest rate for deposits in pesos, the increase in the dollar with the increase in prices. But in February Central “let it run” the price of the US currency a little behind the rest of the economy’s prices, which most City advisers estimate have risen close to 6% a month. Specifically, the Central authorized a 5.4% hike in the 28 days of last month, so it would have lagged behind the month’s inflation. Read more here.

A $400 million loan is approved to improve the nutrition of 2.4 million families

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) announced today that it has approved 400 million dollars to benefit approximately 2.4 million Argentine families in vulnerable situations.

“With the aim of providing food assistance to people in situations of social vulnerability in Argentina, including girls and boys, adolescents, pregnant women and people with disabilities, CABEI has approved 400 million dollars to finance the Argentina Plan against Hunger ( PACH),” the entity said in a statement. Read more here.

Source: Clarin

LockBit has published the data stolen in La Segunda: there are judicial files, expert reports and medical data

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LockBit has published the data stolen in La Segunda: there are judicial files, expert reports and medical data

Lockbitsone of the largest ransomware groups in the world, has released sensitive information from the insurance company Rosario The second one: there are judicial files, expert reports and sensitive health data of affiliates, among others.

Ransomware is a type of malicious program -malware- that encrypt information from foreign systems to demand a ransom in exchange. Once deposited, negotiations begin to arrange a payment and return the data. If the victim doesn’t pay, the information is exposed on the dark web.

In this way, it is the second Argentine company encrypted in this way and exposed by LockBit so far in 2023: two weeks ago, the Albanesi Group, the country’s main gas trader, fell victim to this group.

While the fee to return the stolen information is not public, one of the negotiation options has been offered by 5 million dollars. The hack happened in the middle of last month but was reported by LockBit last week to pressure the deal.

The criminal group already has a history in our country, adding among its victims Ingenio Ledesma and the prepaid company Osde, with a balance between sensitive data and leaked internal doctors of the company.

This time he managed to encrypt La Segunda, which has approx 1,300 employees and offers insurance services of all kinds: auto, home, accident, pension, accident and civil liability, among others.

LockBit published the information from La Segunda. Photo Blog by LockBit

LockBit published the information from La Segunda. Photo Blog by LockBit

The group presented a new method for exposing data, called Snap2HTML: “This is a tool for creating easily accessible and interactive web directory listings. This is the first time LockBit has used this new system on an Argentinian victim,” he said clarion Mauro Eldritch, threat analyst.

The data, inferred from the titles of the published files on the panel, allow you to confirm the crime of theft and exposure of confidential information: “In total they are, at least, 13 machines infected with ransomware. The areas affected are, at least, legal, labor and administrative medicine”, adds the expert.

“In the legal realm judicial files, complaints and expert reports; As far as occupational medicine is concerned, there is information on ART, medical and psychological diagnosesCOVID-19, lab reports, PCR results, diagnostic images -X-ray and MRI-, medical complaints, medical records and audiometry,” he adds.

As regards the administrative ones, the expert warns that there are “contracts, payment vouchersvouchers and tax payments (VEP and others), insurance policies, Jurisdictions declaredpersonal and automotive documents, ID and resumes.

The answer of the Second

The company released a statement that was only circulated in the media, reproduced by some local sites in Rosario. Today, there is no information about their social networks on the event to communicate it to its associates.

“We have not received any emails or notice of this attack, the last one I have is to adhere to the digital policy and nothing else ”, complained a customer in dialogue with Clarín. Also, when you want to enter your account bounced entering correct login details again and could not change passwordto regain access.

Just this Thursday afternoon, a sign appeared to members who, trying to access, bounced:

The error displayed by La Segunda only appeared at the end of this week. Photos App The second

The error displayed by La Segunda only appeared at the end of this week. Photos App The second

In that press release, the company acknowledged the ransomware attack: “Segunda Seguros reports that it has been subject to a cyberattack with ransomware of a exorbitant on part of their systems.

As they explained, they activated a protocol as is common in these cases: “We immediately put our security protocols normalize the situation and investigate its causes. To guarantee the protection of information and guarantee the service to our customers, we have added the support of renowned national and international cybersecurity consultants”.

Additionally, they acknowledged “delays or glitches” in their digital operating channels. Various plant workers logged these problems as well in internal systems to be able to work.

A company source, who asked not to be identified, downplayed the value of the published data: “We do not downplay the fact, although it is isolated files with images that were taken from the PCs of some collaborators and we understand that they do not represent an economic risk or towards the safety of people “, he assured.

“Also, they are documents of daily use that are not only on our computers, but also circulate and are hosted in the computer equipment of professionals, service providers, companies and a wide range of other actors involved in the activity,” he added, regarding the published data.

The amount of information, however, is remarkable: it’s 52GB divided into 12 folders, each with multiple subfolders and files of each type of extension (zip, doc, pdf, jpg, rar, etc.).

All this with the particularity that, using this new Snap2HTML system, you can navigate in its entirety from a browser like Tor Browser.

LockBit's new navigation system, Snap2HTML. Photo LockBit

LockBit’s new navigation system, Snap2HTML. Photo LockBit

Finally, La Segunda ensures in the press release the “conviction of not having given in to illegitimate requests”, which could explain the fall in the negotiations with LockBit and subsequent exposure of the data.

