CFK says nationalization is not rooted in ideology or populism, but disastrous private management
Argentine President Cristina Fernández vindicated on Tuesday the nationalization of public services and said that all decisions made “are not rooted in ideology or populist decisions. It’s the disaster caused by the concessionary companies that forces us to intervene”.
The head of state made the statement during the opening of a water processing plant in metropolitan Buenos Aires, belonging to a nationalized water and sewage company originally under French control (Suez Water) but which was seized in 2006 under the government of President Nestor Kirchner.
The French Suez company “had not honoured absolutely anything of what it had promised” but immediately added “mind you the French are not to blame, it is the business people, they are the same all the world around, so please let’s not mix things, the French people had nothing to do with Suez” said the Argentine leader.
“Decisions taken involving nationalization of public services are not rooted in ideology or populist decisions. It’s the disaster caused by the concessionary companies that force us to intervene”, underlined the Argentine president in reference to the water works nationalized in 2006 and obviously the recent seizure of YPF from Spain’s Repsol.
Immediately she blasted those (Argentines) “who said with nationalization everything would collapse and we would be isolated from the world. Well we’ve done it and we will do it every time it is necessary, and here we are proud of the achievements of the nationalized waters’ public service”.
“These are small interest groups, but very powerful which need the people to continue excluded from public services, and it is very strange and rather curious that come haven’t even realized the benefits of delivering the benefits of public services” insisted Cristina Fernandez in direct reference to her domestic critics regarding the seizure of YPF.
Likewise CFK criticized policies in other parts of the world. “How many times have we heard about certain policies and I look and see what is happening in Europe, the US, but mainly in Europe, the heart of the crisis, and some seem to forget what is going on”.
The president then referred to the trip of Vice President Amado Boudou to Washington where he was booed and covered in flyers demanding Argentina be expelled “as a rat” from the G20.
“When we meet next time I think it will be at the most two or three heads of state that will have been present since the launching of the group in 2008” insisted CFK adding that her former husband Nestor Kirchner was the president who founded the basis for the current Argentine model and who against all odds decided to restructure the sovereign debt.
“They forecasted we would be outcast from the world some twenty times, by now we should be in Mars”.
Finally the president called on all Argentines for “a major exercise of responsibility and common sense, from the workers, the business people, and students and ‘John Doe’ the common citizen who works hard every day and is not involved in politics”.
“I’m doing a great personal sacrifice and you must be everywhere with the political decision of confronting minority interests. Even when many times I have to say no to some of the 40 million Argentines, I also remember that trying to please everybody ends pleasing nobody. Our duty is to please our country, and our history, it can be done, and must be done”, concluded CFK.
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She must have a incredibly short memory.
The last time the Argentine government owned the company it achieved the status of a oil company sitting on huge reserves and hemorrhaging money, hence the nationalisation.
Repsol then turned the company around, made it profitable and successful and up until about 6 months ago the Argentine government was stating it was the model company even though the Argentine government was hamstringing the company forcing it to sell at less than half the market rate which in turn was limiting its investment even though it still invested well beyond what was expected of it.
The whole thing starts and ends with a failed government.
1) Aerolingus Maximo (nationalised/stolen)
2) Argentinian Private Pensions (nationalised/stolen)
3) YPF (nationalised/stolen)
4) Telefonica (soon to be nationalised/stolen)
Taking this into account, my copy of the Argtardasaurus says:
not rooted in ideology = rooted in ideology.
not rooted in populism = rooted in populism.
To be fair, she's doing a pretty sh!tty job of explaining why she just stole the retirement off a bunch of Spanish pensioners, after having done the same thing for Argentinian pensioners and previously they did it from italian pensioners.
Argtards gonna tard.
Sussed.
Chuckle, chuckle.
Full article below.
www.huffingtonpost.ca/andrew-cooper/argentina-g20_b_1462515.html
It probably isn't ideology - it's bare faced opportunism (aka theft) mixed in with the policy of panic.
See all those clucking hens sat over there on the fence? They're coming home to roost.
“I’m doing a great personal sacrifice ” ? Well, please, don't sacrific any more of your life. Just go away and give Argentina a chance.
So why would she be telling lies? Do they not know anything about peronism?
Peron nationalised no end of foreign investments, and for her to say that it's not ideological is just playing on the utter ignorance and lack of education of the people who voted for her.
Liars gonna lie.
#3 If there is a video, please advise. What a beautiful thing my dear Gringos do as a public service, ever so often... “The president then referred to the trip of Vice President Amado Boudou to Washington where he was booed and covered in flyers demanding Argentina be expelled “as a rat” from the G20”.
