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Protests Erupt in Argentina Over Food Deprivation
Topic Started: Jul 21 2017, 06:24 AM (2,090 Views)
W A Mozart
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Aug 23 2017, 06:23 AM
Herr Professor Mozart: thanks for the cognac. But no sorrow. Because in October, Macri will be minority in both chambers of Congress, yet.
And Cristina will be Senator. :cool:
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U.S. finds Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel subsidized -U.S. industry group
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WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday made a preliminary finding that imports of biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina were subsidized, a U.S. industry lobby group said.
Loss for Argentina: 1.2 billion per year.

Argentine biodiesel industry says U.S. duties will halt exports
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(Reuters) - Argentine biodiesel exports will be priced out of the U.S. market, its leading industry body said, after Washington decided on Tuesday to impose steep duties on imports that it said were unfairly subsidized.

The countervailing duties on soy-based Argentina biodiesel could be as much as 64.17 percent, according to a statement from the U.S. Commerce Department. Duties of up to 68.28 percent will be imposed on palm oil biodiesel imports from Indonesia.

"Any duty of more than 15 percent leaves Argentine biodiesel out of the market," an Argentine biofuels industry source said.


MAGA! MAGA!
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ERRRR... MAKE ARGENTINA GULLIBLE AGAIN! HA HA HA HA!
Herr Professor Mozart walking slowly (he is, after all, over 260 + years old) to the podium:

"You there...! Yes you. Take the gum out of your mouth, take-off the Che-wannabe beret from your head, put down that ugly placard and sit-down, ...listen.

I have no idea whether or not it is right for the US government to put sanctions on your biodiesel industry, worth more than 1.2 billion bucks a year. I hope that Cargill is right in this matter, that there are no taxpayer-supported subsidies and that Argentina be allowed to continue to export their biodiesel for many years to come. However, YOU should be concerned if Argentina is indeed SUBSIDIZING their biodiesel industry. It means that someone in Argentina is PAYING for that subsidy. You are. The people of Argentina are paying. That "subsidy" has to come from somewhere, as there is no such thing as a free lunch. If Argentina cannot compete fair and square in this industry, they should step out of it and compete where they are more cost efficient. That's basic economics. The Americans should do the same! ..."


End of speech.


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W A Mozart
Aug 23 2017, 10:13 AM
Che On The Rocks
Aug 23 2017, 06:23 AM
Herr Professor Mozart: thanks for the cognac. But no sorrow. Because in October, Macri will be minority in both chambers of Congress, yet.
And Cristina will be Senator. :cool:
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U.S. finds Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel subsidized -U.S. industry group
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WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday made a preliminary finding that imports of biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina were subsidized, a U.S. industry lobby group said.
Loss for Argentina: 1.2 billion per year.

Argentine biodiesel industry says U.S. duties will halt exports
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(Reuters) - Argentine biodiesel exports will be priced out of the U.S. market, its leading industry body said, after Washington decided on Tuesday to impose steep duties on imports that it said were unfairly subsidized.

The countervailing duties on soy-based Argentina biodiesel could be as much as 64.17 percent, according to a statement from the U.S. Commerce Department. Duties of up to 68.28 percent will be imposed on palm oil biodiesel imports from Indonesia.

"Any duty of more than 15 percent leaves Argentine biodiesel out of the market," an Argentine biofuels industry source said.


MAGA! MAGA!
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ERRRR... MAKE ARGENTINA GULLIBLE AGAIN! HA HA HA HA!
Herr Professor Mozart walking slowly (he is, after all, over 260 + years old) to the podium:

"You there...! Yes you. Take the gum out of your mouth, take-off the Che-wannabe beret from your head, put down that ugly placard and sit-down, ...listen.

I have no idea whether or not it is right for the US government to put sanctions on your biodiesel industry, worth more than 1.2 billion bucks a year. I hope that Cargill is right in this matter, that there are no taxpayer-supported subsidies and that Argentina be allowed to continue to export their biodiesel for many years to come. However, YOU should be concerned if Argentina is indeed SUBSIDIZING their biodiesel industry. It means that someone in Argentina is PAYING for that subsidy. You are. The people of Argentina are paying. That "subsidy" has to come from somewhere, as there is no such thing as a free lunch. If Argentina cannot compete fair and square in this industry, they should step out of it and compete where they are more cost efficient. That's basic economics. The Americans should do the same! ..."


