Argentine government takes over train line involved in tragic accident

Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:07 UTC

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The Argentine government announced on Tuesday it was taking over two train lines, one of which was involved in last week’s tragic accident in a downtown Buenos Aires terminal which killed 51 people and left another 704 injured. Read full article

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GreekYoghurt
Is this the same argentinian government that was told many many years ago that an accident was going to happen?

Hmm, what are they gonna do? nothing at all, that's what they're gonna do.
Feb 28th, 2012 - 08:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Cestrian
The normal course of events is to hold an official inquiry, with recommendations from a top person in the country and decide what to do from there.

Its painfully obvious that nationalising the trains may not be the best course of action and unless the government spends money that it doesnt have on modernising the railways then nothing will improve anyway.

This is a complete and utter smokescreen. A knee jerk reaction that has its roots on being popularist, not on improving safety.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Glad to see this, nationalisation seems (to me) clearly the answer.

“the resolution which had been cleared by President Cristina Fernández over the weekend”

So much for her “silence”, actions speak louder than words
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Cestrian
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how is nationalisation the answer? you havent heard how its going to work yet? the fact remains that if the government dont modernise ie spend a lot of money on the railway network then it really doesnt matter who is running the show you will have the same result.

As for the botox queen remaining “silent” - she ran away, hid, and then came up with a knee jerk solution which has no substance to it. there has been no enquiry, no recommendations, nothing.

Its clearly a popularist move aimed at looking like something is happening when nothing really is.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 12:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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