LockBit, very active in 2023

The cybercriminal group that encrypted La Segunda is one of the most prolific in the world. In our country, several victims were claimed last year, with osde AND Ledesma sugar bowl to the head. 2023 started with Albanian group and now the second

The group first emerged in September 2019 and, according to Kela’s data, had a stranglehold on the cybercrime scene by 2022, with a 28.57% of ransomware attacks.

LockBit is dedicated to what is known in the world as “Big Hunt”that is, to “hunt” big targets, with good economic positions, which can be companies or governments.

Before encrypting they study everything: how much they invoice, the number of employees and if they are listed on the stock exchange.

The largest ransomware groups in the world. Photo Search Kela

The largest ransomware groups in the world. Photo Search Kela

The system by which they attack is what is known as Raasthis is Ransomware As a Service, which works with “affiliates”.

LockBit was relaunched as LockBit 2.0, along with an updated affiliate program. This was intended to attract former members of other groups such as REvil, who even ended up behind bars.

“Gangs that have this mode sell their malicious code. This is usually through the dark web“There they sell their encryption program and are looking for someone to distribute it,” Arturo Torres, Intelligence Strategist against Threats for FortiGuard Labs for Latin America and the Caribbean, explains to Clarín.

“He partner or affiliate It can be an employee of the attacked company, or someone who bought the service to deposit it with a victim, because they have privileged access,” he adds.

“When ransomware is deployed and a business is infected, it starts extortion and bargaining. It is then that the band begins to interact. After negotiation, the profits are shared between the creator of the malicious code, ie the group of cybercriminals, and its affiliates,” added the Fortinet expert. LockBit is known to have given them 20% of the economic benefit to their partners.

Some of the companies and organizations encrypted this year. Photo LockBit

Some of the companies and organizations encrypted this year. Photo LockBit

Many times it is difficult to detect where a ransomware has entered a computer: it could be due to the negligence of someone working in the company (phishing, for example) or, in some cases, deliberately. This week, for example, LastPass’s key manager acknowledged that the security breach it suffered was due to a credential theft by a company engineer.

LockBit released its latest version a few weeks ago, known as Green block tipbased in the Code of Accounts (band already disbanded). The criminal organization is constantly updated.

Their extortion practices are accompanied by a robust source code: “They have layers and layers and layers of what we call packers, or custom encryption,” Derek Manky, head of threat analysis at Fortinet, explained to Clarín.

“My best analysts can work on a trivial piece of malware, like a trojan or something that isn’t encrypted, and they can write a full report in 24 hours, with lots of detail. With LockBit it can take up to 2 weeks to workbecause there are many hours to review everything, ”the expert graphically represented.

However, some ransomware groups have been caught. At the beginning of last year it fell REVOLT, Russian group on trial. And in late January, the FBI, along with other international security forces, dismantled Hive, another group that has taken over some 1,500 entities in 80 countries, albeit without detainees.

The practice is spreading and Argentina is no exception: Fortinet detected 200% more attacks from 2021 to 2022 in the country, while the Latin American and Caribbean region experienced more than 360,000 million cyber attack attempts.

Incident response ends up marking each case: how they recover and, most importantly, how they communicate (or not) to those affected.

Source: Clarin

Has the “useful life” of footballers been lengthened?: the testimonial case of Pellerano, champion at 41, and the dream of seeing Messi in another World Cup

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Has the “useful life” of footballers been lengthened?: the testimonial case of Pellerano, champion at 41, and the dream of seeing Messi in another World Cup

In the early hours of Wednesday 1 March the Argentine Christian Pellerano, 41, toasted in the legendary Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. his team, Independent from the Valley of Ecuador sample of South American Cup Winners’ Cup after beating Flamengo on penalties. A few hours later, in the morning in Argentina, in the afternoon in Brighton in England, Alexis MacAllisterworld champion in Qatar, he said of Lionel Messi: “I have no doubts that at 40 or 45 he will be the best in the world. First of all he is very professional, he is in perfect condition to continue playing”.

Even if there are still players who decide before the age of 35 “hang up the shoes”, there are even more who extend their professional activity to almost 40 years and overcome that barrier. And of course, the phenomenon is not only Argentinian, but also worldwide.

It’s worth reviewing who have been the best players in the World Cup since FIFA started awarding the award, in Spain 82. That year it was won by Italy’s Paolo Rossi, who I was 25 years old. they were the same age Diego Maradona in Mexico 86 and Salvatore Toto Schillaci in Italy 90. Subsequently, Romario won it at 28 in US 94 and Ronaldo, in France 98, became the youngest in history, at 22.

But this century, since Korea/Japan 2002, the best were over 30, with the exception of Lionel Messi, who was 27 in Brazil 2014. Germany’s Oliver Khan, in 2002, was 33; the French Zinedine Zidane, in Germany 2006, 34; the Uruguayan Diego Forlán, in South Africa 2010, 33; the Croatian Luka Modric, in Russia 2018, 33. In Qatar 2022, the Argentine captain became the oldest player to win the best player in the world award. In addition, he recently received the FIFA The Best award. And Modric appeared in the ideal eleven, at 37 years old.

Lionel Messi, the best. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Lionel Messi, the best. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In Argentine football the statistics strongly show the trend. Clarin had already revealed this in a study carried out in 2018. In the Apertura 1998 only 9.36% of players were over 30 (53 out of 566 players), at the start of the Apertura 2008 the figure had risen to 13.2% (82 out of 617). At the start of the 2018/19 Super League, 25% of players were over 30 (179 of 715). Five years later, and prior to the late 2021 retirement of nearly 30 ‘veterans’, in the current 2023 Professional League Tournament, 20% of players are over 30 (190 out of 916).