#4 Thanks for the link
Well it makes sense, they can't kick the mad cow out of the G-20 farm, but they can put her out to pasture... Whatever happens, she be kicking at barn doors and knocking down fences... hopefully she'll get so tangled up in barbwire she'll get hobbled. Let's hope in the group picture, they take the picture without her...
The year which lies behind us has been a year of great successes, but also, it is true, one of many sacrifices. Even if the total number of dead and wounded is small in comparison with former wars the sacrifices for each individual family concerned weigh heavy. Our whole sympathy, our love and care belongs to those who had to make these sacrifices. They have suffered what generations before us also had to suffer. Each individual German had to make other sacrifices. The nation worked in all spheres. German women worked to replace men. It is a wonderful idea of community which dominates our people. That this ideal, that our whole strength should be preserved in the coming year-this should be our wish today. That we will work for this community-let that be our vow. That we conquer in devotion to this community-that is our faith, one in which we are confident, and that the Lord should not abandon us in this struggle of the coming year-let that be our prayer. Deutschland! Sieg Heil!
First the malvinas/falklands conflict, second the ypf coup, third -? - to veil their financial desaster in arg. Boudou just has been exposed by La Nacion and Clarin - the special friends of the ck-gang - in washington by being settled with a RAT: Rats must be kicked out of G-20:
”The Vice President was greeted by a protest by vulture funds and bondholders.
****
“I am the rat of the G-20,” said the sign that, with an Argentine flag, was attached to an enormous inflatable rat placed in front of the entrance to the headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank yesterday in Washington. When investors and diplomats invited to the welcoming reception of the Conference of the Council of the Americas began to arrive, they couldn’t believe what they were seeing.****
Having just arrived from Buenos Aires, Vice President Amado Boudou – who today will be one of the invited speakers to the Conference – avoided the protest of the bondholders affected by the Argentine default by entering through a back door.****
This way he also avoided the giving out of a little plastic rat which said “Kick the rat out of the G-20”, an allusion to Argentina’s membership in the Group of 20, which includes developed and developing countries alike.***
*
Also circulating was an “explanatory” pamphlet that spoke of the
expropriation of YPF, the non-payment of ICSID decisions in favor of
companies that sued the Argentine government; of Judge Griesa; of the expulsion of Argentina from the Generalized System of Preferences, and the complaint presented by 40 countries over import barriers in Argentina.****
Very well said my Queen; the real divide in the world is not between nations, but between labour and capital. Wonder if this Suez group was linked to the French (and British) aggression against Egypt when it nationalised the Suez Canal (another successful nationalisation)
”Immediately she blasted those (Argentines) “who said with nationalization everything would collapse and we would be isolated from the world. Well we’ve done it and we will do it every time it is necessary, and here we are proud of the achievements of the nationalized waters’ public service”.”
Sock it to them ma'am, these right wingers are living in the past =)
““These are small interest groups, but very powerful which need the people to continue excluded from public services, and it is very strange and rather curious that come haven’t even realized the benefits of delivering the benefits of public services” insisted Cristina Fernandez in direct reference to her domestic critics regarding the seizure of YPF.”
Stay strong my Queen and keep fighting them, we'll keep backing you =)
“Likewise CFK criticized policies in other parts of the world”
Excellent. We really should be learning from her.
“When we meet next time I think it will be at the most two or three heads of state that will have been present since the launching of the group in 2008”
Indeed, its the neoliberals who keep losing elections, and she got 54% =)
“They forecasted we would be outcast from the world some twenty times, by now we should be in Mars”
Lol very well put my Queen =) Ti amo mi reina, besos =)
But then again ”The G-20 was proposed by former Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin (later, Prime Minister) for cooperation and consultation on matters pertaining to the international financial system.“
So what in hell is argturdland doing in there? It doesn't believe in either cooperation or consultation. In fact, I think I'd be hard put to recall the last time argturdland cooperated or consulted with anyone. The fact is that argturdland is all about ”demands“ and ”force“ and ”whingeing“ and ”threats“ and ”thievery“ and, of course, about being queer. Argies don't understand that taking, or giving, it in the butt isn't natural. Whether it's physical or economic. Argies demand top-class dental care so they can tell the difference between their teeth and the ejaculation from that day's ”partner“. How happy argturds must be. To know that they are, beyond doubt, the scummiest and queerest cuntry on the planet!
Not only that but to have the support of Burger Kweer!