End of speech.


Mozart
I suspect that there is nothing from Argentina that the USA wants to buy....Nada..................... :dunno:
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Herr Professor Mozart: it's American protectionism, plain and simple. The EU does the same. :cool:
Mr. Robert Stout: Macri and their oligarchs! Best investment ever! :cool:
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Argentina reserves right to legal action on U.S. biodiesel duties
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina’s government is investigating all options and reserves the right to take legal action over the United States imposing steep duties on imports of its biodiesel, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

The statement said the imposition of duties above 50 percent, announced on Tuesday, does not correspond to any type of methodology acceptable under the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Those eventual legal actions will take years...

While America and the EU raise protectionist barriers, Argentina lowers them. This is the result:

'End-of-the-world' factories struggle to adapt to Macri's Argentina
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RIO GRANDE, Argentina (Reuters) - On a recent morning, workers wearing blue shirts and black gloves assembled digital TV set-top boxes inside one of the world’s most unlikely factory towns.

Their employer, BGH SA, for nearly 40 years has been manufacturing consumer electronics here in Rio Grande, a city in the chilly island province of Tierra del Fuego, located at the far southern tip of Argentina.

Like dozens of factories that have taken root in this sparsely populated land of penguins and glaciers, BGH owes its survival to government tinkering. Special tax breaks and high trade barriers have turned this remote outpost into the source of 90 percent of the air conditioners, cell phones, TVs and microwaves sold in Argentina.

Now, it has perhaps the most to lose as President Mauricio Macri works to modernize Argentina’s closed economy. The former businessman has already lifted some import restrictions and began unwinding costly subsidies for electricity and other utilities, hitting electronics sales.
^^^Latin American Neoliberalism, plain and simple.

Latin American Neoliberalism, of course, requires a high level of repression "for a proper working". Such repression hits the youngsters, especially:

The UN summoned La Poderosa in order to deepen a denouncement
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The organization will be present on October 3 in Geneva to detail 10 cases in which Children Rights were violated by security forces.
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1) Argentina reserves right to legal action on U.S. biodiesel duties

There is no way by reading any of these articles that a determination can be made as to who is right here. There is no concrete information here. But, but, my suspicion is that this decision was mad by a 'far' left-wing hold-over from the Obama administration. :) Actually, I agree with the Argentinian position here (so far), the US CANNOT simply cut-off the import of bio diesel for no apparent reason.

2) 'End-of-the-world' factories struggle to adapt to Macri's Argentina

Didja actually read this excellent Reuter's piece? Let's start with some quotes:

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The region boomed under Fernandez, who slapped taxes on imported electronics and used import permit requirements to freeze trade. Foreign firms such as China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Canada’s Blackberry Ltd hired local Argentine factories to produce their products.


The point? The people of Argentina, through their taxes, are paying for these people to make electronic parts at INCREDIBLE costs! It's a "make work" program. Nobody, nowhere could afford to purchase such products on the open market. ONLY in Argentina could these products be sold, ...because of government subsidies. It's illogical and silly. Someone is paying for this. The first rule of economics is that products will be manufactured/produced, and gravitate to, the place with the greatest cost efficiencies. Simple. China is very efficient at manufacturing electronic components, Argentina is not. That plant in Tierra-del-Fuego is a remnant of the economic disaster that was the policy of the Kirchner's.

Reuters makes this same point here:

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"But the Made-in-Tierra-del-Fuego label is a pricey one. To attract workers, factory salaries are three times higher than the national average. Shipping costs are exorbitant. Foreign-made parts first land in Buenos Aires, where they are loaded onto trucks for the 1,800 mile journey south. Once assembled, the finished goods head back the way they came.

The upshot is that Argentines pay dearly for almost anything they buy. A Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone made in Tierra del Fuego sells for $1,215. That’s more than double what an Asian-made model sells for in the United States.