Of those over 40, two are goalkeepers, one is a defender and the other an attacker. Of the 4, only one played the five matches of the tournament: Jorge Carranza (41), goalkeeper of the Instituto. Sarmiento’s Luis Garnier (40) was always on the bench and Banfield’s Enrique Bologna (41) only occupied a substitute spot twice. Jose Pepe Sand (42)who is also the current top scorer and has signed a contract until the end of the year with Lanús, hasn’t even gone to the bank yet but has already recovered physically and his return against River is likely in the sixth round.

Pepe Sand continues to shout goals. (AFP)

Pepe Sand continues to shout goals. (AFP)

It’s true that most come with a few “aches and pains” and they are no longer what they were. But old is the wind and it still blows. Carranza featured in the last game against Instituto, Pepe Sand scored a goal in the last game of 2022 and was the tournament’s top scorer in 2016 at 35, then surpassed by Lisandro López, who in 2018 was 36. Licha, at 39, continues to bring his experience to Sarmiento de Junín.

Argentine football also has foreign veterans. Racing strengthened with the Peruvian Paul Guerrerowho turned 39 on the first day of this year. While in Vélez, the Uruguayans are the oldest: Leonardo Burian is 39 and Diego Godín is 37.

In world football there are many examples of good veterans in competitive leagues. Of the archers, two are in the lead: Gianluigi Buffón, 45, is still with Parma, although he is now in Serie B. And Jesús Corona, 42, in the Cruz Azul goal. He is the captain of the team like Pellerano, and like Joaquín, the Betis striker who is 41 years old.

Buffón, valid at 45 in Serie B in Italy. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

Buffón, valid at 45 in Serie B in Italy. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

Not forgetting Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovicunderwent surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee last year and has just returned to play in Serie A for Milan at his 41 years old. Or from Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (37) who despite going to a minor league, continues to score goals, his specialty. He is the only footballer in history to have surpassed the barrier of 800 goals (he has 827). Messi is two goals away from reaching the 800 mark.

There are no mysteries. Many professionals have paid close attention, beyond the many or few wounds, and remain stainless. An important aspect is the nutrition. Jonny Northeast, director of the movement science department of Swansea, an English Premier League club, explained to the BBC that “nutritional balance is important for a footballer to be lean and athletic, capable of withstanding the power and dynamism of a match” .

Furthermore, physical preparation is far superior to other times and the values ​​- speed, reaction, strength, power – are higher every year. Edward exposes, PhD in Physical Culture in Cuba and former physical trainer of Boca, the Mexican Under-20 team and Atlético de Rafaela, among others, and who until February of this year directed a sports project in El Salvador, explains from science . “There are two ages, the biological and the chronological. Obviously there is a group of individuals whose chronological age does not normally coincide with their biological age.. This means that a child may mature earlier and, in turn, an adult may very slowly decline in functional capacity. That it can be sustained in high performance for much longer coincides with an excellent training job”.

Lionel Messi will continue to play for the national team. He will meet, now as world champion, with the people on March 23 in River and on March 28 in Santiago del Estero. He said this was his last World Cup. But who knows? He will be 39 in 2026. One less than Mac Allister predicted, who has no doubts that he will continue to be the best. Nobody has them anymore.

Source: Clarin

Euro today: how much is being traded this Friday 3 March

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Euro today: how much is being traded this Friday 3 March

He EUR quote this Friday 3 March at $206.00 to buy and $215.00 to sell, so it remains stable from the last price.

As for the currency in the parallel market, the blue euro today it is trading at $374.00 to buy and $379.00 to sell. Therefore, its price increases compared to the last reported one.

With these values, the split between the blue euro and the official euro it is 82%.

He value of the blue euro it has a substantially greater difference with the official euro since the latter is what can be bought in banks and has a set price.

How was the price of the blue euro and its evolution in March 2023

Why is it called blue euro?

Like the blue dollar, the blue euro It is what circulates on the black market and usually has a higher value than the official one. An explanation of its name indicates that it is so called because in English “blue”, in addition to naming the color blue, refers to something “dark”. This way the currency exchange is recognized outside the exchange system.

The term blue euro has been used since 2011, as a result of the restrictions for the acquisition of foreign currency that began to be applied by the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) and the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic under the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

I am limitations They gained new momentum in December 2019, after President Alberto Fernández’s announcements on the economic emergency law and deepened throughout 2020 with the exchange rate. This generates that the sectors traveling abroad opt for the purchase of euros in black marketthus generating an increase in the price of the blue euro.

Origin of the Euro

The euro was launched on 1 January 1999, when 10 countries set their exchange rates and handed over interest rate decisions to the new European Central Bank. Euro banknotes and coins entered circulation three years later.

The shared currency was seen as a solution to the continuing exchange rate disputes that had marked European policy after the Second World War and as a logical extension of the European Union’s tariff free trade area. Great Britain, in particular, has opted out, but 19 of the 27 EU countries use the euro as their national currency. Those that make up the euro area, also called the “Eurozone”, are:

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • malt
  • Villages
  • Bass
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain

Source: Clarin

New ‘passage’ found in Great Pyramid of Egypt… “The decisive clue to find the secret”

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New ‘passage’ found in Great Pyramid of Egypt… “The decisive clue to find the secret”
A photo of the secret corridors of the Great Pyramid of Giza released by the Egyptian Antiquities Authority on the 2nd (local time).