Isn't it wonderful that it trumpets the successes of the CFK regime whilst carefully omitting to mention where she gets the money to prop up her schemes? Pensioners, savers, ordinary working people! Of course, screwing any and everybody else, not paying debts, stealing, invading, killing IS the way forward. Wonder how she's going to feel when it's being done to her? Although she might enjoy the screwing. But she did misunderstand one thing. When “They forecasted we would be outcast from the world” no-one mentioned Mars. The question is “Is argturdland already in Hell, or is it still on its way?” Spiralling inflation headed for 30%. Essentially worthless currency. Massive poverty. Sexual immaturity and deviation. Unaffordable subsidies. Rampant criminality with the “government” demonstrating how it should be done.
What an exemplary sh*thole!
He's just bought a new mega-sized vulcanising kit for her face-lift! O bless.
I'd expect nothing less.
we are sure her devoties will pay up,
then perhaps they can make her a gxd,
,,,,,,,,,,,
after all, they all think she is one now already,
poor deluded fools .
No one is perfect. If he thinks she is flawless then he is irrational.
Buenos Aires
The CFK Memorial
The memorial dedicated to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is to be constructed in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires. It will be a likeness of Saint Cristina of three times life size with a national flag in her right hand and a plaque in the form of the YPF logo in her left hand. It will be made out of bronze made from copper recycled from Telefónica cables recuperated by La Campora enthusiasts.
The cost of the memorial will be paid for with bonds backed by YPF shares.
The gov't is getting desperate!! Soy sales are much worse than expected, car exports are down drastically and o/g imports are up significantly.
They're running out of reserves quickly...
Devaluation is imminent.
www.europeanvoice.com/article/2012/april/the-last-argentine-picture-show/74248.aspx
It is by André Velasco, Ms. Bachelet's Economy Minister.
just about sums her up does it not .
They also played some audio of KFC speaking..... struth she not only looks ugly... she talks fugly as well......
@33 I normally turn off the sound. T'is the voice of Mordor.
CFK has 3 main ambitions in life.
1, to be the first empress over an argentine empire.
2, to receive the noble peace prize.
3, to get a knighthood.
She been offered
6 nails , 6 pieces of wood, and 6 handles.
Another nail in her coffin .
.
Meanwhile her retirement fund in Switzerland (boostered greatly by the sale of YPF years ago) is going great!
Fair enough really.
CFK has 3 main ambitions in life.
1, to be the first empress over an argentine empire.
2, to receive the noble peace prize.
3, to get a knighthood”
Well she's already empress over the hearts of millions, deserves the Nobel Prize and as for the knighthood she's not going about it the usual way, ie licking the arse of the British establishment, but if the left here ever take over I'll put in a good word for her =)
#40 I know, its a real inspiration, especially when the President is so beautiful, eloquent and talented on top of having great politics =)
#41 I hate TB, he should go to prison for waging aggressive war against Iraq and I also hate him for driving socialism OUT of the Labour party
he and CFK should get together, make a great team,
both can live in paradise,
and leave the rest of us alone .
Roughly translated, this means “Under cover of the Euro zone crisis I hoped that me stealing YPF from the spanish would have gone unnoticed, but it looks like I've been rumbled”
If you love her and her politics so much you would have found a way to have gone to Argentina by now. Christ, the Kirchner dynasty have been in power for a decade now.
Its sad for you that you hate the state of your country so much (if you are indeed Scottish) and the whole capitalist thing when you could be living in your Argentine socialist paradise ruled by your queen. You surely already know that its relatively easy to emigrate to Argentina.
May 10th, 2012 - 09:55 am
I'm sure if you send a letter to your “Queen” she would be only too glad to put up your fare, the ony trouble is that it would be on Aerolineas Argentinas so the probability of actually getting to Argentina would be low because of strikes, no money for fuel etc.
Hopefully not in her next term!
#43 Don't think they'd get on, Blair is a combination of the junta and Menem, hardly appealing to my Queen I'd have thought.
#44 No it means what she says, that they attack her for being too socialist yet their hypercapitalism is failing badly
#45-6 As I've already explained I wouldn't want to emigrate as my first duty is campaigning and voting against Cameron's disastrous policies here
Your personal sacrifice to stay in the Cameron Hell Hole (the UK) and campaign against Cameron against your own happiness and well being is commendable.
Lifes too short. Get a one way ticket to Argentina. And besides CFK could do with your support (more than just posting sycophantic, irrational comments on this forum).
May 11th, 2012 - 03:30 pm
That phrase, “Get a one way ticket to Argentina.” Gives one the feeling it might end in free fall into the river Plate. Especially if the trip is by AA.
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