“I don’t think it has much future,” said Gabriel Zelpo, chief economist at Elypsis, regarding the province’s electronics industry. “Industries that were completely protected are now dismantling.” "



3)The UN summoned La Poderosa in order to deepen a denouncement

Again, "The Dawn?" You want us to comment on something as silly as "The Dawn?"

I go back to rule 254 (Perspectives handbook), paragraph 31, codicil 7.4....(which reads)...

"No silly, 'far' left-wing journals shall be posted on these forums....(etc, etc.) The miscreants who violate this law shall be forced to inject 1.5 liters of botox into their buttocks and be shown on 'youtube' running stark naked through a cow pasture filled with steaming droppings."

There, see it?, ...it's the law!

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And one final comment here...

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"Herr Professor Mozart: it's American protectionism, plain and simple. The EU does the same. :cool:"


Yup, they do...! Scoundrels...! You betcha.

Now, grab a nice bottle of Argentinian Malbec, add some cheese crackers, throw the dog out of your sofa, grab a seat in same sofa and then watch THIS:

It explains Brexit and why Europe is a "protectionist hotbed" which should be condemned all over the world!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTMxfAkxfQ0&t=622s


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W A Mozart
 
Actually, I agree with the Argentinian position here (so far), the US CANNOT simply cut-off the import of bio diesel for no apparent reason.
Ah, no?

U.S. sets antidumping duties on Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department set preliminary antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, after an initial finding that the products used as motor fuel were being sold at prices below market value in the United States.

The antidumping duties set range from 54.36 percent to 70.05 percent on soy-based biodiesel from Argentina, and 50.71 percent on palm oil biodiesel from Indonesia, the Commerce Department said in a statement on Monday.


The Mouse Roars:
Exclusive: Argentina's Macri says would contest U.S. biodiesel tariffs with WTO
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Argentine President Mauricio Macri said his government would definitely appeal to the World Trade Organization if the U.S. Commerce Department followed through on threatened duties on Argentine biodiesel.


The Answer: SMAAAAACKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!
U.S. sets final anti-subsidy duties on Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday said it set final anti-subsidy duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, pushing soyoil futures to a two-month high even though the decision was expected.

The final duties for soy-based Argentine biodiesel were even higher than preliminary countervailing rates set in August, when imports ground to a virtual halt as Argentine exporters said the tariffs priced them out of the U.S. market.
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The duties range from 71.45 percent to 72.28 percent on Argentine biodiesel, Commerce said in a statement, up from preliminary rates of 50.29 percent to 64.17 percent. Countries set countervailing duties to counteract the effect of other nations’ subsidies for certain goods.
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Nov 13 2017, 06:07 AM.
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The point? The people of Argentina, through their taxes, are paying for these people to make electronic parts at INCREDIBLE costs! It's a "make work" program. Nobody, nowhere could afford to purchase such products on the open market. ONLY in Argentina could these products be sold, ...because of government subsidies. It's illogical and silly. Someone is paying for this. The first rule of economics is that products will be manufactured/produced, and gravitate to, the place with the greatest cost efficiencies. Simple. China is very efficient at manufacturing electronic components, Argentina is not. That plant in Tierra-del-Fuego is a remnant of the economic disaster that was the policy of the Kirchner's.
Blah, blah, blah: a song to the (dead) Neoliberalism.
I got news for you: Hillary Clinton was the Neoliberal candidate, the last US presidential election! And yet, you didn't vote for her, did you? :cool:

Back to Tierra del Fuego, the Macri Regime forced a deal: the protection to the electronic industry remains during two years and the firings stop, for a freezing of the workers wages. Pure Oligarchy!

W A Mozart
 
Again, "The Dawn?" You want us to comment on something as silly as "The Dawn?"
No, i want you to understand: in Latin America, Neoliberalism requires, demands social repression.

