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People living in Buenos Aires shanty towns increased 52% in ten years

Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 06:35 UTC
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The number of people living in shanty towns or “misery villages” in Argentina and particularly in the capital Buenos Aires keeps increasing despite a decade of sustained growth at almost Chinese rates. According to data from the latest census of 2010, the number of people living in 'misery villages' in Buenos Aires was 163.587 compared to the 107.422 in 2001, with a 52% increase. Read full article

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  • Anglotino

    “a decade of sustained growth at almost Chinese rates”

    Haha how almost?

    I would have said hardly not almost

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GALlamosa

    If the Argentine Government invested the money it wastes in trying to colonise the Falklands in housing and infrastructure development its citizens would be much better off.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • warteiner

    A sq meter in the “missery village” like the ince*st brain of mercosh**t called it cost 1.000 US$.

    A room with a single bed 300 US$.

    I bet those guys in there have more money than some of the UK braindead of mercosh**t

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Xect

    Bizarre post Wart.

    I'm not really sure what point you're raising but the answer to the last paragraph would be a rather unsurprising not likely.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    During my last visit to BA I was shocked at how large the Slum near Retiro had become.
    Rgs like Wart are going to be so shocked when they restate the countries fake GDP numbers only to find out they have moved down the GDP by Country list 3 or 4 notches over the last decade.

    3. If they are paying that much ( doubtful since that is more than in a decent apt in San Martin) it only shows how out of whack your currency/economy has become. It is shaping up for a huge economic collapse. I hope you have stocked up on Sugar and laundry detergent.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • darragh

    #3

    If they are that wealthy why would they live in such shiteholes!!!

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    6. Wart is a little slow on the uptake. You can rent an apt in Barrio Norte for U$300/mo and it has running water!
    And you can buy a condo in most parts of BA for less than U$1000 sqm.

    He doesn't understand that anyone of us can to to Topinmobiliario.com to refute what he is saying.

    BTW those asking prices are super over inflated nobody is buying property in BA and prices are dropping like a rock.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “Let’s stop pretending that a shanty town in London is a big surprise
    The insanitary squats full of poor immigrants are the price of globalisation.”
    It seems it happens in BA and in some other parts of the world, including London and of course the whole USA
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10148597/Lets-stop-pretending-that-a-shanty-town-in-London-is-a-big-surprise.html
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10148597/Lets-stop-pretending-that-a-shanty-town-in-London-is-a-big-surprise.html

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • pgerman

    During my last visit to Buenos Aires I was shocked when, walking along 9 de Julio Avenue, I saw to the river. All I could see was an extremely large shanty town that covered all the lowest part of Buenos Aires. I remember being surprised by its size and also by the contrast between the beauty of the French Embassy in the foreground and the shanty town in the background.

    To be fair in this shanty town 70% of the people living there are inmigrants that arrived Argentina atracted by the promises and subsidizes of CFK Government.

    Argentina must be the only country in the World that subsidises poor inmigrants..as if the country needs more poor people.

    We must find the explanation of this attitude in the book The Capital written by Carl Marx where he wrote that “the capital needs an army of poor people ready to work almost for free”.

    This is the true face of the peronism. Expoliation of people with “human face” and nice speeches.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    8. Do you read the links you post? The NYT link is from 2009, the height of our recession! We don't have slums like you do in Latin America. They are shocking to N. Americans.
    Your whataboutery is getting tiring.
    Are you too stupid to argue logically?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    @9.
    agree with you.
    anyway it is a common problem in several big cities.
    argentina could receive a good number of immigrants, the problem is that nobody wants to move to the rural areas.
    evidently there is a problem of planification, lack of infrastructure, wrong immigration policies, etc.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    There are plenty of Rgs living in the slums. To blame immigrants is taking the easy way out.
    We've fixed this problem long ago in civilized societies so there is no reason they can't do the same in the 3rd world. It's not just about having the $ it is having the will.
    They have the same problem in Brazil, it will never be considered a legitimate country until it tackles these types of problems.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    @10
    2009? do you live in the u.s.? probably you are jailed and you cant see what happens in your country? or you are just plain stupid?