A new ‘secret passage’ has been discovered in the Great Pyramid in the Giza area near Cairo, Egypt. It is evaluated as a decisive clue that indicates the possibility of something inside.

According to the British BBC and Associated Press on the 2nd (local time), the Egyptian Antiquities Authority held a press conference in front of the Great Pyramid and announced that they had “successfully discovered and filmed a secret passage from the north side.”

The newly discovered passage is located 7m above the main gate and is 2.1m wide and 9m long. The ceiling of the passage is in the shape of an inverted V with rocks leaning against each other at an angle.

This passage, which is blocked from the outside, was filmed with an endoscope camera.

The research team succeeded in photographing the interior space by pushing a 6mm endoscope through a small gap in the passage. However, the end of the passage was blocked by huge limestone, making it more difficult for the endoscope to enter.”

Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who served as Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities, gave meaning to the pyramid, saying, “It can be a decisive clue to find out whether the real burial chamber of King Khufu exists inside the pyramid.”

“There is a high possibility that this passageway is protecting something. In my opinion, it seems to be guarding the real tomb of King Khufu.”

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the tomb of King Khufu, the second pharaoh of Egypt’s 4th Dynasty, and is estimated to have been built between 2609 and 2584 B.C. It is also called the ‘Pyramid of Khufu’ after the name of King Khufu. This pyramid was originally 146 meters high and is the largest of the three pyramids of Giza, hence the name ‘Great Pyramid’. It is considered one of the 7 wonders of the world.

It is the largest of the three pyramids located in Giza.It is the largest of the three pyramids located in Giza.

Three burial chambers have been discovered so far in this pyramid, but no mummies or artifacts have been found there. There is a possibility that it may have suffered robbery damage, but the possibility that the actual tomb of King Khufu is hidden in a deeper place that is difficult for outsiders to access has been constantly raised.

To confirm this possibility, since 2015, Egyptian authorities have been conducting a ‘scan pyramid’ study with experts from France, Germany, Canada, Japan, etc. to find an empty place without destroying the pyramid.

Researchers are combing through the pyramids using various advanced technologies such as ground penetrating radar, ultrasound, and X-rays.

A detection technique using the elementary particle ‘muon’, which is formed when the cosmic background radiation meets the earth’s atmosphere, was also used. Muon has the property of penetrating several kilometers of rocks, so it is used for non-destructive building inspection.

Through this technology, the research team also discovered a 30-meter-long chamber that was sealed inside the pyramid in 2017.

Source: Donga

Hackers are already looking for personal data and credit card data – how much they charge on the black market

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Hackers are already looking for personal data and credit card data – how much they charge on the black market

After the scandal involving Mark Zuckerberg AND Jeff Bezos in 2019, when NBC published that the former provided Facebook user data to Amazon in exchange for this company’s advertising; to the US government’s suspicion of the data that China’s TikTok collects from its users… i the battle is now for data. People data. Maybe the new oil.

According to new research, the value of customer or user data has gone so far that it is now more valuable to cybercriminals than credit card data.

Phishers “give up” your credit card information. “The number of cybercriminals focused on finding Credit card information with phishing kits it’s down 52% in one yearindicating that cyber attackers are giving you priority to personally identifiable information such as names, emails and addressesthat can be priced higher on the dark web or used to do more things,” says IBM Security’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, a detailed report highlighting the latest online criminal behavior.

“Now you see less credit card thefts because the financial sector has invested a lot of money in security and a credit card can be canceled very quickly,” he said clarion Diana Robles, IBM security leader for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and the Caribbean.

Additionally, “Personal information, when accompanied by passwords to access corporate systems, can be much more profitable,” adds Robles.

Email chains, the new target of hackers

The IBM Security Operations Center in Cambridge, US.

The IBM Security Operations Center in Cambridge, US.

What has increased significantly is the corporate email chain hijacking. “The hijacking of email conversation threads has skyrocketed in 2022, with attackers using stolen accounts to reply to conversations, posing as the original participant. X-Force observed that the monthly retry rate increased by 100% globally,” the report said.

“What they usually do is enter into a business conversation via email. And, for example, if they pretend to be the selling company, they can get a certain payment that ends up in their bank account. There are cases of transfers of up to 5 million dollars that never recovered,” Robles says.

In Latin America, hijacking of email conversations accounted for 11% of attacks.

There is more. X-Force has published that criminals are selling existing backdoors, which allow remote access to corporate systems, on the dark web to up to $10,000 compared to stolen credit card information, which currently sells for less than $10, according to research.

However, other specialists note nuances. “We see an increase in identity theft attempts in general, but not a drop in attempts to get hold of credit cards“, says Gabriel Zurdo, CEO of BTR Consulting.

“These personal data – adds Zurdo – are habitual impersonate the victim commit some kind of robbery. in the dark web an Instagram account with 100,000 followers sells for $3,000. And one with a few followers for $65 or $70, like a Gmail account.”

Photo: Pexel

Photo: Pexel

As this consultant recently posted, the credit card information can be sold up to $120. An email database can be offered for the same value.

Also, on the dark web they offer a hacked Twitter account for $25 and a Facebook account for $45. And the package of one thousand fake LinkedIn followers is $10.

The opinion of Luis Corrons, a specialist at Avast Security, goes in the same direction as that of Zurdo. “I don’t think phishers will give up credit card information, but rather They don’t just limit themselves to these and expand their appearance”.

