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Falklands' GDP 'volatile' because of fisheries and oil and gas exploration
Recently released data shows that the Falkland Islands Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to be volatile: expanding considerably during some years and shrinking in others. For example, 2012, a year of intense hydrocarbons activity the per capita for a population of 2.562, in the books soared to £77.400. Read full article
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Sep 05th, 2014 - 03:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0“ It is expected that the overall GDP figure has decreased significantly for 2013 as there was no oil and gas exploration drilling”
Good news
“Soros signals Argentina’s shale is biggest place to be”
“Per capita gross domestic product is based on a population of 2.562 persons and is £77.400 for 2012.”
Sep 05th, 2014 - 03:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0bla bla. and yet they do not have a ct scanner, a magnetic resonator, a proper school, a proper hospital, a university and they continue to live at the expense of the honest british taxpayer.
not by chance they have 1 in 5 of their population living under the poverty line.
parasites.
Volatility requires both ups and downs Morecrap - whereas Argentina only has downs.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 04:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0And they are totally self-financing paulcedron - no cost to the British taxpayer other than their defence which works out at half of one percent of the defence budget whilst providing some excellent training grounds.
Looking at Argentina's financial future, perhaps the Islanders will make BA an offer? You'd be better run for sure :-)
Poor Marcos and Paul.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 06:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0They try. Bless 'em.
Whoops, there's that CT scanner again!
Sep 05th, 2014 - 07:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0A university for a population of only 3000 - when they can be taught for free at some of the best universities in the world? And in the UK each health trust serves a third of a million people and most get by with 1 MRI and 1 CT, so what would the islanders do with such rarely used equipment the other 99% of the time? Why do you hate them so much?
Sep 05th, 2014 - 07:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0once again the same old comments about CT scanners etc, but they fail to mention that the falklands have an economy, unlike argentina.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 07:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0People around the world know they can invest and trade with the falklands on a fair level without risk of being ripped off unlike argentina.
In fact, the falklands is a nice place to live or visit, unlike some areas full of burning tires and people begging for money
Well I suppose going from $55,000.00 in 2002 to $123,000.00 per capita in 2012 is volatile, so they went from 9th best GDP per capita in the world to 1st according to the data available.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0And Argentinas GDP was....
http://knoema.com/sijweyg/gdp-per-capita-ranking-2013-data-and-charts
I think volatile in this instance means they are jumping up and down the top ten GDP per capita in the world, how terrible. Small populations will obviously be more prone to volatility, as a large investment in one year can spike their income, it's not that difficult to comprehend.
Paul and Marco, hay ho, what it must be like to have the problems of the Falklanders with their volatile GDP. I am sure they would rather have Argentinas steadily under achieving and collapsing economy, and $11,700.00 GDP.
Jog on, numpties.
Don't you think the comments at 1 & 2 sound so desperate? They really want to believe that *insert name of any country* must be a worse place to live than Argentina.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0On that digression concerning the CT scanner: a British invention, yet again.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0@8
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0You make it a decent comparison, let's try in £ Sterling. US$ 11.700.00 is equal to £ Sterling 7.180. Christ my state pension is more than that and I pay tax on it.
Soros signals Argentina’s shale is biggest place to be”
Sep 05th, 2014 - 09:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0decades away--
and that is hoping...lol
soros is probably buying some almost junk stock and sending messages hoping to get more than a couple of peso's for it
Sep 05th, 2014 - 09:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Buy low, sell high and stand back when it goes into melt down.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 09:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0@2 Paul
Sep 05th, 2014 - 09:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Really mate your rants are stating to look pretty pathetic. We have a proper school (with GCSE pass rates higher than most countries). We have a better hospital than most communities our size. Again what would be the point of a Uni in a community of 3000 when government pay for students (of all ages) to go to their Uni of choice with the added bonus of getting to see the larger world and where did you get the figure of 20% living below the poverty line?
I'm not really expecting a serious reply from Paul I have to admit.
In towns of 3000 people in Argentina even a couple hours outside of BA (or any of the larger cities) they probably don't have running water, a sewer system, dirt roads, they may not have a school unless foreigners pay for it nor a hospital unless foreigners pay for it.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Paul has no idea what he's talking about.
FYI most of the “new” “fancy” Arg public hospital equipment is old stuff donated from the USA.
