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Protests Erupt in Argentina Over Food Deprivation
Topic Started: Jul 21 2017, 06:24 AM (2,087 Views)
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Macri to lead charge on "Glaciers Law" reform
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Extraction projects have stalled in Andes mountains since 2010 because of restrictions set out in the existing law. Mining leaders and unions want deregulation and greater clarity to encourage investment.
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Argentina permits new soybean seed as EU debates weed-killer glyphosate
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina authorized on Friday the use of genetically modified soybean seeds resistant to herbicides other than glyphosate, as the European Union (EU) debates whether to extend the license of weed-killers containing the ingredient.


Glyphosate use on the rise in Argentina, despite controversy
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While soy crops represented 37,000 hectares in 1971, they now account for more than 60 percent of the arable land in Argentina.
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For years, glyphosate has been considered to be among the safest pesticides by international agencies such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Today, it’s used in more than 140 countries worldwide and has been praised by a wide array of farmers, who rely on it to achieve a better yield by killing weeds. Foto: CEDOC/PERFIL.

128,000 Hectares Deforested in Argentina Last Year: Greenpeace
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About half of this surface has been classified as “protected areas” because of their biodiversity and crucial role in mitigating the effects of global warming.
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The spike in deforestation in the region— where land is relatively cheaper— is likely driven by increasing meat consumption in recent years. | Photo: Reuters
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You should know that socialism is dead in Argentina when university students just lounge around during protest demonstrations............ :biggrin:
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Mr. Robert Stout: it was not a protest, but an occupation. :cool:
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Argentina: 66,000 Jobs Lost in Industrial Sector Since Mauricio Macri Took Office
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Macri's government has raised unemployment in the industrial sector of Argentina.
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Unemployment in Argentina has increased since Macri took office in 2015. | Photo: EFE
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El Gráfico: 99-year print run comes to an end
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Publishers blow final whistle on influential publication that helped to shape and define this nation’s love of football.
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A selection of El Gráfico’s front-pages from over the years. Foto:GOOGLE

You Will Soon Be Able to Buy and Sell US Dollars Everywhere (Including Supermarkets and Kioskos)
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Starting in March, buying and selling US dollars in Argentina could be as simple as paying for your groceries at the check-out.
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Yes, Highway Tolls Are Going Up Too
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It's not just public transportation that's going to be costing you more.
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Tolls are set to rise an average of 13.4 percent. (Photo via InfoBaires24)
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Gov’t readies 3 bills to replace Macri’s controversial ‘megadecree’
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The opposition claims that the anti-bureaucracy, import-friendly decree package undermines the role of Congress.
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Senator Luis Naidenoff and Lawmaker Marcos Cleri during a debate about the future of the Macri government's January decree package. Foto:NA

Guess What: Shell is Also Raising Gas Prices
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Ugh.
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Argentine truck strike pressures more ports, lowers grain cargos
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A truck owners strike that started last week in a bid to force the adoption of mandatory minimum grains hauling rates slowed the loading of export cargo ships on Thursday, said Guillermo Wade, manager of the Chamber of Port and Maritime Activities.
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92k homes across Buenos Aires suffer power outages during scorching night
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The cuts affected around 370,000 people on a day in which the heat index reached 40 degrees celsius (104 degrees fahrenheit)
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Power outages in Buenos Aires City and Greater Buenos Aires are so common that users regularly block streets in protest. Foto:Cedoc/Perfil
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Argentina is famous for having the worst famine in the world............... :shakeshead:
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Mr. Robert Stout: and Iraq is famous for having WMD. And the US is is famous for having a Russian Mole as President. :cool:
No, Argentina has not the worst famine in the world. After all, Argentina has a population of +40M, but produces food for 500M.
But precisely for that, no Argentine should to be hungry. And that is not the case.

I think it is because a little thing called richness distribution. In Argentina, under the Macri Regime, there is richness for the Few and misery for the Many.

These Are the World’s Most Miserable Economies
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+Venezuela, South Africa seen as world’s unhappiest economies

+Thailand, Singapore remain ‘least miserable’ in rankings
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^^^ "Proud" number three: Argentina.

Of course, misery brings consequences:

40,000 Workers Marched for Basic Rights in Argentina
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Source: Resumen Latinoamericano / The Dawn News / February 15, 2018
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Photo credit: Resumen Latinoamericano
Read here and here, too.

I think the Macri Regime is going to need a bigger police. :cool:
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I guess the fact that Macri's policies have helped boost the Argentine stock market over 77% means nothing to Che...

People are investing again as Macri dismantles years of socialist economic policies that have crippled te Argentine economy... Inflation is down from 40% to 20% as well.

The Kirchner days are over... Thankfully.

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Mr. V4R: i already explained that the Argentine stock market means nothing to the Argentine general public.
People investing in Argentina? More like rich, foreign People exploiting Argentina. If even the very Argentine Minister of Finance, Luis Caputo, conceals his private money in the Cayman Islands!
As for the inflation: it was the December of 2015 Macri's devaluation which propelled the 2016 Argentina's inflation to 41%. So, Macri owns that. Then, through very painful/recessive austerity policies, Macri brought the 2017 Argentina's inflation to 25%. Oh, the merit! :cool:
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Those painful/recessive austerity policies have a political cost, of course. So, when this last Saturday the Macri Regime called for marches of support, it got this:

Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Saturday 19 of February of 2018:
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A DUD!