    “Saturday, August 3, 2013
    Obamavilles continue to sprout up in America”
    http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2013/08/obamavilles-continue-to-sprout-up-in.html

    “Wasting Away in an Obamaville
    October 23, 2013”
    http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2013/08/obamavilles-continue-to-sprout-up-in.html

    “Seattle’s tent cities are a local reflection of global slum housing crisis
    by Ray Lumpp · March 27, 2013”
    http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2013/08/obamavilles-continue-to-sprout-up-in.html

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    You are just silly. Read the articles, actually read them and the headlines and you'll understand why I think you are an idiot.
    Let me give you one quote:
    “Tent cities are Americans’ de facto waiting room for affordable and accessible housing,” said Neil Donovan, executive director for the National Coalition for the Homeless

    In most cases.these types of transient communities are cleared out as soon as they authorities are aware of them.
    I've never seen one in my life.
    Now I can walk by Retiro and see it AND IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 50 YRS!

    Totally different and more whataboutery

    Do you have ADD or are you retarded?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 12:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • pgerman

    @14

    Villa 31 and 31-BIS have been there since ever. The issue is their size. In any country that grows these areas must be desapearing instead of growing. All the shanty twons grew a lot during the last decade so I really doubt that Argentina grw at “chinese rates”.

    In addition, let me clarify that I'm not blaming inmigrnats, I'm just describing facts. Poor people do whatever they can to survive.

    I just cannot see the point of subsidizing poverished inmigrants with large number of kids. What for? just to have poor people to take advantage of them..

    I also do not believe Argentina needs a larger population. Canada has 35 million people and Australia 25 million (rough figures) so Argentina (a country with plenty of similarities) would not need more inhabitants. The need for large population is another flase and fascist concept of the peronisim.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ManRod

    “a decade of sustained growth at almost Chinese rates”

    a decade of sustained growth at almost Chinease rates (9%) is worth nothing, when you have a decade of sustained growth of inflation of anually 25%, which more then neutralizes economic growth into a negative tendence.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    14
    did you read the articles you moron?

    “MY9NJ.com is reporting on the latest tent city - or Obamaville - in the Garden State of New Jersey. A community of perhaps a hundred in Camden. The more or less permanent residents are mostly down-and-outers. Drug addicts and the mentally ill, along with the ”new poor“ of once self-supporting people who have lost their jobs, run out of unemployment insurance, and don't qualify for the government's support system mainly because they don't have minor children. ”

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Yankeeboy, pgerman,

    These Trolls, Wart-boy and Mr Furious Paul, are comparing a few temporary tent settlements of a hundred people to a permanent “non-formal” city community or shanty town slum.

    The city of BA has a department for co-ordinating services with the “Misery Village” governing body - they are there for the long haul - forever.

    Now CFK wants to move her government out of BA.
    Is it because the slums are growing, and protests mounting, as her economy and control teeters?

    Unlike Mr Furious Paul, and Warty, I travel a lot in the US and Canada.
    Contrary to what they might believe and what they want others to believe, there are no “Misery Villages” in US cities like there are in BA and other LATAM cities.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Yeah I know.
    But they have to have their Whataboutery or what else is there?
    Just the K lies they must keep up.

    And PC ( Toby)you may want to look at the source of your “news” also, not what I would call balanced they look to be written with an agenda.
    Stay away from web sites that are titled “Progressive” “The Working People News” they don't really support you very well.

    Again, I have never seen any tent community, not once in the USA. But you can't miss them in BA. Downtown BA, surrounding the “best” train Station near the “wealthy” areas.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • pgerman

    There is not shanty towns in neither in USA nor in Canada such as the ones in Latam countries. This is quite clear.

    Anyway, the first time I visited Chicago, almost 15 years ago, I still don't know how I finished in such a neighborhood (in the South) that was so frightening that all I wanted is be out of it. Believe, me that I was more than surprise (and scared) to find a place like this in USA.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    20. But the internet told Toby we had them!
    Whaaa Whaaa

    The Rg gov't is warning people not to speculate with Tomatoes!
    OMG I can't stop laughing.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ElaineB

    Didn't the K's give 3 million of those poor immigrants the right to stay and the vote? These Bolivarian leaders need the poor to keep them in power so they are never going to allow them to get wealthy and independent.

