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Macri defended his austerity policies before Congress in the midst of applause, and heckling from the opposition
President Mauricio Macri delivered a robust defense of his austerity policy on Friday in a State of the Union address to Argentina's Congress ahead of a reelection bid in October. Macri went on the offensive in a turbulent session that featured shouts and heckling from opposition lawmakers, declaring there was no turning back on his policies. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNo surprise that La Asesina backs Nick the Mad. Too bad her supporters,Gauchito Drink and Kamerad/Komrade , who supported Castroist torture and concentration camps, can't be sent to Guantanamo under the madman Trump...
Mar 03rd, 2019 - 08:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Torture works. Ok, folks?” You know, I have these guys – ‘Torture doesn’t work!’ – believe me, it works. And waterboarding is your minor form. Some people say it’s not actually torture. Let’s assume it is. But they asked me the question, ‘What do you think of waterboarding?’ Absolutely fine. But we should go much stronger than waterboarding.“ ~ ”Don the Con” Trump.
The reality is, Argentina president Mauricio Macri is done.
Mar 03rd, 2019 - 04:55 pm - Link - Report abuse -1He has been in office for three years, and the big question the Argentines now face is, how do we make it to the next October election?
“Macri delivered a robust defense of his austerity policy.” Come on. Whoever chose the word “robust” is as much in deep denial as the president is. A robust defense needs arguments -- which were notoriously absent in the speech from beginning to end.
Fact is, market-friendly Macri spoke about everything but the current state of the Argentine economy -- which is in tatters, as per numbers featured in several MP stories.
The crisis is not only reaching the most vulnerable, but is hitting medium size and even large firms such as Coca-Cola and Peugeot. The president carefully avoided telling the lawmakers how he intends to manage foreign debt payments, which are still being made only thanks to IMF-loaned funds.
“Macri went on the offensive...” On the offensive? Macri looked and sounded more like a corralled animal that bares its teeth in hopes to scare the enemy away.
Macri not only endured shouts and heckling during his “historic” speech. Some of his most outrageous statements made the opposition lawmakers roar with laughter -- making the speaker even angrier.
A fitting end for a “Joyful Revolution” that has only brought tears to Argentines.
“The reality is, Argentina president Mauricio Macri is done.”
Mar 05th, 2019 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The reality is, the opinion polls are too close to call...
Hey, here is Zaphod, shyly raising his head to point out that “the opinion polls are too close to call.”
Mar 08th, 2019 - 05:15 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Well. Opinion polls are one thing. What is now happening with the economy is another. Where is Macri going to find the money to reactivate the economy just before the election as he did in October 2017?
Say, Zaphod: Pretty much everybody in Argentina are now embracing change -- judges, journalists, TV anchors are doing it. Most everybody is smelling the rain and opening the umbrella. Don't wait till the last minute.
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