This next Wednesday, there is going to be a march against the Macri Regime. It will be interesting to compare numbers. :cool:
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He had devalued the Peso because by doing so he dismantled the strict currency controls instituted by Kirchner.

While a controversial and risky move it has allowed the Argentine banks to trade Peso's for Dollars... Infusing a hard currency into the National coffers that were running deficits when Macri took office ...

Now Dollars can flow more freely into Argentina and will aid in the reconstruction of the Argentine Economy. I is normally not done during times of recession and inflation because it can spike inflation based on Market uncertainty... but this usually corrects as currency flows into the economy. As evidenced by the drop from 41% to 20%. As the economy strengthens and growth continues, that number will fall even more. Kirchner strangled the economy. Macri took the leash off ... Now the market can start to correct itself...

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Mr. V4R: you are parroting me the Neoliberal Credo. So, i got a doubt now: why you didn't vote for Hillary? She was the Neoliberal candidate!
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Of course: the Neoliberal Credo is losing adepts in Argentina, every day. It's the difference between doctrine and practice:

Remember: No Banks Today or Tomorrow
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The banking workers union leader confirmed the strike for Monday and Tuesday, while Moyano's march on Wednesday will make doing anything in the city virtually impossible.
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Sergio Palazzo, head of the bankers union (Photo via Argentina23)

In Photos: Tendencia Piquetera Revolucionaria Prepares for The Year Ahead
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With the new year already well under way, the group has plenty to prepare for.
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Members of the Tendencia Piquetera Revolucionaria read articles at their annual camping retreat. (Photo by: Jason Sheil)
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Mr. V4R: you are parroting me the Neoliberal Credo. So, i got a doubt now: why you didn't vote for Hillary? She was the Neoliberal candidate!
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Of course: the Neoliberal Credo is losing adepts in Argentina, every day. It's the difference between doctrine and practice:

Remember: No Banks Today or Tomorrow
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The banking workers union leader confirmed the strike for Monday and Tuesday, while Moyano's march on Wednesday will make doing anything in the city virtually impossible.
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Sergio Palazzo, head of the bankers union (Photo via Argentina23)

In Photos: Tendencia Piquetera Revolucionaria Prepares for The Year Ahead
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With the new year already well under way, the group has plenty to prepare for.
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Members of the Tendencia Piquetera Revolucionaria read articles at their annual camping retreat. (Photo by: Jason Sheil)
NeoLiberal??

It is common economic theory that when you are in a recession that during a recession currency controls should not be removed but at the same time the removal of them can cause a short term spike in inflation as the Market readjusts to the fast infusion of hard currency that had been withheld.

Please tell me where Hillary Clinton ever said that.... Show me....

I am not nearly as well versed in Economic theory as the Minarchist...

But I would say my point is closer to what Von Mises would have said rather than a quote attributed to Keynesian Theorists....

Why don't you look those two up Che.... I am sure you arent familiar with either.

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From Von Mises:

The expression "foreign-exchange control" generally includes a variety of measures aimed at a number of policy goals. They may include the maintenance of a legal, but a fictitious exchange rate. But the primary purpose is to prevent foreign creditors from withdrawing funds and putting their debtors into difficulty. By forbidding debtors from making payments they owe abroad, they are freed from the consequences usually connected with default on a loan.

Ludwig von Mises. "Selected Writings of Ludwig von Mises - Between Two World Wars: Monetary Disorder, Interventionism, Socialism, and the Great Depression", Chapter 23, The Return to Freedom of Exchange, p. 213-222. Article originally delivered on May 30, 1933.


What do you know?? I was right... Minarchist did impart a bit of knowledge on me...

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Also from Von Mises

According to Mises, "foreign exchange control is tantamount to the full nationalization of foreign trade. ... Where every branch of business depends, to some extent at least, on the buying of imported goods or on the exporting of a smaller or greater part of its output, the government is in the position to control all economic activity. He who does not comply with any whim of the authorities can be ruined either by the refusal to allot him foreign exchange or to grant him what the government considers as an export premium, that is, the difference between the market price and the official rate of foreign exchange. Besides, the government has the power to interfere in all the details of every enterprise's internal affairs; to prohibit the importation of all undesirable books, periodicals, and newspapers; and to prevent anybody from travelling abroad; from educating his children in foreign schools; and from consulting foreign doctors. Foreign exchange control was the main vehicle of European dictatorships.

Edited by voted4reagan, Feb 20 2018, 02:08 PM.
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Mr V4R: read here, here and here.

Reaganomics was Neoliberalism. As Bill Clinton's economic policies were, too.

But Donald Trump's America First is not Neoliberalism. It implies a level of protectionism, which would be rejected by Hayek or Von Mises. See how Trump treats Argentina biodiesel.

In Argentina, the Neoliberal Model always created a big richness concentration, a big external debt and a big unemployment. Just like the Macri Regime, now.

