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INDEC reveals severe industrial slump; Right-wing, conservative, neoliberal Mauricio Macri destroys Argentine industry
Topic Started: Jun 1 2016, 07:52 AM (912 Views)
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

By Fermín Koop
Herald Staff


More than 48,000 construction jobs lost over last year, manufacturing sector shrinks 6.7%

Despite the national government’s high expectations for the second half of the year, the economy is continuing to slump, official figures on local industry show.

The INDEC statistics bureau yesterday published data for the industrial and construction sectors, with both registering sharp declines.

The industrial sector dropped 6.7 percent in April compared to the same month last year, accumulating a 2.4-percent decline in the first four months of the year. Meanwhile, the construction sector shrunk 24.1 percent in April in a year-on-year comparison, having already declined 10.3 percent so far in 2016.
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This thread is the continuation of this other. Besides:

Church tells Macri to prioritize poor
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Archbishop warns against ‘insensitivity to suffering’ as president avoids public celebrations
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President Mauricio Macri and the Cabinet arrive to the Metropolitan Cathedral yesterday (above) while Border Guards stand watch across from the historic Cabildo building (below).

Government bets on debt
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Prat-Gay, Peña talk up public works and private projects based on loans as key for growth
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President Mauricio Macri is pictured with Unilever CEO Paul Polman after the latter announced a 4.8-billion pesos investment yesterday.

Analysts agree
Up to 8 million tons of soy lost due to floods
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Flooding in Argentina has cut into the country’s expected soybean output by four million to eight million tonnes, even as higher-than-expected yields in dryer areas offset some of the losses, local farm analysts said.


Business leaders doubt timeline of government’s ‘rain of investment’
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Businesses doubt gov’t’s ‘second semester’ promises, but public works still spark hope
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President Mauricio Macri’s administration still expects activity levels to start picking up by the end of the year.

Macri’s public image drops to 44%
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Mauricio Macri’s public image continues to fall and the president is experiencing his lowest approval rating since his inauguration in December, the Management & Fit (M&F) consultancy firm revealed yesterday. Despite this, many Argentines continue to have moderate expectations, according to the M&F opinion poll published in Clarín. “After five months of this new government, Macri has lost political capital, and ... has lost six points and half in the approval of his administration — his public image has lost seven points,” M&F representatives said. Although there continues to be more people who approve (44.1 percent) than disapprove (42.5 percent) of how Macri is governing the country, the difference between the two variables is getting smaller. Last month, 45.8 percent approved of Macri’s administration and 41 percent disapproved.


Prat-Gay puts Spanish firms in spotlight
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Minister’s apology to investors overlooks past conflicts with Aerolíneas and Repsol

The relationship between Argentina and Spanish investors is back in the spotlight after Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay told investors from that country that he was “sorry” for past government actions, prompting questions over who has benefitted the most out of the economic relation between the two nations.

Prat-Gay was especially criticized by lawmakers from the opposition Victory Front (FpV), who oversaw several economic conflicts between both countries during the previous administration.
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Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay (centre) is seen speaking at the Foro Tribuna EFE – Casa de América yesterday.
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"I BELONG TO YOU"
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Reuters:
Despite pro-business reforms, Argentina's factory owners struggle
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Since taking office in December, President Mauricio Macri has quickly ticked off a long-held wish-list of Argentina's manufacturers - lifting tough capital controls, easing import restrictions and freeing up access to dollars.

But his policies have yet to lead to a recovery in manufacturing. Initial optimism over the new business-friendly government has met the tough realities of stubbornly high inflation, an economy stumbling towards recession and job losses.

"We were selling around 28,000 pairs (of shoes) per month and then in October last year it suddenly dropped to 18,000. We thought it would only last a few months, but the situation still hasn't changed," said Jorge Boris, vice-president and partner at security footwear maker Boris Hnos, which makes steel-toe shoes used in construction and other industries.

The shoemaker, which employs around 70 workers on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, is not alone. Industrial output contracted a sharper-than-expected 6.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the newly revamped Indec statistics agency said this week.
"Sharper-than-expected"? Nahhhh. It always happens when a right-wing, conservative, neoliberal party takes hold of Argentina Government (be by coup, be by elections): a feroucious desindustrialization and re-primarization of the economy.
Edited by Che On The Rocks, Jun 3 2016, 12:28 PM.
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the narco whore would have transformed these statistics to a 6.7% gain, the difference is that now you can actually believe the INDEC statistics
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the narco whore would have transformed these statistics to a 6.7% gain, the difference is that now you can actually believe the INDEC statistics
And further to that, what Che seems to ignore is that these NEW statistics go all the way back to March of last year. Lemme see here, who was in power at the time? So, like, HER mismanagement of the economy is now HIS fault? Really. Read what Che posted here:

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The INDEC statistics bureau yesterday published data for the industrial and construction sectors, with both registering sharp declines.
The industrial sector dropped 6.7 percent in April compared to the same month last year, accumulating a 2.4-percent decline in the first four months of the year. Meanwhile, the construction sector shrunk 24.1 percent in April in a year-on-year comparison, having already declined 10.3 percent so far in 2016.
Both sectors hadn’t published reports since October. Back then, industry had dropped 1.7 percent after six consecutive positive months, while construction grew 4.2 percent. More than 48,000 jobs were lost between March 2015 and March 2016 in the construction sector, INDEC said. A total of 13,938 people have already been laid off in the first three months of the year.