“Cybercrime – adds Corrons – continues to grow, and although credit card theft is profitable, we remember that it is normally aimed at end users and the profits you can make are limitedwhile there are other much more lucrative attacks (such as ransomware, corporate email or BEC attacks, data leaks) where they can get Millions of dollars in a single attackand even these mostly start with a phishing attack.”

Either way, this expert backs it up the trend is there. “In the end we talk about criminals who are professionals and analyze what is the best return on investment. How much money can you get from a stolen credit card? And how much can you get if you get the data of a company employee and thank you? Steal that information from them and demand a ransom, or pose as the president of the company and make them wire a million dollars?” Corrons asked.

IBM Security’s annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report consists of the permanent monitoring carried out by this company, with which it registers more than 150 billion security events per day in more than 130 countries.

Source: Clarin

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14 Sundays gone by without Formula 1 and six more since that October 9 in which Max Verstappen He was crowned champion twice in Japan, with four races still to go out of a 22-day calendar, of which the Dutch won 15.

The 2022 one was a season of great and visible technical changeslike the 18-inch tires and the “ground effect” that caused them to bounce right away Lewis Hamilton and left Mercedes out of competition in the Constructors’ Championship after eight years.

What can be expected in 2023? The budget limit that has been in force for two years means that the cars are an evolution of last year’s ones, therefore Red Bull will likely retain dominance.

In an atypical preseason, where teams previously hid their weapons and didn’t set the best times but are now limited to three days of practice a week before the start of the championship, the RB19 designed by Adrian Newey was the benchmark in terms speed – Sergio Pérez was fastest in the last session, race pace and reliability. Also, Christian Horner’s team was one of the most lapped, with 413 laps.

Sergio Pérez set the fastest time in preseason testing. Photo REUTERS

Sergio Pérez set the fastest time in preseason testing. Photo REUTERS

The only downside for Red Bull may be inside group management. What the Mexican rider said in the Brazilian GP still resonates when he was trying to beat charles leclerc the runner up and said: “If (Verstappen) has two world championships, it’s thanks to me”. A few days after the start in Bahrain, Pérez doubles: “It’s always important to work as a team and if I see that I don’t get support when I need it, I won’t give it either.”

With Daniel Ricciardo as reserve pilot, after McLaren I would rather Oscar Piastri On the continuity of the Australian with a contract until the end of the year, and Verstappen as the leading figure, Checo knows that this year he will have to give even more after a 2022 with two victories and another nine podiums but three retirements. “I’m in Red Bull, it’s the best team in Formula 1 and you can have the rider you want”, Commented the man from Guadalajara on Fox Sports Mexico.

Ricciardo’s movement was not the only one nor in cockpit nor in paddock.

Ricciardo, together with Pérez and Verstappen. AP Photo

Ricciardo, together with Pérez and Verstappen. AP Photo

Among the 20 starting drivers of this season there are also n sebastian vettel (retired), Mick Schumacher (He imitated the Aussie and switched from Haas back-up to Mercedes) Neither Nicholas Latifi.

Who entered through them (Piastri at McLaren, nyck devries in Alfa Tauri, Nico Hulkenberg to Haas e Sergeant Logan to Williams) the median age dropped by three yearswent from 29.5 years to 26.5.

There were also castling of pilots. The French Pierre Gasley he went on to form a duo with his compatriot Esteban Ocon in Alpine and occupy the seat vacated by the Spanish Fernando Alonsothe great satisfaction of test pre-season on board an Aston Martin that thrills with the fighting in the central areawith a tame car to drive, showing speed without degradation.

In the absence of Lance Stroll, due to a cycling accident, rider Felipe Drugovich was in pre-season testing. photo by AFP

In the absence of Lance Stroll, due to a cycling accident, rider Felipe Drugovich was in pre-season testing. photo by AFP

This time the changes also happened in the paddockWhere it has been modified 40% of team leadersa very high and unusual movement in F1.

The most resonant is that of FerrariWhere Matthias Binotto had been designated as the culprit of the performance of a leading team that hasn’t been champion since 2007. The place of Italian is now occupied by French Frederic Vasseurwho has spent the last five seasons in Alfa Romeo.

With the SF-23 lighter and faster on the straights thanks to engine and aerodynamic improvements, the preseason has given the new crew chief something to worry about: severe tire degradation and what can hurt in the race.

Charles Leclerc's Ferrari at the Sakhir circuit. photo by AFP

Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari at the Sakhir circuit. photo by AFP

Just in case, Binotto cut himself short and clarified: “It’s a car that was designed last year, when I was at Ferrari. But it’s not my car, it’s the Ferrari“. Vasseur, for his part, tried to calm the fans and he dwelled on the fact that “the atmosphere in the team is perfect”.

In Alfa Romeowhere Valtteri Bottas accused a problem with Ferrari’s power unit during testing – Vasseur’s seat went to the ex McLaren Andreas Seidlwhich in the English team was replaced by Andrea Stella.

The other change happened in williams, a team being rebuilt following the departure of Claire Williams and sale to Dorilton Capital group. This year, Jost Understood has been replaced by James Vowlesthe great strategist of Mercedes.

