Next Argentine agriculture minister sets warning alarms among farmers

Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

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The next agriculture, livestock and fisheries minister of Argentina, as anticipated by MercoPress, will be Luis Basterra, president-elect Alberto Fernandez confirmed on Friday, an appointment met with some scepticism by farmers worried about a possible revival of interventionist policies. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
Alberto F is a shrewd negotiator, as proven by his work towards the unity that Peronism achieved before the last presidential election.

These qualities will probably be useful when setting up the task of negotiating the contributions that each sector will need to make to improve the Argentine economic situation.

Four years ago, the first act of government of freshly elected president Mauricio Macri was to eliminate most taxes on agri-food as well as on mining products. Such measures deprived the state of a significant revenue source, which forced Macri to reinstate export taxes on agri-food products early 2018 in an effort to reduce the fiscal deficit as mandated by the IMF.

Fortunately for Argentina, the latest nightmarish four-year period will fade into oblivion, sin pena ni gloria, on Dec. 10.
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imoyaro
Funny. They know the drill. “You don't do exactly as we say, we send La Campora punks/thugs to vandalize your farms!” I can't wait to see the reports that your country is starving... :)
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