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Argentina’s president attempts to improve his fading chances of re-election (*)
Mauricio Macri's original plan was to address Argentina’s citizens on television on the final working day before the Easter break. But he opted for a folksier way of presenting an economic package that he hopes will rescue his chances of being re-elected president in October. He appeared in a taped video, knocking on the door of a house belonging to a young working-class couple, then sitting down with them to explain his plan. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesLast-minute, half-cooked, desperate measures is all a cornered Argentine government seems to be able to produce.
Apr 22nd, 2019 - 07:17 pm - Link - Report abuse -2So, what happened?
On one hand, Macri surfed to power in 2015 on a handful of false promises that included improving the economy and ending government corruption.
More than three years later, Macri has nothing to show – not only the economy did not get better; it got worse, much worse. On top of that, it’s now dawning that the Macrists' claim “they stole everything,” created a wave of outrage on Kirchner's alleged systemic corruption and helped Macri win the election but may have been a bunch of lies orchestrated by judges, prosecutors, intelligence agents, well-known journalists and mainstream media outlets.
In addition, numerous cases of corruption have been consistently surfacing, such as the Argentine CorreoGate, in which the Macri Group negotiated with the Macri government in a bid to greatly reduce a debt with the state to almost zero. When a prosecutor uncovered the affair, Macri quickly backtracked, saying “nothing has been yet done” and that “everything would be reset to zero.”
Tell me EM is anyone in Argentina honest or is it a natural trait that everyone is corrupt? Must be in the genes I suppose as most are descendants of Italians, ( Mafia springs to mind )
Apr 23rd, 2019 - 08:05 am - Link - Report abuse +2GC
Apr 23rd, 2019 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse -2If you are unable to write anything remotely insightful, you could instead try something such as gardening. It's good for the soul.
As for the Argentines, yes, they've been cheated and unknowingly opened the door to their worst enemy, but they will find their own way out -- without your help of course.
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