Preparing the ground for Maximo Kirchner to occupy the front stage
The idea of having another Kirchner running for office has emerged strongly following last Friday’s mass rally in support of President Cristina Fernandez and her policy of expropriating Argentina’s leading corporation, YPF.
Maximo Kirchner, the son of Cristina Fernandez managed to show the strength of his grouping La Campora by turning up with an estimated 20.000 militants out of the 55/60.000 that showed out to the rally in a fully packed Buenos Aires stadium.
Furthermore contrary to previous demonstrations when Maximo avoided the cameras and preferred the back stage, this time he was in the front lines of the stage mounted in support of his mother, next to cabinet ministers and lawmakers, closely following events and in attitudes with crossed arms which for many reminded his late father and president Nestor Kirchner.
“Máximo was brought up in a house where politics was an everyday thing, and he shares that commitment and conviction. He’s an intelligent member, very sensible and has shown great solidarity”, said Kirchnerite lawmaker Fernando Navarro.
“People have eyes fixed on him because he is committed to leading a growing youth movement and he is the son of Kirchner and Cristina. He is ready to run for the Lower House in representation of Santa Cruz in 2013. It can happen it’s up to him”, added Navarro who said that the irruption of so many youths into politics, be it through La Campora or other groupings “means democracy in Argentina is consolidating”.
“Political parties are in crisis, they are not complying with their task of linking, mediating between government and society and the communities. So this reconstruction of the political web is essential to impede the destruction of the state and its areas of influence, both strategic and non strategic”, said Navarro.
“The boys and organization such as Maximo’s understand this much better than we, the older generations, do”.
“Maximo has shown ‘militant muscle’ and is fully dedicated to enhance the legacy of his father and the achievements of these governments. He is an outstanding member of this new generation of youngsters committed to politics”, underlined the lawmaker.
“He’s adapting the political process to the ‘fine tuning’ his mother Cristina has been asking from all of us in different fields. United and organized, was the motto of the Velez stadium rally and it was a great success. Maximo did an excellent job”, continued Navarro who insisted the son of the president is ready to take a bench in Congress, “he’s certainly earned it; he’s mature and has an excellent instinct for politics, but who knows, it’s up to him”
Since the death of his father Maximo has been seen next to his mother Cristina at difficult moments and belongs to be inner circle of advisors where major decisions are taken. Members of his youth movement already have a few members in Congress and occupy decision making posts in re-nationalized Aerolineas Argentina and in the Argentine government news agency.
The Kirchners strategy has been to increasingly remove and replace the old guard of the Peronist movement and unions that has dominated Argentine politics for decades with young adherents more faithful to the “Ks” than to the icons of the past.
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Of course, that's what Argentina needs right now, A fat corrupt polititian. I think you must be right, for Argentina, please read North Korea.
Can someone explain what these are exactly? Been trying to look around but can't find out. From what I can see they are bonds issued but provinces to pay for wages by why the need to issue them?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patac%C3%B3n_(bond)
just kidding, anybody care to explains
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96PW51C2LMo
Argentina is so retarded laughing at it is addictive.
Basically it shows their economic system is in failure.
www.latinamericanstudies.org/argentina/patacon.htm
Cheers. So, by issuing these we are saying that they are unable to fund in Pesos (as they don't have a surplus (actually a massive deficit in the provinces)). They can't print more Pesos as the supply of this is controlled by the central bank so, to make sure that they don't declare themselves bust and the make sure that people get “paid”, they are funding in a quasi-currency which will then be redeemed later by each individual province (principal and with a decent coupon)? Is this madness? What do people on the ground think of this? Surely even the most hardened “K” will realise that there is something fundamentally wrong with the economic system once these come into circulation...
Now there are 4 provinces openly contemplating issuing the patacones because they are out of $ and can not find any buyers for their bonds due to the YPF seizure.
The system is in shut down it is going to be very scary this winter, no gas, no heat, no money.
They are talking about CKF reelection but I doubt she will make it through the year. I hope she has her safe house in Miami ready.
Stagflation.(now).. devaluation (I think 10/1 but rumors are 16/1) hyper inflation( already predicting 30%+ w/o devaluation!)...depression
Didn't know that BA had been issuing bonds just pay invoices, is any of this being reported in Argentina or mainly in the western ecomonic press? Am going to be in patagonia visiting the family in August-September so it looks like i'll have to couple of extra coats against the cold. That is in 4-5 months so it will be interesting to see what the situation is like on the ground in the middle of winter.
That's pretty furking bleak.
My friend's parents told him that it is so dangerous now they don't like to walk in their neighborhood because so many people are getting mugged and they live in the Northern Suburbs of BA. There were also 20 bank robberies in BA last week!
... or a organic butchers, artisan bakers or boutique candlestick-makers.
Robbing a bank for cash is a rubbish idea in Argentina.
An advisor to his mother. Heaven forbid Mrs Thatcher consulted her offspring.
A growing youth movement. Sounds ominous.
Kirchnerite politics. More self harm coming Argentina's way!
Nececito un hamburgesa y papas Frances ! Maximo por favor !
You just know that when their economy does finally implode they will still blame someone else for it don't you? Not accepting the consiquences of their actions is pretty much par-for-the-course in Argentinaland.
The impending collapse will be spectacular and last a long long time.
Clearly the face of the country once the darkness comes is going to be very different to what they have now.