Congratulations to the Falklanders, this is really an incredible accomplishment and it looks like you're setting yourselves up to be one of the wealthiest communities for many future generations!
I wonder what a “magnetic resonator” is?
Sep 05th, 2014 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ha, ha, ha.
Polly is ALWAYS good for a laugh.
Ups, downs, followed by more ups. The two twats are just jealous that they only get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmML62x1Oo
News Flash!
Sep 05th, 2014 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Giant Dinosaur spotted in Chubut!
Gosh! They have discovered at last!
How long until they spot the old bird with the turkey neck?
28. They're not looking on the right continent for that animal.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 12:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ElaineB, I totally agree with you. These two misguided fools are so used to the arrogance of the older generation they are struggling with the new reality. Therefore they attempt to belittle others in order to boost their own fragile egos.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I would like to point out to them that the Falkland Islands doesn't have an illegal trade in 'blue' ££s. No developed nation has more than one exchange rate. Only poor and damaged countries do. Venezuela currently has four exchange rates. Three official and one black market. Perhaps that is the future of Argentina.? I can't ever envision such a state of affairs in the Falkland Islands.
That is all that needs to be said on the subject of the Economy.
@1, 2. Every country has ups and downs. It's normal. Argieland only has downs. 40% inflation. Negative growth. Everybody hates argieland. Massive “energy” imports. Billions in debts. So many disputes. Legally and in the WTO. There is no alternative. Argieland must be destroyed!
Sep 05th, 2014 - 12:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income. Trussell Trust foodbanks provide a minimum of three days emergency food and support to people experiencing crisis in the UK.”
Sep 05th, 2014 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the parasites...i mean the islanders are partly responsible for that.
you lot should show a lot more gratitude with the honest british taxpayer.
at least rename a street (do you have streets there?) in their honour.
Haha! What a stupid comment paul-carrion. It has been shown to you many times that the Falkland Islands are self sufficient with the exception of Defence. Argentina receives Aid from the UK, not the Falklands.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Embarrassing isn't it?
Quick question. Why does Argentina have a parallel exchange rate?
Do you actually know why?
22. You might want to look at the 3 day queue of 10,000 people begging to get their Nat gas bill reduced in BA.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 01:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Its only going to get worse as the Intl companies pull out.
@22
Sep 05th, 2014 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The only thing that Britian spends on the Falklands is defence which wouldn't be needed if it wasn't for our pathetic neighbours.
I really need to stop responding to Paul I suppose, I that his moronic statements are just there to wind people up but hey ho feeding the trolls is fun sometimes, sort of a digital version of watching monkeys at the zoo.
There are individual words to describe the anti-Falklands comments:
Sep 05th, 2014 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Jealousy
Rage
Denial
Stupidity
We could play a new game; I call itFI Bingo.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 01:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Everytime there is an article on The Falkland Islands you get to cross off one of the following...
ct scanner
magnetic resonator
school
hospital
university
expense of british taxpayer
parasite
sheep
penguins
wind
grass
--------
First one to get a 'Full House' wins a NATO nuclear base in the secret location of their choice!
Who wants to play?
mrs ilsen
Sep 05th, 2014 - 01:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0good one
you forgot:
sheep droppings
penguins guano
inexistence of trees
shacks
and most important, widespread ignorance
@28
Sep 05th, 2014 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not many trees in LAS PAMPAS either.
ha ha!
Sep 05th, 2014 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Troll-Bait Bingo!
It works!
Is Paulio listing the contents of his head?
Sep 05th, 2014 - 02:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Probably. He is not sophisticated enough to realise that my original FI Bingo comment was a critique aimed squarely at Argie trolls like him.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0still think it would be a fun game tho!
:)
Cristina can ONLY rant, complain, blame, cry, bitch, threaten, extort, intimidate, steal, yell, bribe, lie and scream, but the mad cow can't physically do anything else because the Falklands populace are defended by a thousand well trained and equipped troops permanently based on the islands. They have four Typhoon jets with anti-aircraft and artillery batteries. One Navy destroyer, one patrol ship, one fleet tanker, one ice patrol ship and only one nuclear poowered submarine.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 03:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina’s badly demoralized, poorly trained and inadequately collection of Army conscripts are supported by a junkyard of barely operable air-force of Super Etendard fighters, a few dodgy flyable Mirage III/ V/ “Nesher” fighters (originally bought second-hand from Israel and Peru) and badly deteriorated less than a handful A-4R Skyhawk death traps complimented by Argentina's barely floatable rusting collection of what's called a navy.