Argentina protesters stage rally against police brutality
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Thousands of opposition protesters have staged a rally in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, to denounce police brutality.
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Protesters hold photos of Santiago Maldonado during a demonstration in Buenos Aires on August 11, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Nov 18 2017, 06:13 AM.
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It is only natural to have a massive die off of pet hamsters when the taxpayer stops feeding them....It takes a few years for hamsters to relearn to live again in the wild as independent species...If Argentina continues on its current path, the few remaining socialists like Che will be put in zoos so they won't totally "disappear"......... :)
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Mr. Robert Stout: no, socialist are not the pet hamsters at risk of extinction. :cool:
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So, Mauricio Macri won the mid-term elections. Why?

Because he did a good chunk of populism:
Public works blitz helps Macri coalition in Argentina midterm vote
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LANUS, Argentina (Reuters) - Adriana Rodriguez, a 59-year-old vendor at an open-air market in an industrial city in Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, never imagined her home would be connected to the sewage system.

But as business-friendly President Mauricio Macri invested in infrastructure ahead of Sunday’s legislative election victory, sewage construction in her hometown of Lanus advanced to within two blocks of Rodriguez’s house. She expects pipes to reach her home soon.
A micro-credits line, targeted with surgical aim by Big Data helped him, too. But besides, the Macri Regime played very well to People's hopes. Well played, Mauricio.

The only problem: all this is grounded on debt, debt and more debt.
No. 1 Bond Salesman in Emerging Markets Wants a Tad More Respect
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He’s Argentina’s finance minister, selling debt for the biggest bond issuer in the developing world, and he can't believe investors are still doubting the rebound story.
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^^^Look at that chart! Argentina issued more debt than China!!!!!!!!!!!
Furthermore, seventy five percent (75%) of that money already left Argentina (capital flight)!

Is that dangerous?

Yes, it is:
These are now the 5 most fragile countries exposed to higher interest rates, according to S&P
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+The threat from monetary tightening is now more concrete than before, S&P Global said
+Tighter monetary policy poses risks for emerging economies in a variety of ways
+Turkey was the only sovereign nation that was always among the most vulnerable, regardless of the variable chosen
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After the pre-elections carrot of populism, comes the post-elections stick of austerity:

With elections out of the way, Argentina's Macri pursues new round of austerity
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Days after an unexpectedly strong showing in mid-term congressional elections on October 22, Argentine President Mauricio Macri has announced a new round of utility and fare hikes, pension cuts, and limits to labor rights.

While still lacking a majority in either house, Macri's 'Let's Change' coalition gained 19 seats in Congress and 9 seats in the Senate - something the president interpreted as an endorsement of policies considered by critics to be 'trickle-down.'

"We've come to change Argentina forever," Macri declared on election night, predicting that his right-wing coalition will remain in power "for the next 20 years."
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^^^Argentine pensioners: the "pet hamsters" at risk of extinction. Ironically, they are the electoral base of the Macri Regime...
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After the pre-elections carrot of populism, comes the post-elections stick of austerity:

With elections out of the way, Argentina's Macri pursues new round of austerity
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Days after an unexpectedly strong showing in mid-term congressional elections on October 22, Argentine President Mauricio Macri has announced a new round of utility and fare hikes, pension cuts, and limits to labor rights.

While still lacking a majority in either house, Macri's 'Let's Change' coalition gained 19 seats in Congress and 9 seats in the Senate - something the president interpreted as an endorsement of policies considered by critics to be 'trickle-down.'

"We've come to change Argentina forever," Macri declared on election night, predicting that his right-wing coalition will remain in power "for the next 20 years."
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^^^Argentine pensioners: the "pet hamsters" at risk of extinction. Ironically, they are the electoral base of the Macri Regime...

Pensioners in Argentina are not stupid....They don't want to end up like pensioners in Venezuela......... :nana:
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Mr. Robert Stout: they will end up like pensioners in Haiti. :cool:
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Macri’s Power After Last Election
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By Eugenia Rosales Matienzo, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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Basically, Macri want to do:

1) Tax reform: tax cut for the richs. Not fiscally neutral, it will rise the fiscal deficit. This will be covered by more foreign debt.
2) Labour reform: lower wages, less rights for the workers. Supposedly, it will atract more foreign investment, lifting the local industry. Meanwhile, imports will be opened, rising the trading deficit. This will be covered by more foreign debt.
3) Pensions reform: less money for the pensioners, and so, more money available for repaying the foreing debt.