For his part, otmar szafnauer (Alpine), Günther Steiner (Haas) e Mike Crack (Aston Martin) are still in place, as well as historical ones Toto Wolffin Mercedes since 2013, Christian Horner AND Franz Tosto, who will soon be celebrating 20 years at Red Bull and Alpha Tauri respectively. Despite this experience, of the three, only the Englishman enjoyed himself in Bahrain.

Mercedeswho has already anticipated that in April, after the third race, he is preparing an upgrade to the W14, He was one of the preseason underdogs. Although the 2022 rebound did not appear, George Russell had a plumbing problem the second day and Lewis Hamiltondespite finishing with the second fastest time overall, he warned that he had “a mountain to climb” and they have to “keep their heads down”.

George Russell suffered the most from Mercedes' reliability problems in Bahrain. Photo EFE

George Russell suffered the most from Mercedes’ reliability problems in Bahrain. Photo EFE

In Alpha Tauri, though he added the interesting De Vries to accompany the temperament Yuki Tsunoda and was the team that lapped the most (456 laps), they are believed to have consumed the least fuel and their reality is in the lower part of the standings, where surprisingly they could be McLaren if it doesn’t improve what was shown on the Sakhir circuit, where it did just 312 laps.

“We haven’t stepped back, we just haven’t developed fast enough,” Stella said.

Even this information is not enough to risk a result for this Sunday. Suffice it to say that in 2022, on that same stage, it was Verstappen who dominated the race when the Red Bull engine failed and the victory went to Leclerc, championship leader at the start.

There is a latent curse Also: Since 2016, none of the winners of the first Grand Prix have subsequently taken the title. But that’s another (superstitious) story.

Date 1 Program

Friday
8.30 – 9.30 – first practice
From 12:00 to 13:00 – second practice

Saturday
8.30 – 9.30 – third training session
12.00 – 13.00 – ranking

Sunday
​12.00 – Race

Source: Clarin

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Lula da Silva, two months after taking office for the third time in Brazil, is treading on delicate ground. I can’t help but step on the minefield which, to a large extent, was bequeathed to him by his predecessor, especially in the economic space.

The essential contradiction consists of the political costs of repairing the tax edifice that Jair Bolsonaro left damaged by a bunch of big populist measures. As many countries in the region can demonstrate, ignoring the red ones guarantees a gradual collapse of the economy. It’s what in Brazil they describe as the Argentinian nightmare.

This debate has just exploded with the decision to reintroduce fuel taxes that the former far-right president had eliminated to improve his electoral image.

The maneuver served him to artificially reduce inflation due to the downward chain of general prices that the measure produced. But in doing so he deprived the Treasury of 52.9 billion reais, about 9.9 billion dollars a year. A demagogic movement similar to the one he promoted with fixed-date social assistance plans at the polls.

It is known that these operations did not work out for him, even though he narrowly lost the election. In the political wing of the PT, this scenario generates logical confusion.

The circumstance of carrying out a numerical adjustment of the State promoted to internal rigid crossing between sectors, such as the one led by Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, which urgently need to resolve these distortions, and who argue that doing so would produce social and political costs and would undermine the government’s popularity and stability in its first few months.

Lula da Silva is in the minefield that Jair Bolsonaro left him. Photo: EFE

Lula da Silva is in the minefield that Jair Bolsonaro has left him. Photo: EFE

In those spaces that see PT as what it ceased to be a long time ago, they believe there is a danger of low growth and high inflation if these subsidies are maintained. Instead, they propose a more interventionist state which regulates the prices. Wrapped in these conceptions, they look askance at the Haddad camp whose views, for the worse, coincide with those of the market.

The challenge of the fiscal deficit

The minister, pointed out in the electoral campaign as the political heir to the leader of the PT, he opposed the maintenance of these exemptions from day one. He had announced that he would eliminate them as soon as the new government was formed.

Haddad must reduce a deficit calculated at around 220 billion reais, about 40 billion dollars. Standardization of fuels accounts for a fifth of this figure.

Lula initially ignored Haddad’s opinion and in his first decision as president, after taking office on January 1, he signed a decree extending by one year the exemptions for diesel, biodiesel, domestic gas, among other inputs considered popular, and by two months for petrol and gas who use the vehicle.

The deadline for these last two articles, which clearly involve the wallet of the large Brazilian middle classexpired Tuesday of this week.

The hardliners of the PT had criticized those periods they considered narrow and argued that the costly derogation should be for at least one year and for all products. This extension was one of the causes of the collapse of the markets on the Monday following the inauguration of the president.

The most rigid wing against any change is headed by the head of the party, Gleisi Hoffmann, who claims to get out of this alley with the review of the pricing policy of the semi-state Petrobras, which aligns them with international values.

The leader, who also focuses the main line of fire against the Central Bank and its high interest rates, argues that the return of taxes it would actually impact core sectors and would break electoral campaign commitments.

But, as the prestigious recently recalled Folha de São PauloLula’s main commitment to the campaign was exclusively to include the most humble sectors in the budget alleviate their calamities.

“The exemption promoted electorally by Bolsonaro goes against this orientation. It’s a subsidy with a very high cost it does not distinguish between rich and poor and it mainly benefits the former, at the cost of a greater lack of fiscal control, and more inflation” in the medium term, he wrote.