    The K's also started a building program that was supposed to provide affordable housing for the poor. The money was stolen.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @8 About 640 “villas” in suburban Buenos Aires. Around 690,000 people. Doubtful if anywhere in the WORLD could match that for ONE city. “Villas miseria are found around and inside the large cities of Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba and Mendoza, among others.” So BA isn't the only one. How about 2,500? 2,695,312 people? How does that equate with U.S. “tent villages” of one or two hundred people?
    For as long as you deny the FACTS of the “country” you live in, nothing will improve. But where does La Campora and Quebracho recruit from? So you wouldn't really want to get rid of the villas, would you?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    no shanty towns in the u.s.?
    is detroit in the u.s.?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Nope not even in Detroit city. There's a big difference between Detroit City and the suburbs. Plus there are parts of Detroit that are spectacular like Palmer Woods or Indian Village. I think it is an amazing time to invest in RE in the city. I doubt prices could get much lower. From what I understand there are lots of Int'l $ buying in the city now.
    Detroit is the closest example to a Latam city we have in the USA.
    But its still better than anything there.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    well, you don't understand too much about anything.
    and how much can you invest?
    50 bucks?
    is that enough for a new tent?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 02:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Ohhhhh titti boi tobi.....we all though your momma took you on vacation.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    I don't understand much? I used to live in the suburbs of Detroit. I know the area very well.
    Again, I never saw a slum or tent village there or anywhere in the USA.
    Unless it was a campground but that's legal.
    I am sure a decent tent costs more than U$50 tho.
    I would have no idea. I don't camp.

    Toby you're obviously off your meds again.
    Ask Cfk for some lithium.

    Have you cornered the Tomato market yet?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    no doubts this problem got worse during cfk administration.
    bonafini and schoklender, whose antecedents in construction were zero, were the ones in charge of one of the biggest social housing programs .
    the result was that those 2 crooks along with some others did not even finished 1/2 of the program.
    anyway, even if they would have finished it, many people still prefer to live in a shanty town but close to their work places.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Oh BTW Toby since we've had this discussion before, the place where I get my hair cut just hired a nice Rg man to sweep up the hair. His name is Juan Pablo and he's in his 30s I guess.
    From what I understand he is very grateful to be in the USA.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • darragh

    29

    Are you completely bonkers!! 'many people still prefer to live in a shanty town but close to their work places'.
    Are you seriously telling me that people would prefer to live in a rat-infested shitehole because it's near to where they work - you are barking!

    The reason they live in the shantytowns is because they haven't got any choice i.e. NO MONEY, NO JOB, NO HOPE!!

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    Comment removed by the editor.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    I am interested in his plight. I am pro working immigrants. He was probably a doctor or something in your country.
    You do realize the slums near retiro have raw sewage running in the streets right?
    Nobody would live there if they had a choice.
    Plus even the police are afraid to go there. The people throw rocks at them!

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Welsh Wizard

    @29 What you say is very true. I've spoken to poor people over in england and they always tell me that they would much prefer to live in a damp, run-down poorly heated council flat than a nice house a bit further away from work.

    They also tell me that they like being poor as well

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

    Enjoy.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Paul Cedron

    You have no credibility.

    Yankee has obviously lived in BA and the US, amongst other places.
    He answers logically with facts and politeness, even when treated rudely.

    You, on the other hand, are a laughing stock.
    You can't argue, you are too lazy to examine your links beyond the headlines, and you believe everything you want to hear.
    Your partisan links focusing on off-topic rants about the English are farcical. Many are from hundreds if years ago, and the others are at best controversial, or just modern myths swallowed by the gullible.
    Like the Boer War, which was started when the Afrikaaners attacked the small British colony of Capetown. The Brits (Uitlanders) had dared to protest about their poor working conditions, and gasp! high taxation without representation!
    I might add that the Boers tended to use the White Flag incorrectly ( A lot in common with Argentina in the Falklands).
    What you call a “Concentration Camp” was an attempt to house and protect displaced women and children on the veldt. These good intentions were hampered by Boers disrupting delivery of food and supplies, and Boer practicing of 'home remedies' to treat disease such as bloody poultices from freshly slaughtered animals that were applied to the chest. Others included applying lice to victims bodies.
    This is just an illustration. I could go on to refute the rest of the crap you ladle out, but these articles are NOT about British 'crimes', that's way off-topic. They're about the governments and societies in South America.

    Usually you are the antagonist who initiates conflict and you resort to personal insults when you have no argument.

    You know nothing about outside of Argentina, except what you have been indoctrinated with.

    You're a true Nationslist, and while there are people like you, CFK will continue her thieving of your people, and embarrassing your nation.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    33. at least we send doctors to yankeeland. the us on the other hand just send crooks, fatty disgusting tourists and imbeciles like you.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • MagnusMaster

    @31 “Are you seriously telling me that people would prefer to live in a rat-infested shitehole because it's near to where they work - you are barking!”