Senate Passes Bills to Reform Pensions System, Reduce Fiscal Spending
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It didn't come as much of a surprise, considering the government had already reached an agreement with most provincial governors to implement them. The bills will now go to the Lower House.
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Photo via Diario de Cuyo

If approved in the Lower House, this reform will mean 100-150 billion pesos less for the pensioners, during 2018. The Old Timers will get angry. How distract them?

Thus:
Macri’s Baseless Xenophobia
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By Jack Pannell and Felipe Galvis-Delgado, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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And if hate&fear to immigrants from Peru, Paraguay, and Bolivia are not enough, there are the Mapuches. Or Cristina. :cool:
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Dec 1 2017, 07:41 AM.
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Of course, Macri's Neoliberal Program (remember the edgame) will face Resistance:

Argentines protest against austerity
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Organisers say more than 300,000 people have turned out for a demonstration outside the Argentine Congress against President Mauricio Macri's "regressive" approach to taxes, pensions and labour law.
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300,000 protest proposed tax, pension reforms in Argentina
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Hundreds of thousands of Argentinean people have flocked to the streets in the country’s capital of Buenos Aires to express discontent over government-proposed labor, tax, and pension reforms.
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An image grab from a video by Ruptly shows Argentinean protesters in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2017.

Argentina: Thousands rally against Macri's proposed tax reforms in Buenos Aires
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of central Buenos Aires to protest against new labour, tax and pension reforms proposed by Argentine President Mauricio Macri, Wednesday.


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This Resistance could be helpful for the unionized workers. But for the pensioners...

...the pensioners are well jodidos. No unions defending them.

I suppose that the Macri Regime will try to sell private retiremet packadges to the richest of them.
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Mr. Robert Stout: they will end up like pensioners in Haiti. :cool:
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Macri’s Power After Last Election
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By Eugenia Rosales Matienzo, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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Basically, Macri want to do:

1) Tax reform: tax cut for the richs. Not fiscally neutral, it will rise the fiscal deficit. This will be covered by more foreign debt.
2) Labour reform: lower wages, less rights for the workers. Supposedly, it will atract more foreign investment, lifting the local industry. Meanwhile, imports will be opened, rising the trading deficit. This will be covered by more foreign debt.
3) Pensions reform: less money for the pensioners, and so, more money available for repaying the foreing debt.

Senate Passes Bills to Reform Pensions System, Reduce Fiscal Spending
Quote:
 
It didn't come as much of a surprise, considering the government had already reached an agreement with most provincial governors to implement them. The bills will now go to the Lower House.
Posted Image
Photo via Diario de Cuyo

If approved in the Lower House, this reform will mean 100-150 billion pesos less for the pensioners, during 2018. The Old Timers will get angry. How distract them?

Thus:
Macri’s Baseless Xenophobia
Quote:
 
By Jack Pannell and Felipe Galvis-Delgado, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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And if hate&fear to immigrants from Peru, Paraguay, and Bolivia are not enough, there are the Mapuches. Or Cristina. :cool:
Macri will build a wall, but his will be reinforced with minefields and sniper towers.............. :hooray:
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Mr. Robert Stout: yes, Robert McNamara wanted to do the same. :cool:
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Argentina biodiesel exports decline after U.S. tariffs imposed
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina’s biodiesel exports fell 30 percent in the third quarter of 2017 from the previous year to 353,034 tonnes, the government’s statistics agency said on Wednesday, indicating that new U.S. import tariffs have had a swift impact.


Argentina cuts electronics taxes after deal with Tierra del Fuego factories
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BUENOS AIRES, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Argentina cut taxes on electronics products in a bid to lower consumer prices, the government said in its official gazette on Wednesday, after reaching a deal with companies and workers in the southern manufacturing hub of Tierra del Fuego.