The president of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmann, in a press conference with Lula. Photo: AFP

The president of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmann, in a press conference with Lula. Photo: AFP

Maneuvers with Petrobras

What hovers under this controversy is the possibility of manipulate the prices of Petrobras as happened in the last and failed government of the PT in the hands of Dilma Rousseff. These maneuvers were also preferred by Bolsonaro, who did it not by chance four presidents of the state corporation in four years, trying to discipline the board with its voting requirements.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, after voting in the runoff on October 30. Photo: REUTERS

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, after voting in the runoff on October 30. Photo: REUTERS

The former president was the polar opposite of a classic liberal, despite the confusion that persists among some politicians in the region who characterize him with that mortarboard. He even admitted in a report last October recalled to the magazine See that during its legislative life of more than 30 years it has always voted against deregulation measures and only in elections “liberal dawn”. Stories.

Now the Lula government fears that an inflationary blow and the specter of recession will eventually strengthen the opposition and rehabilitate Bolsonaro’s political strength, which is expected to return to the country in the coming weeks. Those fears intensified on Thursday when it was learned that the Brazilian economy contracted by 0.22% in the recent quarter, the first time in more than a year.

Since subsidy withdrawal is an unpopular measure, it should be convince his right-wing allies to Congress by one vote. They’ve already made clear it won’t be easy. They ask for compensation and, incidentally, highlight the weakness of the government in the legislature in which Bolsonarismo controls the two main minorities.

The immediate problem is that inflation is rising. In the first two months of the year, an increase of 1.31% is added, which is already equivalent to 40% of the objective pursued by the Central Bank of an annual cost of living of 3.25%.

In an effort to prevent the reimposition of taxes from affecting fuels and shackling other values, Petrobras has reduced the price of gasoline. But it’s a relative relief and limited impact.

The distribution chain is free to set its prices, so prices at petrol stations can vary. Likewise, it is a foregone conclusion that taxes will not only reappear but also will increase this year.

The government must achieve a tangible balance in the public finances to force a drop in rates, currently at 13.75% per annum. and for this You have to convince the central bank.

The president of the institution, Roberto Campos Neto, appointed by Bolsonaro, refused days ago to review the inflation target for 2023, a proposal by Lula which would justify the reduction in rates. This is the fury of the head of the PT. Even if the president shares the irritation, he knows it’s a crooked road.

“With every stab at the central bank, or with every decision that questions fiscal stability, Lula is one step closer to losing the confidence of a major part of the market that is still betting on the success of his government: foreigners”, warns analyst Silvio Cascione in state.

Petrobras, the gigantic energy structures of Brazil, key in the current chapter of fuel subsidies. REUTERS

Petrobras, the gigantic energy structures of Brazil, key in the current chapter of fuel subsidies. REUTERS

“Without the confidence of foreign investors, who still look favorably on Brazil, the economic situation will be even more difficult. It would become the scenario feared by Lula a self-fulfilling prophecy“, Add.

Those investors expect Lula to return to the pragmatism of his first two terms, combining tax management with spending control. These efforts ended up with eight years of tax surplus.

According to specialists, the war in Europe and the confrontation between China and the United States make Brazil an attractive place to invest. But that gaze is clouded by the internal divisions that hinder the construction of a coherent fiscal and monetary policy, Haddad’s obsession today the baddest of all from the perspective of the leftmost sectors of the PT.

These establishments are minority but noisy. They had to swallow the ricin of a centre-right majority government, which is what allowed Lula to return to power. Blind to change, they also recently opposed Brazil’s vote at the United Nations condemning Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine. They chided that it aligns Brasilia with Washington.

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The new story of Marcelo Birmajer: Cacho and Hanna

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The new story of Marcelo Birmajer: Cacho and Hanna

Cacho Kotz landed in Jerusalem in 1961, therefore totally unexpected for itself. At the age of 25, she worked in the magazine advance, writing a column on Buenos Aires sightseeing tours. He has also published, more sparingly, a page of reviews of Argentinean songwriters.

Kotz himself composed tango lyrics and aspired to participate in a trend that would renew this art. One of his songs had been performed and recorded by the Guariales trio, with incipient success. Between the two columns, the Copyright of the published song and many other orders, he made his living, in a small apartment, with no other responsibility than his own person.

Suddenly Poriceno, editor-in-chief of advancehe does something he never does: he offers Kotz – the heavy smoker – a cigarette, waits for him to light it, lights it and asks him: – You speak German, don’t you, Kotz?

Kotz nods, surprised. They don’t take care of each other. They also respect and appreciate each other.. Kotz is infinitely grateful to him for giving him a job.

– Do you know Israel?

Kotz shakes his head no.

– We sent him to cover the Eichmann trial. Three months, at least. Maybe four. It remains until the final discussion.

Kotz learned German from his maternal grandfather, Herman, whom he adored, who died early. That language, for 1961 set in the crime, is the only thing that remains of that grandfather. In reality, a distant cousin of his German grandfather lives in Israel, with whom Herman never spoke again. It was not clear in the family that his grandfather kept German, much less that he taught it to Cacho.

But now that clandestine transmission works. He’s somewhat daunted by the challenge, but it’s also a prodigious opportunity. The next day he leaves for Israel with a labyrinthine flight connection. Israeli airline El Al has not taken off from Ezeiza since Mossad command captured Eichmann in Buenos Aires.

Cacho lands in Tel Aviv and is immediately taken by taxi to Jerusalem, along a road lined with palm trees and tropical heat. But in the capital of Israel there is an intemperate, unsuspected climate that he doesn’t know whether to call humid. He spends the night in a hotel, alone, reviewing a tango on a wife. The next day he is accredited in the judicial seat where the German genocide is judged.