@33
Sep 05th, 2014 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0nice summary.
So the staus quo remains. The Falklands will remain British for as long as the Islanders wish.
Everything else is just bullshit.
OK, do I have this rant straight?
Sep 05th, 2014 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Every year they're much richer than the citizenry of rotting roadkill.
Correct?
Some years they are even much, much more wealthy than the citizens of rotting roadkill.
And this is a problem, how?
I am still waiting for paul-carrion to explain why Argentina has a parallel exchange-rate on the dollar and the FIs do not.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 06:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It would be very interesting to get his point of view on this.
I feel sorry for paulcedron, he clearly has no job in his beloved Argentina so spends his time in his mothers basement, (or outside a shanty in some slum in B.A) trolling people on Mercopress. Bravo sir, we may not have trees, got that right, but we do have roads, some named after British explorers and other people of note, I'll be sure to inform the UK, sure they will be ever so pleased. Also, there is no poverty here, people don't live in shacks, peoples houses here are quite nice actually, not paid for by the UK i will add.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 06:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brian, everybody on here including paulcedron knows that the FI are self-sufficient with the exception of Defence. It is just standard troll behaviour as they lack both imagination and education.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually, the “poor” residents described by #28 has to be the guest workers from Chile and the lower ranked enlisted military. If you were to use that average salary level, over what? ...85-90%...I'm guessing in Argentina would be considered far below the poverty level.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As far as “shacks” you mention? The ONLY criticism I could imagine from anyone is that they're a bit too tidy and clean for folks like Paulcedron...
37 nabo
Sep 05th, 2014 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“I feel sorry for paulcedron, he clearly has no job in his beloved Argentina so spends his time in his mothers basement,”
“Psychological Projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others.”
Paul used to work in the construction industry but Argentina doesn't have one any longer.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 07:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think its been 30 straight months of decline. I don't even know how that is possible.
and its going to get even worse.
#37 Brian FI
Sep 05th, 2014 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Now let's be fair, maybe our La Campora genius, Paulcedron, has a much higher standard of living than the majority of the Falkland Islanders and lives in a penthouse located in Recoleta instead?
Sounds like Paulcedron got a bit defensive in post #40....
mrs ilsen
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0how am I going to explain the double exchange rate to an uneducated kelper like you, you wont understand. At school in Rio Gallego we were taught how to do complexed math from a young age so we have no problems dealing with daily inflation adjustments and parallel exchange rates. This would be too much for simple islet dweller like you.
In Rio Gallego we have ct scanner, a magnetic resonator, a proper school, a proper hospital, a university (one of the best in southern Patagonia) none of it is paid for by the honest british tax payer. Just check out the high achievement of the academics across the sea from the islets and you will see why the kelpers will be better joining Argentina.
lol at paul, sad.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ahh I get it now, Paul is from the ULTRA K corrupted province of Santa Cruz.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Makes all the sense in the world.
Jealous much Paul?
“...we have no problems dealing with daily inflation adjustments and parallel exchange rates...”
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Third world problems.
If someone wants to stay very close and study in a Spanish speaking university* I would strongly suggest considering UMAG in Punta Arenas, where they have very nice hospital, the Clínico Magallanes which has both a modern FUNCTIONING cat scanner and MRI...** As far as high quality private medical care, Brazil and Chile are extremely good choices. The Clinica Alemana in Santiago is rated 2nd in Latin America with the Einstein in SP 1st. (Don't ask about Argentina or you'll get depressed.)
Sep 05th, 2014 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In any case, who would be so stupid not to take an opportunity of a life time and study at Oxford or one of the other great schools there?
*(The Catholic University in Santiago is the highest rated university in Latin America. Don't embarrass yourself where your top university is rated...)
**(Paulcedron, call the hospital there and ask when you can get an appointment for either equipment.)
@46
Sep 05th, 2014 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Quite right you are Sir!
@ 43
As is well documented, I am not a 'kelper'. If I was, I would be very proud to say so. Again you have avoided the question. Normal, proper nations do not have a black-market in dollar exchange rates, Argentina does, the Falkland Islands do not.
You bleat on about your supposedly fantastic education, yet you still fail to answer the question.
You say I will not understand. Try me. I am open to learning.