But this time, today, the workers -the people most affected by neoliberalism- are going to fight:

A New Wave of Workers’ Struggles in Argentina
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The resistance movement sparked by President Macri's pension reform continues through new workers' struggles against layoffs. The Left and Workers' Front calls for the coordination of all popular struggles and for a plan for a general strike.
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After living in a dictatorial nanny state for so many years I have to conclude you really are too brainwashed to understand what would really benefit the people of Argentina..

The Kirchners strangled the people of Argentina for years.. Same with the various Juntas that preceded them.

Argentina needs Jobs and foreign investment. Socialism has failed you. Now it is time to allow Jobs to be created so the people of Argentina can get back to work.

Keep looking to the Kirchners and their allies and you will end up like Venezuela.

The Bolivarian Revolution is dead. Capitalism needs to take hold so people can work and eat.

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Fact...America has had a single form of continuous Government and free elections for over 240 years...With a free and open market economy...

Argentina has has not...

I think our system is far more successful based on Longevity alone...

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Mr. V4R: yes, i already heard that excuse many, many times: "the Neoliberal Model is perfect, but the People not so". :cool:
Under Donald Trump, America's economy is not so free nor so open anymore. Remember that the so called Alt-Righ (Steve Bannon) is ferousciously anti-neoliberal. They call for an "economic nationalism".
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In Argentina, in turn, People are awakening of the real brainwashing:

Argentina: Government, Media try to Suppress Workers, Activists Protest Against Austerity
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Macri’s government and mainstream media outlets have attempted to discredit the march and prevent protesters from getting to Buenos Aires.
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Social protests in Argentina fight back austerity measures. | Photo: Photo: @DanielCatalano_

Because the Macri Regime can't cover the Sun with the hands, anymore:

Argentina truckers gridlock traffic to protest Macri reforms
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tens of thousands of Argentines joined a demonstration on Wednesday organized by truckers and other labor unions in the first major protest so far this year against President Mauricio Macri’s austerity measures.

Argentines continue to lose purchasing power to a high inflation rate and many are frustrated with layoffs, increases in fuel and transportation costs and the slashing of subsidies for utilities.
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Thousands of workers protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Argentine truckers and other labor unions protested against government austerity measures. Argentines continue to lose purchasing power to a high inflation rate and many are frustrated with layoffs, increases in fuel and transportation costs and the slashing of subsidies for utilities.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

^^^ Read the same news at Reuters and CGTN.

Massive Argentine Protests Against Macri Austerity
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IN PICTURES: Thousands of union members and social rights groups protest against President Mauricio Macri’s economic austerity measures, layoffs, and cuts to social programs in Buenos Aires and across the country.
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The Association of State Workers (ATE) was one a main organizer of today's demonstrations #21F. Their promotional banner for the strike reads: For open negotiations, against the adjustment and (increased) tariffs, and end layoffs. STRIKE AND MOBILIZE
Photo:@DanielCatalano


Extra pictures and videos:
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And more pictures at Getty Images.

Please, Gentle Reader: compare the above pictures with those of the march for Macri.

There is a "small difference", no? :cool:
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Feb 22 2018, 04:51 AM.
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The number of marchers is directly related to how badly they are losing their struggle and the fear they have....Marching ain't winning......... :oyvey
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Mr. Rober Stout: marching is not winning, OK. But it is the first step. :cool:
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Let's review Argentina foreign trade:

U.S. adds more duties on biodiesel from Argentina, Indonesia
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday piled on more import duties on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, adding anti-dumping duties of 60.44 percent to 276.65 percent to already steep anti-subsidy duties on the fuels.

The final determination is subject to a second ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 6 on whether U.S. biodiesel producers were injured by dumped imports from the two countries. But the independent panel has already found in the subsidy cases that the imports caused such injuries.
^^^ America first! Argentina last! Eat that, Von Mises! Free this, Hayek!

Argentina and Washington: United On Security, Divided On Trade
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By EUGENIA ROSALES MATIENZO


Argentina’s trade deficit with Brazil hits new high
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US$8.19-billion figure accounts for 90% of national trade deficit in 2017; Brasilia posts record overall trade surplus.
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The alternative media review of the 21F March, already covered in Post #96:

Argentina: 400 Thousand Workers Took the Streets and Said NO to Macri and his Neoliberal Policies
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Source: Resumen Latinoamericano / Photo credit: Resumen Latinoamericano / The Dawn News / February 21, 2018
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Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Protest Layoff in Buenos Aires
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On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers participated in a massive labor march called for by the major Argentine unions.
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And a funny anecdote:

Dujovne Faces Awkward Questions in Spain
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Treasury minister trades tense words with professor over poverty, investment and his assets held abroad.
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Treasury Minister Nicolás Dujovne (right) and his Spanish counterpart Cristóbal Montoro at today's panel hosted by EFE in Madrid, Spain. (Photo via EFE / J.J. Guillén)

See more about that "funny trait" of the Macri Regime, here.
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Yes... the Unions are now threatened by Market reforms...

Unions are failing in Argentina just as in most other places...

Macris reforms are working... Now if you want money...Youll have to work for it..
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