Sure yogui...And you believe all the BS.....
Argentina is probably going to go the Direct Democracy way,not the maximo or minimum way....
Poor deluded ex-empire
I read direct democracy. What's making a 'family dictatorship' with a leader who rules by decree and dismisses the constitution as irrelevant got to do with direct democracy.
Stop showing your ignorance.
You know as well as everyone else that there is a pattern to South American governments (Democracy, Dictatorship, Democracy, Dictatorship and so on) and it's hard to break out of it, some SA countries seem to have managed it but there's no way you Argies will have, much too fond of sitting around blaming the rest of the world for your problems rather than getting a grip and sorting your shit out. It's now getting towards time for dictatorship again and this fat fuck Maximo looks like a likely candidate.
Do you think this is BS? No, it's not, this is true, it's not BS. But I understand you think this is funny, because you don't live in Argentina. Where are you living now, Canada? From Canada things look different and easy. specially if you live in Ontario, or Quebec. Unfortunately Argentina is not Canada. No se puede creer lo cobarde, miserable, ignorante y odioso que sos, por un lado es mejor que te hayas ido de Argentina, si en este país toda la gente como vos se fuera a otro país, Argentina sería un paraíso. Aunque lo es, pero de ladrones. Bien kgoncito sos Malvinero, bien peronista.
The Argentinians get what they deserve if they allow this nonsense to get into statute and come to pass.
Keeping the cost of cream buns down is also an important part of socialism.
It's quite revealing to get to know, that Big Mac's are not out of McDonald's offer to fake argentine inflation, but simply because Maximo needs his personal rations not to run out...
i.imgur.com/IGMoe.jpg
Sorry #34, but your observation “Maximo for Congress makes sense” is absolutly pathetic.
Please, someone intelligent that's pro-KFC, explain how this is good?
Well this could be a sequel, Dynasty II
Of course it would have to be dubbed into either English or Spanish depending on where it was made
he is being groomed to lead her followers to victory after victory,
but like mummy, he will go into folklore, as the man who knew to much, but did very little .lol.
Do you think he will get a sponsorship deal from MacDonalds? Yeah, maybe Greggs and MacDonalds will be the new growth industry in Argentinaland!!!
Maybe Maximo Kirchner will lead the cursade against lesser pastries and Burger King ( which is a pity, I actually think that burger king has the edge on Maccy D's )
Maybe we are all wrong and he will lead the ecomonic recovery by eating all the cream buns he can get his hands on.
@51 I don't think Maximo is the type to eat delicate pastries. He likes to get the cream on his lips and some of the jam filling onto his tie. Then he tries to lick it off but it just stays there all day. Cream buns are his favourite, but cream and jam split donuts are an alternative.
Here is a photo of Maximo after eating some cream buns: resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/12/19/1226226/220552-kim-jong-un.jpg
Simple
No. I don't think American corporations are on particularly friendly terms with Argentina right now =)
#56 Why do you assume she's not. People aren't robots you know; I accept that although he's on the same side as me, yes, Maximo is a bit overweight, but if he was on the other side that wouldn't make it turn into some comedy of nothing but errors
Argentina deserves you.
Looking at the picture at the top of this story is beginning to make me feel ill........... I don't know why, it's just......wrong.
Maximo Park just unveiled their new track 'Hips and Lips' - surely a tribute to the 'great' man.
@50 Re-election. Yeah. Contrary to the constitution. Still, who gives a toss about the constitution. Best to get back to the real roots. In Ancient Rome, in times of major crisis, they would appoint a “dictator” to rule until the crisis was over. Argieland is in for a good 50 years of crisis. Best appoint the cow dictator now!
@59 Argieland is already a comedy of innumerable errors. Remember that early fake bicentennial? Should have made it the Dissolution!
The most famous was the farmer Cincinnatus (after whom Cincinnati is named) who was twice Dictator and was called from his plough to be dictator and afterwards returned to his farm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnatus
Not exactly the situation in poor belighted Argentina
Buenos Aires, May 1 (Buenos Aires Herald) -- The dear respected Maximo Fernández made a congratulatory speech at the Justicialist Party parade celebrating the brave workers of Argentina on the May Day holiday. His speech has enjoyed great public response as it was vibrant with superb intelligence and iron will and gives clear-cut answers to questions arising in building a thriving nation.
In particular, his statement that “Our party and the government of the Justicialist Party will join hands with anyone who sincerely wishes the reunification of the country and peace and prosperity of the nation, and make responsible and persevering efforts to realize the historic cause of national reunification with our brothers held captive in the Malvinas Islands” instills in the minds of all Argentinians the conviction of sure victory in national reunification with them.
Maximo Fernández was evidently making a reminder of the tireless work of his mother, Dear Leader, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who has called for national unity before anything else and led all patriotic-minded Argentinians to the efforts for national reunification with the Islas Malvinas.
This statement also made people recall the bold and fearless leadership, of his father, the late Great Leader President Néstor Kirchner as well who declared that Argentina would join hands under the banner of great national unity with government authorities or ruling and opposition party officials, politicians and Argentine workers, if they value the common interests of the nation and want national reunification with the illegally held rightful territory of Argentina.
The idea of on great national unity and their lofty personalities and patriotism of Presidents Cristina Fernández and the great leader President Néstor Kirchner, have served as a source of strength enabling all Argentinians to turn out in the drive for national unity and reunification.
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