Fact 1. The Falklander people do not carry out crimminal acts of dealing £/Euros/$ on the street. (This is illegal in Argentina, is it not?)
Fact 2. There is obviously criminal activity on a daily basis regarding exchange rates in Argentina.
I asked you Why the difference.
Don't diseminate. Just answer the question.
:-)
Paulcedron
Sep 05th, 2014 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0FI children are taught about currency exchange when they have an opportunity to travel to Europe and/or Chile. Pounds, Euros, Dollars and Chilean Pesos are familiar to almost all the island residents as visitors exchange them all the time.
FI school curriculum focuses their students in learning how to trust their government authorities. Argentine students on the other hand learn quickly to completely distrust their police, judges, politicians and most importantly their national economic policy.
By the way, give the HOSPITAL REGIONAL RIO GALLEGOS a call and ask about if the equipment is functioning.
Teléfono: (2966)-425411 / 420641
Is Paulcedron one of the many faces of Smeagol? Or is he just a kindred goon?
Sep 05th, 2014 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Paulcedron, the Yankees are not your Amigos and we do not salute you.
Surely, just like the children of Chile and other places, the children of the Falkand Islands are free, e from the shit that is currently Argentina.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 10:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That is the legacy of the 255.
“Drinking water supply and sanitation in Argentina is characterized by relatively low tariffs, mostly reasonable service quality, low levels of metering and high levels of consumption for those with access to services. At the same time, according to the WHO, 21% of the total population remains without access to house connections and 52% of the urban population do not have access to sewerage.”
Sep 05th, 2014 - 10:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0REPEAT: 21% of the total population remains without access to house connections and 52% of the urban population do not have access to sewerage
Ok, this data is from 2012, has it improved drastically?
and this
”Argentina has achieved very high levels of access to an improved water source in urban areas (98%), using a broad definition of access. However, coverage using a narrower definition of access (piped on premises) is much lower at 83%, since many users still only have access through public standpipes. Also, access in rural areas remains relatively low for a country of Argentina’s level of development (80% using improved water supply, 45% for water piped on premises). Access to improved sanitation including septic tanks and improved latrines, is 91% in urban centers while in rural areas, coverage is 77%. However, access to sewerage is only 44%.”
access to sewerage is only 44%.
??????????
WTF???
urgghhh!!!!!!!!!
Sounds a bit shit to me!
I would much prefer to live in FI.
53. In the slums near Retiro in downtown BA, not sure of the name. there's raw sewage running into the streets because the “houses” aren't connected to the sewage system.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 11:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The difference between what Argentinians think they are and what they really are is pretty great.
The only ones who think they are 1st world are the ones who've never been outside of South America.
Only third-world countries need a parallel dollar exchange rate in order to understand what their currency is really worth, not what their lying government says it is worth.
Sep 05th, 2014 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They you go paulitto-carrion, I have answered the question for you.
Another reason to thank the Brits.
You really should pay us a consultancy fee to sort out your crappy country.
C.O.D. obviously. I wouldn't send an invoice. Your non-payment of bills is notorious!
Hope your are learning Chinese. Have fun working those paddy-fields....
Paulcedron,
Sep 05th, 2014 - 11:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Did you call your hospital in Rio Gallegos. The machines have to be highly serviced on a regular basis. Seems yours and many of the other regional hospitals throughout Argentina have had difficulties in importing parts from Siemens and General Electric. Could be also the reason that a country of 40 million people no longer has a hospital within the top ranked 10. (Brazil has 3, Chile 2, Columbia 3)
Your university rankings reflect the same scenario. Top ten airlines in Latin America? Nope. Top ten best economies in Latin America? Nope. One of the best airports in Latin America? Nope!
There are some good things your country qualifies to be in the top ten Latin American countries. One of the best asados. One of the best national dances. One of the best wines. One of the best pears. Oh yes, you qualify with polo and football players.
You do win within the top ten in several desirable categories:
Most corrupt, lowest credit ranking, highest level of corruption, worst central bank, least desirable currency, worst country to do business, worst air-force, worst navy, worst army, most corrupt police force, worst politicians.
Most dishonest culture in Latin America. (Perhaps in the world.)
i know none of you are too bright and it seems the security of this 4th class website is a joke, but that paulcedron of #43 is not me.
