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“Cristina Kirchner copies Peron’s model”, says The Wall Street Journal

Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 13:59 UTC
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The influential The Wall Street Journal published Monday a piece in which the columnist asks if Argentina can stand another four years of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Columnist Mary Anastasia O’Grady who for years has been critical of the Kirchner couple states that few experts trust Argentina can resist four more years of “demagoguery and its creeping authoritarianism” Read full article

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  • Forgetit87

    Ms. O'Grady is no one to complain about authoritarianism. She's a supporter of the 2009 Honduras coup, a position she has not altered not even after diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks showed that the US diplomat in Honduras thought the coup was in clear violation of that country's constitution.

    She has also consistently misrepresented politics in South American countries. One example of that was her questioning of the fairness and validity of Venezuela's presidential and legislative elections,* which prompted former US president Jimmy Carter, whose organization has in the past overseen Venezuelan elections, to write an open letter for the WSJ in which he exposed O'Grady's blatant distortions.
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    * But the outcome of the 2009 elections in Honduras, an election which happened under a military regime and amidst numerous reports of government abuse, she completely accepts.

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 03:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • atk357

    O'Grady's comments are realistic. One has to look back at Argentina's history from late 1930's to present to understand was she is talking about. She (CFK) is a perfect example of anachronism!. We live in a “global” economy and her actions are totally opossed to common sense politics, economics and government management. I am sure our government (USA) is looking with anxiety to what is happening down there. Let's hope there is still someone there who can end her ”authoritarian regime' in the next elections.
    Cheers!

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Idlehands

    It would make more sense to dispute the facts in the article rather than attack the messenger on a totally unrelated topic.

    If Argentines can't see Kirchner for what she really is then they probably deserve her.

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 03:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Forgetit87

    @Idlehands

    I didn't read the article and have no interest in what some ultra-partisan, bigotted nutjob with an extensive history of facts distortion has to say.

    @atk357

    With comments such as this - that “[w]e live in a “global” economy” - I gather you're the one who's anachronistic.

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 05:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    TWIMC

    The Wall Street Journal started predicting the “Kirchnerite Argentinean Economical Debacle” in 2003
    Theiy continued through 2004
    And 2005
    And 2006
    And 2007 (the year they didn’t see the “Global Crisis” coming :-)))
    And 2008
    And 2009
    And 2010
    And 2011
    And every year is going better for the Argentinean economy.

    Please please please WSJ…. Continue critizicing our economy…. You bring us good luck :-)

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yul

    #atk357 /

    I see your comment covers illiteracy and indifference !
    Argentina lowered all kinds of debts since 2002..this is reality.
    if you refer the global economy which creates leverage/borrowing
    more..then of course Argentina opposed to common sense politics.
    I have no idea your government concerns on the country who
    lowered own debts step by step and has many street gaits freedom...

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 06:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • jerry

    O’Grady may be biased, and maybe she has made comments in the past which one could disagree with, but in this article she is telling it like it is. Perhaps some people do not like facing facts.

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 09:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Forgetit86

    Perhaps some people are predisposed to take as facts distorted allegations that fit their agenda. Such is human nature. We're all predisposed to accept what is convenient for us.

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Martin_Fierro

    Perhaps you outsiders are not in full possession of the facts and you're simply against all things Argentine, blindly and foolishly.

    Name a single Argentine government other than CFK's that has recovered as much of the national infrastructure, lost to bankruptcy and foreign industries. Such as Tandanor, the naval shipyard, and FADEA... (ex FMA sold to Mcdonnell Douglas)

    Who sold most of the air fleet from Aerolineas Argentinas to Spanish Iberia?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerol%C3%ADneas_Argentinas#Privatisation:_1990.C2.A0.E2.80.93_2008

    Who was it that downsized the railroad system to almost nothing?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerol%C3%ADneas_Argentinas#Privatisation:_1990.C2.A0.E2.80.93_2008

    All Menem, as part of his “neoliberal reform” which was nothing more than a systematic destruction of the infrastructure.

    “Austral Líneas Aéreas [subsidiary of Aerolíneas Argentinas and Argentina's largest domestic carrier] is undergoing a major fleet renewal. On 2009, the company signed a contract with Embraer for the purchase of 20 Embraer 190.”
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerol%C3%ADneas_Argentinas#Privatisation:_1990.C2.A0.E2.80.93_2008

    This would have NEVER happened if scum like Menem were in charge, it's all part of a massive modernization and expansion of Argentina's infrastructure.

    Who do we thank for this? CFK.

    Apr 26th, 2011 - 10:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ptolemy

    Yes, some people are waiting to thank CFK when it all goes south. But, as some one else has already said: “If Argentines can't see Kirchner for what she really is then they probably deserve her.”

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 01:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Martin_Fierro

    The UK already went south Brit... you worry about that, don't worry about us.

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 01:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Idlehands

    It is facts like demanding government seats on the boards of PLCs that should be of concern - and fining economists that don't agree with government inflation predictions.

    I suppose if you're not from a first world democracy it doesn't seem as peculiar or worrisome.

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 09:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ptolemy

    Martin_Fierro (#)11

    Ich bin nicht ein Brit.

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    (13) ptolemy

    Maybe you are not a Brit........
    But you certainly are not German..............
    Ess heisst “ein Brite” mein Freund!

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ptolemy

    Think (#)14
    ..didn't say I was. You can get a free translation on the net and indeed it says “Brite,” but he called me a Brit which I'm not.

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 09:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    14) l told you before Agent Think, you presume too much!

    Apr 27th, 2011 - 10:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    (15)
    Wooooooow........, how cunny!!
    Your name goes also in my Lizt.

    Of course as an Non Brit, you will not understand the above, but Cher Isolde will :-)

    Apr 28th, 2011 - 12:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ptolemy

    (17)
    Well,..I'd love to be on your “Lizt” Mr. Think. I've never been on a “Lizt” before. Thank you very much.

    Apr 28th, 2011 - 02:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Martin_Fierro

    13 ptolemy,
    WTF

    Apr 28th, 2011 - 03:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    (17) quite humorous Cher Think, made me smile.

    Apr 28th, 2011 - 09:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • artillero601

    @17 & @20 Is there anything going between you two? ... I can smell the love in the air , ...... you all live close anyways .

    Apr 29th, 2011 - 04:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    (21)
    Nope……
    “I’m just trying to face bombast with reason and humanity……”

    Cher Isolde threatened to shoot me with her own captured FM FAL 7,62mm if I ever dropped by uninvited on her place.

    If Cher Isolde ever dropped uninvited on my place.......... I would invite her to a nice cup of Margaret’s Hope. (First flush, of course)

    Apr 29th, 2011 - 06:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • stick up your junta

    Cher Isolde threatened to shoot me with her own captured FM FAL 7,62mm

    Unused captured FM FAL 7,62mm, slightly damged from being dropped :-)

    Apr 30th, 2011 - 09:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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