National holiday record breaking in Argentina: 19 in 2012; at least 17 next year

Wednesday, November 14th 2012 - 07:03 UTC

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Argentines are known to be quite a stress-prone bunch, when not neurotic, but the annual calendar of national and one-time holidays gives a different picture: 19 this year and at least 17 in 2013. Read full article

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Simon68
The more interesting statistic is that these holidays cost the non tourism oriented towns ARS$2.1 billion, therefore actually causing a net loss of ARS$500 million in real production terms.

As usual CFK and her troupe of buffoons have caused more loss than gain to the country!!!!!
Nov 14th, 2012 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@1 When you made your comments at 102 on http://en.mercopress.com/2012/11/11/thanksgiving-service-at-the-liberation-monument-in-stanley#comments , I replied to you. Why didn't you reply to me?
Nov 14th, 2012 - 04:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nostrolldamus
“Argentines are known to be quite a stress-prone bunch, when not neurotic...”

Well this sort of editorializing ought to once and for all dispel all accusations that Mercopress is anti-Argentine (not anti-argie government: ANTI-ARGENTINE).

Notice the complete silence of the anti-argentine crowd here to such an unproffesional opening line for a news article.

Imagine if Clarin or La Nacion said something like

“The Brits are known to be quite an ugly bunch, when not engaging in racist tirades in trams...”

or

“The Americans are known to be an oleaginous and fat bunch, when not shooting 10-20 people dead at a cinema or spa...”

or

“The Brazilians are known to be a queer bunch, when not engaging in cross-dressing weekends by transgendered females turned gay...”

or

“The Chileans are known to be a thieving bunch, when not engaging in sporting humiliations in whatever discipline invented...”

Case closed. Mercopress is anti-argentine, and every single poster here that criticizes Argentina is anti-argentine. No if's, no but's.
Nov 14th, 2012 - 10:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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St.John
Poor TTT (and the rest of your pseudonyms :) ) the entire world is against you, ain't it?

As for the “Argentines are known to be quite a stress-prone bunch, when not neurotic...” - this is what you can read in Argentine newspapers too, there was e.g. an article in 'Los Andes', while I was living in Mendoza: 7 out of 8 Argentinos are feeling presión.

No, neither Mercopress nor the majority of non-argentine posters are anti-argentine, they just loathe the completely erratic Argentine government and its emotion based and wild actions.

I, for one, like the majority of Argentinos and also the country, but the destructive government - Jeeez.
Nov 15th, 2012 - 08:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Good for Cristina, apart from a few scrooges like Simon who can fault her for this =) I'd support a day off too for her “Diamond Jubilee” in February, hey we did it over here =)
Nov 16th, 2012 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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