Sep 06th, 2014 - 12:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0first, i would never, ever write “Rio Gallego”.
clearly the troll must be a british wannabe, the poor nabo thought Rio: singular, then Gallego: singular too.
second, luckily i am not from rio gallegos, but from shanishidro.
third, how can you bunch of ignorants dare to compare buenos aires with those islets of that joke of santiago de chilote?
nope, no way
haha! Superb! Now Lady Paulina of Brit-Supplicantishire is denying her own posts! Just look at the language and sentence construction!
Sep 06th, 2014 - 12:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Massive Fail paulie!
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
heheee!
look at this;
“the poor nabo thought Rio: singular, then Gallego: singular too.”
then he writes
“luckily i am not from rio gallegos”
haha! rio singular again!
Can't answer a question.
Why does Argentina have a parallel dollar exchange rate and the FI does not?
Simple question.
Answer it.
If you can.
Here is another, did you take your new French girlfriend turd-surfing with you?
Was she impressed ?
haha!
One more, if #43 is not you, how do we know that #56 is truly you?
My new puppy dog is as equally entertaining yet more intelligent.
:-)
57
Sep 06th, 2014 - 01:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0i already ask you, but again, you are not too bright, are you?
the correct name is RIO GALLEGOS, (Rio = singular and Gallegos is a surname and also a gentilic in PLURAL, understood now you nabo?)
and why does Argentina have a parallel dollar exchange rate ?
again, you are not too bright, no?
why do you think?
the govt banned the free exchange of currency in 2011, then you have a parallel dollar, you genius.
“My new puppy dog is as equally entertaining yet more intelligent.”
of course your new puppy dog is a lot more intelligent than you.
that´s for sure, you genius, LOL.
Who cares only for the Falklands are Argentine. Why?
Sep 06th, 2014 - 01:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Some doubt that the Malvinas/Falklands are Argentine?
#58
Sep 06th, 2014 - 01:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Uh, whom ever you are? You could show sincerity and answer some reasonable questions.
Do you realize that you and your fellow countrymen are being robbed from your own government?
Do you realize that when a government that constantly complains about other nations are probably the cause of their own problems? It's an old story, deflecting a nation's problems upon others to disguise their own economic and political mismanagement?
Ther are many examples: Spain attacks England. England attacks Russia. America attacks Spain, Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia, Germany attacks Poland and Argentina attacks the UK via the Falklands Islands...
Now, the republic is being attacked by the international Zionist Capitalist Eurocentric vultures mafia. Time for your brave beloved Saint Cristina has decided to make a stand and defeat these (pick your label) barbarians...
By the way, wherever you actually live, call you local hospital and ask about the condition of the MRI and Cat Scan equipment... Argentina is going the way of Venezuela where even the Cuban doctors are complaining... Wake up Paulcedron, your country is dying.
@58
Sep 06th, 2014 - 01:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0so you admit that
a) you are the same poster
b) Argentina is a worse nation than the FI because your population has no faith in their own currency?
c) My new puppy dog is as equally entertaining yet more intelligent, than you, because you are obviously too stupid to understand my subtle humour.
d) any more turd-surfing with your imaginary French girlfrieend, hahahah?
No real nation has a parallel exchange rate, you are the losers here.
Accept the fact that you need some British Administrators to come in.
Your country is dying. You will be a Chinese serf soon.
Good Luck!
:-)
61 ilsen “ Your country is dying”
Sep 06th, 2014 - 02:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0You are right, your country is dying. No wonder Scotland doesn't want to be part of your not so United Kingdom anymore.
“Palmira Silva, 82, 'beheaded' in London garden”
”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29068391
@62
Sep 06th, 2014 - 02:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0you are an irrelevant ' contributor'. A random crime.
Look at the comparitive general crime Statistics freely availble online.
Twat.
@58
“the govt banned the free exchange of currency in 2011, then you have a parallel dollar, you genius”
but you still trade it on the streets you bunch of crims...
:-)
boludos 60 & 61
Sep 06th, 2014 - 03:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0you, nabos, always confuse government with country.
it seems your tiny little brains cannot understand that argentina has the means to overcome shitty governments like this.
it happened before and it will happen again.
so, again the only thieves here are 1. the government, 2. many of the illegal immigrants from chile, paraguay, perú and bolivia who will be extradited from now on and 3. the british wannabes who stole malvinas.
finally, argentina will survive the kirchnerismo, that´s for sure.
the one who will not survive too much will be the united kingdom when scotland gains its freedom.
not to mention chile, with its earthquakes, tsunamis and arguably the worst structural engineering in the world after haiti.
if they want to survive, they have to hire argentinian engineers.