The action eliminates the 6.5 percent tax on electronics produced in the remote island province effective immediately and lowers taxes on such products manufactured elsewhere to 10.5 percent, from 17 percent currently. Those taxes will gradually fall to zero by 2024, the production ministry said.
Fortunately, businessman Mauricio Macri already had sold his actions in Mirgor (a Tierra del Fuego cellphone factory):
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It's so "admirable", the synchronization between President Mauricio Macri and businessman Mauricio Macri! :cool:
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Dec 2 2017, 09:09 AM.
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Prices of Oil, Electricity, Transportation and Gas to Increase After the Midterms
Another Blow to Argentinians' Economy, Bus Fares Rise
Gas prices to rise 45% from December
Electricity Bills to Increase Twice in the Next Three Months

Argentina hikes gas, electricity rates as government cuts subsidies
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BUENOS AIRES, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Argentina has again raised the price consumers pay for electricity and natural gas, the government said in its official gazette on Friday.


WSJ Correspondent in Argentina Gets AR $10,000 Gas Bill
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And you would be freaking out too.
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Turner has a gas leak....Next his house is going to explode and burn down....Macri did it !!!.................... :oyvey
Edited by Robert Stout, Dec 2 2017, 05:36 PM.
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Macri did it, indeed!

Starving the many:

‘Hunger Can’t Wait’: Argentines Protest Food Scarcity
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Protesters are demanding that Congress pass a Social Emergency law to address rising food scarcity, among other issues.
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Activists took to the streets to demand more state help. | Photo: Front of Organizations in Struggle
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Argentina Neighborhoods Demand Social Emergency Law
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Argentines are demanding that the government act to prevent hunger and malnutrition in poor neighborhoods.
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Organizers gathered pots and food to give away to everyone at the march. | Photo: Barrios de Pie

Argentine Police Injure and Detain Protesting Pensioners
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The confrontations between unions and the government of Mauricio Macri continues to deepen.
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Pensioners were met with repression during a protests in Buenos Aires. | Photo: Xinhua

Argentine Groups Demand Food Emergency Law to Fight Poverty, Malnutrition
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In a country with the third largest economy in Latin America, over 11 million Argentine residents live in poverty.
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Union workers march during a demonstration against Argentine President Mauricio Macri's administration in Buenos Aires, Aug. 22, 2017. | Photo: Reuters
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Argentina: 50% of Rural Children Must Work to Support Family
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Since right-wing President Mauricio Macri took office in December 2015, Argentina has reached record levels of poverty.
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A 2016 campaign by NGO Un Sueño Para Misiones showed how rural children are exploited to harvest crops of mate, the famous tea leaf. | Photo: EFE/Posibl.

Argentine Mom Strangles Baby Out of Desperation For Lack of Food
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A mother outside of Buenos Aires strangled her 23 month old baby to death out of desperation of not being able to feed her child. The mother, Karina Gomez said, “I couldn’t take the situation. I’m so tired.”
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Argentine President Mauricio Macri speaks during an interview with Reuters in New York, NY, U.S. November 7, 2017. | Photo: Reuters

Enriching the few:

Argentine Billionaire Wants to List His Cows in New York
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+Jorge Brito plans $200 million offering of Inversora Juramento

+Beef company seeking bank to advise on New York share sale
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Jorge Brito at his ranch in Salta province, northwest Argentina, on Sept, 4, 2017. Photographer: Pablo Gonzalez/Bloomberg
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Argentinians are the fattest poor starving people I have ever seen.......... :oyvey
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Che On The Rocks

They are like poor starving Americans. It's because the only cheap/scrap food they get is carbohydrates.
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Study: An Average Family in Buenos Aires Needed AR$ 13,968 to be Above Poverty Line in October
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The income a family in Buenos Aires needs to remain above the poverty line has seen a 19.1% increase from last October.
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The same FIEL foundation, in August 7, 2015:
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^^^ In that time, the needed income was AR$ 6,400. Increase respect of today: 118%.

Economists see higher Argentina inflation
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BUENOS AIRES, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Inflation expectations in Argentina for 2017 rose to 23.5 percent from 23 percent a month earlier, the bank’s monthly poll of economists showed on Monday, well outside the bank’s 12 percent to 17 percent target range.
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Dec 8 2017, 04:53 AM.
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