    No, seriously, some people in shanty towns don't want to move because they don't want to live far away from work. Maybe they would lose their jobs if they moved out. Remember, public transportation in Argentina is a mess.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 06:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Troy who do you think the red pissant pauly is? How many do you know that have no logical argumentative defense and are factless so that that resort to slinging insults and name calling?

    errrrrr.........sorry ....my bad.....all the trolls.

    Nevermind

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    38. you are right, public transportation is a mess.
    besides that, 50% of the population of shanty towns are illegal immigrants from the neighbour countries and they cannot apply for a social housing program.
    not to mention that those programs are some kind of bad joke too.

    1.4 million children in England live in bad housing. [3]
    In 2008/09, 654,000 households in England were overcrowded. [4]
    In 2009 the number of repossessions rose to 48,000 from 25,900 in 2007, and it is predicted that repossessions will remain high in the coming years. [5]
    7.4 million homes in England fail to meet the Government's Decent Homes Standard. [6]
    The UK is now more polarised by housing wealth than at any time since the Victorian era.
    In 2009/10, more than 62,000 households were found to be homeless by local authorities. [7]
    At the end of September 2010, 49,000 households were living in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities. Just over 38,000 of these households had dependent children. [8]

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • St.John

    @ 3 wart-on-the-behind

    Glad to see that you are feeling comfortable in your padded cell.

    Do the little blue monsters still come out of the wall and suck your blood? or does your medication suppress them?

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 06:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    40 Pee-Cee

    Meanwhile, back on topic...

    The Catholic Church of Argentina, who work with the poor, estimate that 27% of Argentinians live in poverty - 11 MILLION PEOPLE.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 06:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    40. Where did you pull those gems of data from? Another Lefty web site? You've obviously have never been to the USA or UK.
    Have you ever left Argentina?

    Can you debate a topic without whataboutery?

    It doesn't appear so...

    FYI BA just had the worst property sale month in a decade.
    Real Estate is one of the main drivers of an economy.
    Your economy is in free fall
    I hope you are prepared
    Buy sugar and laundry detergent

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    We should really find out where pauly lives but chances are, in true troll form he/she cannot divulge that information. Have you noticed the footnote sequencing in his #40 post? He merely copied and pasted.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    40 Pee Cee

    If indeed, illegal immigrants are the 'problem', whose fault is that??

    It seems that Argentines and authorities are turning a blind eye to illegal immigration - a source of nice cheap labour that does not vote or collect government services!

    LOL , - it's always somebody else that you blame

    :-)

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    45 trolo tempest
    “whose fault is that??”
    govt´s fault
    “It seems that Argentines and authorities are turning a blind eye to illegal immigration”
    you re right

    the difference is that we argentinians (70% according to the last elections) know that our govt are a bunch of thieves, crooks, thugs, and all you want.
    while the british or some imbecile americans think their govts (cameron and obama LOL) are like heroes.
    by the way, the other good thing of argentina is that illegal immigrants are not considered criminals and jailed like in the us and the uk.
    you americans and britons should jail obama and cameron instead of those poor immigrants you hate so much.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    ”he difference is that we argentinians (70% according to the last elections) know that our govt are a bunch of thieves, crooks, thugs, and all you want.
    while the british or some imbecile americans think their govts (cameron and obama LOL) are like heroes.”

    Asshole Argentine......try this in one move......take your dick out of your ear so you can clear your thoughts. WTF do you have against FACTS? For starters....when you get your dick out of your ear..........show us people for the free world........at least one post of those you argue with who have stated Obama is a hero?
    What makes your a red assed baboon is you have never been outside Mendoza and off your mommas nipple tobi. Give your mom a break.....her nipples are chaffing .....good God boi!
    You talk like a fool with a paper asshole and are as sensible as a pisshole in a snowbank.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    47
    the britarded got nervous...scary...
    and he knows a lot of dirty words....
    and writes in capital letters...

    lol. what a loser.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Poppy

    I really don't think its Toby, though the timing was right.

    Nostrils at least was imaginative, this guy is an unthinking indoctrinated parrot.

    “Mr. Furious” PC has some overwhelming anger issues and a personal axe to grind with the English, specifically.

    Nostrils seemed more interested in proving he was more 'clever' than anyone else.

    Hey, I might be wrong, but PC seems to be a real step down from a Troll of ”Nostril's calibre.