“....argentina has the means to overcome shitty governments like this.”
Sep 06th, 2014 - 03:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0No it doesn't.
Because it hasn't.
65
Sep 06th, 2014 - 03:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0nabo, and what can you ignorant x1000000 know?
we have the richest soil, the biggest reserves of shale oil, the best meat, the biggest production of soy, and the list goes on.
what do you have in the islets: guano and sheep droppings?
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/travel-warnings/
Sep 06th, 2014 - 04:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/travel-warnings/
May prove useful.
@66 paul-carrion,but you also have a parallel dollar exchange rate. Why?
The UK or Falklands do not, but you claim Argentina is a better country?
Only Third-World countries have a black-market in Dollars.
What are you? Sudan?
“British cities have lawless ‘no-go areas’ comparable with the most dangerous parts of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S., according to a United Nations drugs chief”
Sep 06th, 2014 - 05:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107552/Manchester-Liverpool-Birmingham-areas-drugs-gangs--just-like-Mexico-Brazil.html#ixzz3CVckZK00
“....argentina has the means to overcome shitty governments like this.”
Sep 06th, 2014 - 05:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why? Because...
“we have the richest soil, the biggest reserves of shale oil, the best meat, the biggest production of soy, and the list goes on.”
And yet is going backwards, poor, undeveloped and going bankrupt.
Impressive assets, it's a pity your liabilities outweigh them. And have for nearly 70 years.
“We have the richest soil, the biggest reserves of shale oil, the best meat, the biggest production of soy, and the list goes on”
Sep 06th, 2014 - 10:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yet our GDP per capita is about 10% of the islanders, and only 1/4 of most comparable countries with similar natural resources and population.
Why is that?
Why has Argentina got all those advantages, yet it's population so poor?
Why is that?
Is it:
A) because the British usurped out Malvinas in 1833
b) we have been tricked by North Americans and Europeans again and again
C) we have continually elected corrupt, dumbass governments, who rape us blind whilst we happy clap them, and we are too stupid and lazy to do anything about it...it's easier just to blame a) and b).
I'll give you a clue....it ain't the first two.
Marcos please list the names of major world cities that do NOT have a drugs problem area?
Sep 06th, 2014 - 10:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Please liost for Buenos Aieres and Londo the following:
Numbers of people shot dead by Poicie in a year
Number of people murdered in a year
Number of people mugged and robbed in the streets in a year.
Paulcedron:
Name the towns and surrounding country areas in Argentina of 3000 people total area, that have and support a CT Scanner?
Rio Gallegos that good? So why is Clinica Magallanes in Punta Arenas,Chile getting more patients coming to it from Santa Cruz Province in Argentina?
In the Falklands if you need it you are in one of 3 top hospitals in S America for a CT Scan and full top level surgical teams within a few hours - at NO cost to the patient. Within 24hrs you can be in a UK one with full aeromedical team on the plane on the way there.
Trolls trounced!
Sep 06th, 2014 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ha ha!
Bingo!
:-)
@37
Sep 06th, 2014 - 05:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Bravo sir, we may not have trees, got that right”
No naturally growing ones, or large forests to avoid being pedantic.
So have all the trees planted at MPA, in STA(plus the trees already there before 1982) and those at WPI,WDI, HLC,. CCI, RYC, ManyBranch, and several locations all been taken out by Argy saboteurs then?
71 Islander
Sep 06th, 2014 - 05:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Twenty five years ago, Buenos Aires had overall better medical facilities than Chile. Today the situation has radically reversed. Santiago has two clinics, ranked first and fourth, as the best in Latin America. Argentina does not have one hospital that qualified within the top twenty.
Overall, Argentina has excellent doctors, but their facilities have been underfunded due to corruption and theft. (Ask anyone in the Argentine medical field.) The problem with maintaining sophisticated equipment is even worse, as importing replacement parts is extremely difficult.
Argentina's medical future looks very similar to what Venezulea already has accomplished. Anyone with money flies to Miami or Bogota for treatment.
Marcos #68.
Sep 06th, 2014 - 07:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No. NO European cities have homicide rates like those in many South American countries.
Believe me, Marcos.
You might not be as familiar with South and Central American homicide stats as me.
