CFK announces increase in child allowance 45 days before presidential election

Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 00:16 UTC

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With less than two months for the October 23 general election, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced on Wednesday changes in the Universal Child Allowance (AUH), including the new rates for children under 18, disabled children and pregnant women. Read full article

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Bubba
The US, Spain, and other EU states entering debt crises should follow the Argentine economic model... default on the soveriegn debt and buy votes..
Sep 08th, 2011 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rubino84
@1, US, Spain and other EU States should follow IMF model... cuts and watch the whole population going into poverty and unemployment...
Sep 08th, 2011 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
The Argentine government's “Official” 10.9 percent inflation rate is less than half the estimate of private economists and firms like Ecolatina, which put inflation at 26.6%.

If CFK pitches her percentage increase in Universal Child Allowance at 23% - significantly less than the REAL rate of inflation, then Argentina's children will get, inter alia :
fewer clothes,
less food,
poorer education and
a blighted future.

Now, THAT sounds like a great Manifesto message for the upcoming elections!
Sep 08th, 2011 - 04:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
it seems that she can promise anything,
then again after the election they can always change their minds,
never trust a vote seeker bearing gifts lol.
Sep 08th, 2011 - 09:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
By the way,
having only seen the Rice/Weber musical, the Madonna/Banderas film, etc,
did Sr. & Sra. Peron, in real life, succeed in bringing wealth to the people of Argentina?
Sep 08th, 2011 - 09:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Bubba
They turned the number five global economy into a turd world country..
Sep 09th, 2011 - 12:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
So the Peronists have a record of unmitigated failure?
Sep 09th, 2011 - 03:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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