Lucas Rodríguez laughs as is the constant in the two hours that his program Paren la mano lasts, which is broadcast on Vorterix and on different streaming platforms. It is the leading program for a generation of young people who have them as a reference and who follow the streamer’s ideas, such as Germán Beder, Alfredo Montes de Oca and Roberto Galatti. The Copa América made them change the Chacarita studio for one in South Beach, and in one of their first programs of this excursion, what began as a joke between friends ended in a hastily organized penalty tournament in Miami.
The corner of Ocean Drive and Third Street is the only reference point that listeners of the program have. “We don’t know how many people are going to come, hopefully there are enough to form four teams of five,” is heard at a dinner prior to the day of the event. The call never fails. More than a hundred people celebrated the antics of Negro Rober, the occurrences of some of the protagonists.
This call is the most reliable proof that if there were a twenty-fifth province in Argentine territory, Miami meets all the requirements. Icon of Menemism and the era of one-to-one, the state that is located almost 7,400 kilometers from Buenos Aires could easily be an extension of our country in the United States.
Authoritarians don’t like this.
The practice of professional and critical journalism is a fundamental pillar of democracy. That is why it bothers those who believe they are the owners of the truth.
The same indifference. The place where Lionel Messi decided to end his career is not immune to the same indifference that has been dragging on to the Copa America since the kick-off in Atlanta. The clearest example occurs at the Hard Rock Café itself, the imposing stadium where not only will the Argentina-Peru game be played tonight, but which will also host the final of the tournament. The security guards respond almost in unison, regardless of the door: “Copa America? I don’t know what that is. You can’t enter.”
In the city where more Spanish is spoken than English, not a single Copa América poster can be seen. There are no references on television except on sports channels. Florida is celebrating the first title of the Panthers, the city’s ice hockey team, which has just won the NHL’s Stanley Cup against the Edmonton Oilers, in a series that ended in the seventh game. In sports stores, the red of their t-shirts predominates (with the panther in the center), the pink of Inter Miami, the black and red of the NBA Heat and the beautiful shirts of the Marlins, the city’s baseball franchise. . In second order you can see some albicelestes with Messi’s 10 (the only Copa América shirt that is sold with a name and number already printed) and some of the rest of the teams that came to the United States with the aim of lifting the trophy .
This city is so Argentine that there is even a “fight” to be the official place of the flag in the preview of the third game of Scaloni’s team. There are three places that emerge as candidates for people to go and cheer on the National Team, the Fan Fest being the most promoted, with a Los Totora show.
In the shopping malls, those who carry their suitcases with overflowing purchases are the Argentines who are looking for quantity and price to overcome the enormous difference that exists with the country’s battered economy. In the Argentine franchise stores (churros, pizza, hamburgers, ice cream and breweries) you can experience an extension of our customs. All it takes is for someone to start singing the beginning of the hit Muchachos for the place to transform into a branch of a stadium.
In the football environment there is joy due to the presence of the world champion, but muted by the absence of Messi and the presence of the majority of substitutes. Tickets for a stadium that were already sold out for five hundred dollars, hours before the game, can be found at almost half price because the Argentine captain is not playing. That’s all Miami. Lots of sun and lots of rain. No half measures. Just as an Argentine province should be.
*From Miami.
2024-06-29 07:57:32
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