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Argentine idea to move the capital to north of the country closer to Pacific basin
The president of the Lower House, and Victory Front lawmaker Julián Domínguez affirmed that Argentina's capital should be moved to the north. It is not the first time that this kind of project is presented: when Ricardo Alfonsín was president during the 80's, he proposed to transfer the nation’s capital to Viedma, a town located in the southern province of Río Negro. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“and let me remind you that the countries with great projects and ambitions do not have their capitals in ports.”
Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, for example, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Sweden and of course the UK are famously unsuccessful countries held back by the location of their capital.
A small town in the pampas where there are fewer people to riot and upset poor old KFC?
Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0....Colonies have their capitals in the ports“. So he has just stated that Argentina is/was a colony of I presume, implanted people. Surely the native Indians are the only people who can make a judgement of the location of the capital, as the implanted European population are not entitled to any acts of Self Determination, right???
Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0I hope I have the Malvanistas Mantra correct, that is how it works isn't it, with implanted populations that don't own the land they live on?
If any provinces want their national capital to be closer to the Pacific they can easily organise it.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0There's already one called Santiago. Unshackle from the losers in Buenos Aires and join the winners in Chile.
@1: C*untarrow: Yup, Like the US, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, China, India...
Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0Shall I continue?
here we go again,
Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0militarising the pacific,
as CFK commonly plays,
do as we say,
not what we do..lol
Its not where it is located that has made the gov't corrupt and nonfunctional. It is the people.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentinians are not smart enough for Democracy
It has clearly failed
Military rule is their only solution.
5 warteiner (#)
Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:52 am
So what your post demonstrates is that contrary to KFCs mutterings it doesn't actually matter one way or the other.
Shall I continue?
#7 yankeeboy
Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0The only problem with military rule in Argentina is that their military has proved itself to be just as incompetent, corrupt and cowardly as the civilians - 1982 for example!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tongue in cheek,
Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0im surprised she has not moved her capital to Stanley.
in her head, we suppose anything is possible lol.
Buenos Aires as the political center of the country was an idea of Julio A. Roca when he was elected President for the first time. He had to fight and defeat Carlos Tejedor (Gobernor of Buenos Aires) in the last Argentine civil war that left almost 2.000 casualties in both sides.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0J.A. Roca idea was that having the Capital (and Federal Territory) in Buenos Aires would end with wars between Buenos Aires and the rest of the country. He was right.
Nowadays, there is not such a risk so the Capital Territory could be moved to a new place with more space. This will promote development and a will be the beginning of a more sensible population distribution.
Raul Alfonsin idea was the best one but, no matter that his law was passed in both Chanbers, the new Capital had never been built.
Paranoid much? She obviously has fears of being lynched and burned.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If argieland moved its capital 2,000 miles to the west, it would be where it should be in the Pacific Basin!
Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@5
Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A capital doesn't HAVE to be a port, but I've list some perfectly good examples where it HAPPENS to be a port without ill effect. You could add Finland, Greece, Portugal and Malaysia to that list. I don't care whether Argentina moves its capital or not, that is entirely a matter for Argentina. I was merely pointing out that his justification is false. As for Spain, the capital of its most important successor state i.e. Catalonia is Barcelona, a port, while in Italy and the US, the capital is immediately adjacent to a port. In the pre-nuclear era there was an advantage to having your capital away from any potential initial point of foreign invasion, but nowadays it makes little difference.
I think they should move to the mythical Malvinas and leave the Falklands alone.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0:o)
sounds like another “Boris Island” type plan.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brilliant idea!
Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Up north where it is even warmer than in Buenos Aires, so the citizens can enjoy even more black-outs with no water and no air condition.
Brilliant idea!
Unsurprisingly this idea will fail and collapse in the midst of another economic crisis and power outages as did Alfonsin's - and of course it is somebody else's fault! no matter how stupidly the Argentine government acts, it is always somebody else's fault
@11 That is interesting. President Roca chose to run the country from his Estancia La Paz near Cordoba and rarely visited Buenos Aires. But for all the responsibility for genocide he also did a lot to unite much of Argentina, albeit with some reluctance from the provinces.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0His home was a country house hotel for some time and is really beautiful so I understand why he was reluctant to leave it.
Is it possible to move the Capital City of ones country? after all they evolve into that status and are usually the premier City of ones Country.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I can think of only one previous example. Bonn too Berlin and that was a return rather than a move, under a set of rather exceptional circumstances.
Are there any examples where this as been done and worked?
I'd be checking who owns the real estate around the new proposed area.....
Jan 09th, 2014 - 05:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Never thought about that, shows how bloody naive I am!
Jan 09th, 2014 - 05:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Could be a nice little earner for someone, wonder who?
@ 19 reality check “Is it possible to move the Capital City of ones country?” e.g. Brazil, Rio de J to Brasilia
Jan 09th, 2014 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@20
Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In that case Mr Voice the obvious choice is Calafate for anew capital, and we know who owns all the desirable property there
But no doubt our dear isolationist Nostrils would prefer Mendoza which would be great
Think, On this subject what the hell was your pinup boy Hermes Binner blathering about on that subject? I have read various press articles on his comments but I am none the wiser.
Care to elucidate?
Dozens of countries have moved their capitals.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But countries that have actually built a new capital from scratch? The US, Brazil, Australia and Malaysia off the top of my head. The drawback is they take decades if not centuries to develop from anything but a monumental urban planning scheme.
As ships get bigger the ports usually move from the capitals not v/v.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Only the RGs would perservere with a port so far up a shallow rio.
Didn't Guatemala move the capital from Antigua to Guatemala City? They even made it illegal for years to live in the old capital to force people to move to the new one.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 08:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Kingston was named the first capital of the Province of Canada on February 15, 1841. Ottawa is now the Capital of Canada.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's a great way for the Argentine government to spend a ton of money on some very visible “Obras” just before election time. Lots of pork in this idea.
Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And. All the government elite get to live in a brand new place, work in brand new buildings and live in brand new houses. With all the trash staying back at BA, so they can get away from all of that too.
And, new electrical grid for all the government elite too. They'll all be able to live a more special, superior life style this way. Brand new infrastructure all around!! Lots and lots of pork and guess who gets to enjoy it all first!
That is why the idea is attractive to politicians and bureaucrats.
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Jan 10th, 2014 - 01:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0...and CFK sells them the land - who do you think sets the 'fair' price that the government pays for that land?
:-)
They aren't ever going to move the capital. All politicians except CFK want to live in Buenos Aires where at least there is a semblance of civilization. This is just a dream from some second-rate K burocrat.
Jan 10th, 2014 - 02:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0@30 True, but it was fun speculating.
Jan 10th, 2014 - 08:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0Does anyone know Naypyidaw? It is the administrative capital of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, better known as Burma. So of course it is possible to build new capitals. This one has officially already some 900 000 inhabitants although the city is just ten years old.
Jan 10th, 2014 - 09:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0the first step in planning the new capital should be to implode the “pink House” with CFK and all her cronies, in it....that would give the Argies a unique opportunity for a new start...
Jan 10th, 2014 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@1
Jan 10th, 2014 - 11:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And little ol Stanley isn't doing that bad either in its steady but sure way....
It seems that the argies may have tempted their “God” with their lying, thievery and general thuggery:
Jan 11th, 2014 - 09:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/10562706/Lightning-strikes-Argentina-beach-killing-three.html
Sorry for those involved but as TMBOA likes to think everything involves her they could always attach her to the sub-power lines (1440V ?).
Oh, I forgot, do they have power in BsAs yet?
How about, in the Pacific basin !!!
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