Drug Money+Guns+Poverty=Homicides.
Check out the killings per 100,000 on the internet.
The only place in Europe with similar levels of deaths atm is in Eastern Ukraine, and that is a declared war.
I am much safer in the 'dangerous' areas of London, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast - or Paris, Berlin, Marseilles etc. than I would ever be in Belize City, Salvador or Recife.
These are places I know; I know which places scare me most.
But remember, most homicides are drug/gang related.
Most people are safe in most places ... so don't be afraid about taking holidays abroad.
74 Chicureo,
Sep 06th, 2014 - 08:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think the 1st one maybe Clinica Alemana? Falklands patients are sent to it. The other one we use is C.Magallenes in Punta Arenas which also has a top grade within Chile I believe.
It is sad when what once was a great nation like Argentina is reduced to a shambolic mess.
Clínica Alemana Santiago is the top ranked hospital in Latin America, in 4th position is the Clínica las Condes. Although I have the right to use the superb naval hospital in Valpariso, I prefer the Alemana as does my family.
Sep 06th, 2014 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There are at least 7 hospitals that are world class in Santiago and many of our regional hospitals, including the Clinica Magallanes in Punta Arenas are excellent. (Approximately 25 years ago, that was not the case.) The other nice thing about Chile is that we genuinely like the Falklanders and the Chileans who work there have always said nice things about how they are treated. Typically, on TVN or Canal 13 there will be a video submitted of the Chileans making empanadas for the 18th of September in unusual places, including in Port Stanley. Only a few imbeciles, mainly leftist politicians believe that Argentina is the rightful owner of your islands.
The second ranked highest in Latin America is the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo. Brazil in fact leads the ratings overall in the top 50 hospitals. The Dr Manuel Quintela Hospital Universitario in Uruguay is 22nd and the once great Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires is at 44th. (It at one time was ranked 3rd.). As a young man, everything was better in Argentina. The fashion, the cars, consumer items, the supermarket offerings. It was exciting to cross the Andes. As a naval cadet, I was in awe of their navy and air-force. (Although their army was considered a joke... We all used to joke about their tanks being equipped with 3 reverse gears...). Today Argentina is pathetic.
The only thing notable is their failure to take advantage of all their natural and human resources.
Chicureo,Pleased to hear the words - Chileans are very much part of the Falklands family. Your flag flies high and proud around Stanley on the 18th and our Govt hosts a reception for people from the Chilean community here and the bars always do a Chilean Fiesta Night.
Sep 06th, 2014 - 11:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My wife was flown to C.Magallanes last year for a week and full of praises for it and staff. My brother once the C.Alemana and likewise he and his wife full of praise for the skill of attention and quality and friendliness of all staff.
Yes we understand and appreciate the position your Govt there has to take (in public) - if I was your President I would probably butter CFK up a bit with a few meaningless words as well just to stop her phoning at night and screeching in my ear!
75 GeoffWard2
Sep 07th, 2014 - 12:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0According to what I read San Salvador and cities in Honduras are worse than some of the cities you mentioned thanks to criminal gangs exported from US, but I agree crime is a problem in Central and South America(including in my own country) what I try to say than in your old cities in Europe is not so rosy either. Believe me, after living a number of years under dictatorships I am not afraid about taking holidays anywhere.
71 Islander1
Well at least we don't have beheadings like in London lately nor we send hundreds of jihadist to brutally kill people in Syria and Iraq.
Remember, only a handful of Chileans live in Malvinas, hundreds of thousands in Argentina mainland. Not to mention than many of you were born in mainland Argentina at not cost to them.
Islander1,
Sep 07th, 2014 - 01:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Many of us in Chile still remember our dear Argentine brothers Operación Soberanía plans and have nothing but disdain for the cowardly invading of your islands. I'm glad you've had good experiences with our medical clinics. I hope LAN has served you properly as well.
I know for a fact that Uruguay also pays lip service to Cristina, and yet quietly cooperates on commercial and transport logistics.
Bottom line is that our mutual neighbor is a kleptomaniac that suffers from being unable to recognize they themselves are to blame for their problems.
¡Saludos!
Marcos - Who sends jihadists to kill people? UK does not- a few hundred fanatical nutters go of their own accord - and several are now dead! I sincerely hope Argentina flys lots of Chilean flags on the 18th then- will they?