    And that's low.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    49
    it seems you are investing your valuable (lol) time in doing an investigation.

    ha. pathetic

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Now that you mention it..........perhaps suzzie with well controlled meds? Of stupid stevie coming back.......he did lose it and have a meltdown. These poor, nationalistic fools.........if they only saw a little of the world.

    However......there are certain things that resemble the titti tobi boi

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    51
    get a job
    aspiring detective

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    50 PC

    “Investigating”? No, that's an English word and you don't seem to know what it means.

    However, I HAVE wasted my time responding to your childish ranting.
    It's obvious to most of us here that you don't even read the links you post, let alone understand them.

    What IS pathetic, is your wilfully-blind view of the world.
    Tragic is a better word, but you will never know better.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    ”in·ves·ti·gate (n-vst-gt)
    v. in·ves·ti·gat·ed, in·ves·ti·gat·ing, in·ves·ti·gates
    v.tr.
    To observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically.
    v.intr.
    To make a detailed inquiry or systematic examination.”

    it is the english for investigar
    means exactly the same.
    go back to shool trolo

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    50 PC

    ”49
    it seems you are investing your valuable (lol) time in doing an investigation.”

    LOL, methinks you flatter yourself.

    This is my Subjective Opinion.

    I can tell you, I spent no time at all pondering whether you are an idiot or not.

    :-D

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Paul I am sorry but your happiness seems to have been very short lived.
    The peso is back to $10.8/ 1U$
    Hows Necochea?
    When I went there the water had oil floating on it and on the beach plus there was a weird smell.
    Not too pleasant so I didn't stay long.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 10:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “When I went there the water had oil floating on it and on the beach plus there was a weird smell.”

    the floating oil is because of the british companies that are exploring oil in southern argentina.
    you know they are famous for provoking those environmental disasters, like in deepwater horizon.

    and the smell, well, is beacuse of you, smelly fatty yank.
    less junk food, smelly

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Yeah okay blame someone else.

    You know its not my fault your life is ruined.

    You can always come here and sweep hair like your compatriot Juan Pablo he seemed really happy.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    56 Yankeeboy

    My son was telling me yesterday, that he was reading about a North Korean propaganda video they show to their own people, depicting life in America.

    They show photos of a couple of tent cities, a few Disaster Response scenes, and desolate winter landscapes. They claim that is how the majority of people in the US live, except for the government elite.
    Pictures of weapons are shown, “ these weapons are used by the people, fighting each other for food”. A denuded tree is shown, “ note there are no birds in the tree. The people have eaten them.”
    A modest US home is shown with storm or hurricane damage which leaves a gaping hole in the roof, “ this man cannot earn enough money to maintain his home, it is ruined from neglect”.

    Quaint fictions for the indoctrinated.

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    58
    you are obsessed with juan pablo.
    don't you have a wife, family, kids?
    no?
    so sad

    Jan 09th, 2014 - 11:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Yeah they start the indoctrinated of the poor in Argentina at an early age too.
    It is sad.
    When I bring Rgs friends up to visit and go to NYC they are amazed and all they can say is ”they (rgs) have no idea!”

    Funny thing is I brought a friend to DC and the first thing he wanted to see was where Wonder Woman worked. Hahahaha

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 12:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “Funny thing is I brought a friend to DC and the first thing he wanted to see was where Wonder Woman worked. Hahahaha”

    you have the kind of friends you deserve then.
    same iq.

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    Well for what it's worth, this story kicks the living shit out of the slogan, “A decade won.” Which I believe is the current Argentine Governments position.

    I guess it all comes down to what parameters you judge success by, all a matter for the Argentine people, in my humble opinion.

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 12:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Klingon

    Maybe they should install the Norwegian government. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/norway-everyone-now-millionaire-thanks-oil-2D11884040

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 12:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    #52 cumcatcher....you tell me to get a job......am I out of one? Better yet.......what do I do raincoat?

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 01:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    65
    the retard knows a lot of dirty words... impresionante.
    the only thing you can do. jerk off

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 02:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    poor little raincoat.....what.....you ran around here posting nothing but insults and you can't take it in return?

    poor little raincoat........mommy not feeding you lately? I bet you can find some suckling on Florida Ave.

    Wanna make some money? But some orange futures.

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Yeah and he is considered one of the smart Rgs!
    Go figure

    In the USA we have a saying :

    Thst person is not very smart and does not know enough to come in out of the rain.

    Maybe you should start saying that in Argentina.
    What, too soon?

    Jan 10th, 2014 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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