Among the journalists who followed the event, the famous philosopher Hanna Arendt, also German, and also Jewish, like Kotz, stands out. Kotz’s Argentine nationality, given Eichmann’s trip, is relevant.

Almost with the same transience with which he presented himself at Poriceno’s desk, he offered him a cigarette and sent him to Israel; At the end of one of the days, the lost cousin of the German grandfather appears: Bern. He is about the same age as Cacho’s grandfather, a late septuagenarian, would have been at the time, and bears some physical resemblance. But his face more dry, austere, contained.

Unlike his grandfather, but just like Cacho, Bern smokes like a chimney.

He takes it spontaneously, introduces himself, takes him for a walk in Jerusalem. They visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum. Upon exiting, they return to the center of Jerusalem. The city is cut off. On the other side, the Old City, the Wailing Wall, remains in Jordanian hands.

Bern and Cacho are sitting in a café. Everything in Jerusalem is convenient, discreet like the face of Bern. They speak in German.

Dazzled by the accumulation of events, Cacho cannot specify the moment when his great-uncle’s conversation? Bern alternates between confidential and potential, and explains that, contrary to what is believed, Hanna Arendt, very critical of the Eichmann trial, maintains a frequent and friendly correspondence with the Nazi philosopher Martin Heidegger, since the end of the war; and even some secret face-to-face meetings.

They were known to have been lovers up until Hitler’s election as chancellor, or up until Arendt’s exile, Bern points out, but the revelation is the intense continuity of the bond.

The question is the following: a student of Heidegger has direct contact with another Nazi criminal, still on the run, the infamous Josef Mengele. Arendt’s connection to Heidegger could lead to the achievement of a certain clue, in a letter, which would lead to the whereabouts of the monstrous “doctor” of the death camps.

-We believe that it would not be impossible -concludes Bern-, from what we know about you, that you were able to make an appointment with the outstanding German intellectual.

Bern pauses, letting a veil of irony hover over the definition, lights yet another cigarette and notes as part of the outburst: – Go to your room.

“But we never exchanged a word,” Cacho retorts.

– They asked me to transmit exactly this: “That he recites one of his tangos in German”.

In the remaining days of the trial, Cacho shows an accomplice closeness with Arendt. In fact she recites one of her tangos; they go out drinking, hidden from public attention. In two nights each will return to their respective country: Arendt in North America.

It’s the moment she has to ask him if he wants to go up to his room. The age difference is present from the first meeting; but as Bern’s “associates” and Bern himself well understood, Cacho managed to convince her of a reciprocal singularity, of an enigmatic sympathy.

However, Arendt does not take this step. Cacho has no choice but to force the protocol: – If you invite me, I will recite a tango that you will never forget.

He shakes his head, not smiling, and holds out his hand to send him away, obviously forever. There the options ran out. You will not be able to deliver to Bern. Arendt is about to cross the front door of her hotel, a bellboy beckons her to enter.

Before leaving, Cacho can’t help but ask him: – But… why so with Heidegger?

Arendt turns abruptly, as if taken by surprise. He doesn’t answer. From the features of this woman in her fifties, Cacho deduces two possibilities: that she herself does not know the answer; or that the answer is so obscure that she doesn’t even dare speak it.

Source: Clarin

The lawyer who shot and killed his wife and children… The decline of the prestigious American legal profession

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The lawyer who shot and killed his wife and children… The decline of the prestigious American legal profession

Alex Murdoch, 54, a former lawyer from a prestigious legal family, who was accused of shooting and killing his wife and son, was found guilty at trial.

Murdoch, a former lawyer from a powerful legal family who served as chief prosecutor for three generations, was on trial for the brutal murder of his wife Margaret Murdoch, 52, and son Paul Murdoch, 22, on an estate in South Carolina.

Major media outlets including CNN reported on the 2nd (local time) that Murdoch pleaded not guilty to his murder charges at the trial, but was found guilty in just three hours.

The incident took place in June 2021, but the investigation was prolonged because there were no clear witnesses or evidence. This is because there was an absolute lack of eyewitnesses and physical evidence due to the murders that took place in vast mansions and estates. Murdoch gave an alibi, saying he was elsewhere on the day of the incident. However, he admitted to making a false statement when CCTV footage was released showing that he was nearby on the day of the incident.

Prosecutors argued that Murdoch sacrificed his family to gain sympathy after he became embroiled in a series of financial crimes and embezzlement of large sums of money from law firms and clients.

Murdoch’s defense team said in their closing argument, “Law enforcement was too quick, and he cannot be identified as the prime suspect in a murder that took place on an expansive 1,700-acre (about 6.9 square kilometers) site.” The trial in this case has been held over the past six weeks, but it took less than three hours to reach a verdict.

In addition to murder charges, Murdoch faces 99 additional charges, including drug addiction and misappropriation of funds. According to the Associated Press, Murdoch could face up to 30 years in prison to life in prison without parole for only two counts of murder.

Sentencing according to the conviction is scheduled for the morning of the 3rd.

Because Murdoch came from an influential legal family and was considered a promising lawyer, the story that he killed his family with a gun attracted attention in the United States and the world.

Murdoch’s great-grandfather, grandfather, and father served as the District Attorney for the 14th District of South Carolina for three consecutive generations from 1920 to 2006. The district is an elected post elected by the vote of the residents.

The incident became a hot topic on social media and was made into a documentary series on Netflix and HBO.

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