Sep 07th, 2014 - 02:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0As regards the few folks here unlucky enough to be born in Arg hospitals in the 1970s - let me assure of some facts- ALL those medical costs were paid for by FIG to Argentina in real money - Sterling and Dollars!
The Chilean folks here are very open that if this was part of Argentina - then they would NOT want to come here - to a country with inferior standards and economy to their own!
Still waiting for you to publish the crime facts I asked you for re BA and London?
Hey - you will have a problem I think if the Scots vote for Independence in their referendum - will you recognize it?
be a bit hipocritical and 2 faced if you do, as you denounced a fair and open referendum a year ago when another place decided overwhelmingly that it wanted to stay British and not become part of Argentina!
Don't come the crap about indigenous peoples either - plenty of people of Asian and other origens voting in Scotland - just like a good % of the electorate in the Islands were not of British origen - but they still chose it over your lot!.
But then 90% of Argentines are the world champions at 2 faced Hypocrisy!
Which is of course why Arg is where it is in the world - on the floor and in the gutter.
They're are some very positive benefits to Chileans in the south that live in Argentina. Free medical care sometimes is better for the poor and children's university education is paid by the state. There are state subsidies for fuel, food staples and better paved roads.
Sep 07th, 2014 - 04:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Then again, getting a medical appointment is frustrating and the economy issues are very unstable.
Marcos #79/68
Sep 07th, 2014 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0A number of British tabloids refuted this assertion of the long-dead Iranian psychiatrist - including the 'rag' that you referenced.
He must have been well into his dotage when he said that European cities had more danger of murder than South American locations.
Such stupidity should never go unchallenged, even if this strange dead guy said it to audiences that certainly knew better!
How dare Mercopress post this article that deals exclusively with FALKLAND ISLANDS internal matters (GDP), under the “ARGENTINA” section??
Sep 07th, 2014 - 05:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Obviously Mercopress is against the self-determination of the Falklanders, and has sided with the evil CFK regime.
I therefore DEMAND that this article be taken off this section immediately. I will file the appropriate complain with the foreign office, as an argie that does care about the Falklands and their chosen status.
How dare this ignorant and repulsive troll be permitted to post any article that requires an I.Q. of 90 our better and humiliate most reading that he represents the average intellect of Argentines.
Sep 07th, 2014 - 08:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Obviously Mercopress is siding with the Falklanders, and is defaming the image of the once great country of Argentina by exposing LUNATICS that support the evil CFK regime.
I therefore DEMAND that this Cámpora imbecile “4n conTroll” be taken off this commentary section immediately as he's making all Argentines look like jackasses.* I also continue to die with laughter as he pathetically defends the Justicialist Party's destruction of a once proud nation.
(*My sincere apologies to my little 4 legged friends.)
Very simple question that you as a self-proclaimed genius should answer without energy expenditure:
Sep 07th, 2014 - 09:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Given the domestic content of this article, and the political status of the F.I.s, and using the parameters Mercopress has set-up for placing articles... does this one belong in the Argentina section, yes or no?
Simple yes or no, thank you.
A somewhat simplistic question for a self proclaimed Campora troll: Is it possible for the mentally challenged imbecile to refrain from being so pathetic?
Sep 07th, 2014 - 11:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Given the moderately mentally challenging content of this article, does it make sense for some one with an I.Q. around 80 be allowed to comment?
Considering the perverts Mercopress has previously tolerated .. does this one idiot even have the right to humiliate his own disgraced populace, by spouting nonsense regarding Argentina... The trollish self-deluded Jack ass should answer without too much energy expenditure.
Simple yes or no, thank you.
Your jejune circumlocution equals a “no”.
Sep 07th, 2014 - 11:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you for your honesty in acknowledging I am correct.
To place an idiot politely in their place...
Sep 08th, 2014 - 12:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you for making so easy in acknowledging just what an imbicle you are.
“imbicile”
Sep 08th, 2014 - 01:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Btw, was I supposed to be laughing all the way through this?
Does this article show the Falklands Islanders to be the richest, per capita, in the region?
Sep 08th, 2014 - 08:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0So the Falklands are a region of Argentina. This is a very shocking statement from an Anglo.
Sep 08th, 2014 - 01:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@92 No, I would appear Argentina is a region (all be it a poorer less well developed region) of the Falklands Islands,
Sep 08th, 2014 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0now thats what you should be striving for.
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