Note to Che: ...give it up!

It will take a minimum of 2 years to correct the mismanagement of the Botox Queen and her band of loons. Two years. Macri wasn't yet in office for 2 friggen weeks (!), and you people were already trying to hang all of the misery caused by years of economic mismanagement and neglect on the guy. Not only that, there are now statistics to look at, something our Botox Queen hid from the public. Furthermore, ANYONE who is a supporter of ANY political party, employed by the government, and is an active member of ANY (!) political party should be fired, let go, chucked into the river....immediately. Patronage jobs in Argentina should be eliminated, ...period. Stop the crap. Ya got a g'billion patronage jobs in Argentina that need to be moved to the private sector. It is what is fundamentally wrong with the Argentine economy, something Mr Macri is trying to correct. Again, two years!

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Che is like a Republican blaming Obama for the bad economy in 2009........... :lol:
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jake58
 
the narco whore would have transformed these statistics to a 6.7% gain, the difference is that now you can actually believe the INDEC statistics
The only index put in doubt during CFK terms was the inflation's. Now, the Macri Regime doesn't even publish it. Oh, what a "great step forward"!
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And further to that, what Che seems to ignore is that these NEW statistics go all the way back to March of last year. Lemme see here, who was in power at the time? So, like, HER mismanagement of the economy is now HIS fault? Really. Read what Che posted here:
The inter-annual index takes the industrial activity in a given month and compares it with the isolated industrial activity of the same month but of the former year. The accumulated indexes go down, too.

So yes, it's Macri fault. :cool:

W A Mozart
 
Note to Che: ...give it up!
Never. :cool:

W A Mozart
 
Furthermore, ANYONE who is a supporter of ANY political party, employed by the government, and is an active member of ANY (!) political party should be fired, let go, chucked into the river....immediately.
Yes, the military dictatorships did that, literally.

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Again, two years!
Macri does not have that time. :cool:
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Che is like a Republican blaming Obama for the bad economy in 2009........... :lol:
No, i'm as the Dems should have been in 2001. :biggrin:
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CTA protests gov’t veto of employment bill
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Micheli and Yasky join forces at Plaza de Mayo with estimated 40,000 unhappy workers

Members of the two branches of the CTA labour federation protested yesterday against President Mauricio Macri’s veto of a legislation aimed at imposing a de-facto six-month moratorium on layoffs.
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CTA heads Hugo Yasky and Pablo Micheli (centre) are seen in the protest yesterday.
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"There is fight in the air".
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"Macri = unemployment".
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"Macri thief and traitor. Panama Papers".

electro-intensive firms to also get 20-percent rebate
Gov’t confirms caps on gas hikes
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The government officially announced yesterday a series of limits to natural gas hikes across the country, as well as a rebate for some companies’ to help electricity consumption.

Resident will pay no more than 400 percent more than they used to in their gas bills, while small-and-medium sized companies, shops and hotels will have theirs capped at 500 percent. A total of 393 firms considered to be “electro-intensive” will also be given a 20 percent rebate on their electricity consumption, the government confirmed.
The Macri Regime begins to yield -just a bit- before the social protest. Good. See more about the Battle of the Gas ( :biggrin: ), here.

And the bases pressure gets too that...

Moyano, Caló and Barrionuevo
CGT calls for reunification in August assembly
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After years of factionalism, the different splinter groups of the General Labour Confederation (CGT) umbrella union took another step reunification yesterday as a general assembly was announced for August 22, while key leader Hugo Moyano said he would step down following the meeting.

Representatives of the three union leaders and their factions — Moyano (CGT Azopardo), Antonio Caló (CGT Alsina) and Luis Barrionuevo (White and Blue CGT) — offered statements confirming the date of the summit, which is expected to unite all three groups under the single CGT banner for the first time since 2008.


All this is not for the faint of heart... :cool:

Macri rushed to undergo heart tests
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Head of state released from Olivos clinic last night after earlier denials about health scare

President Mauricio Macri received medical attention last night at a clinic near to the Olivos presidential residence for what the government said was a mild case of arrhythmia.

After an afternoon riddled with rumours that the president had been admitted over cardiac concerns that were initially denied by the government, official confirmation that Macri had suffered arrhythmia arrived at about 9:30pm. A brief press release issued by the president’s office said Macri had first not felt well at 3pm but that he decided to continue with his normal schedule at the Olivos residence.
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Petroleumworld.com 06 03 2016

Exxon Mobil Corp. may invest more than $10 billion in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation in the next decades, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson said Thursday.

The oil giant has so far invested $200 million in the world's second largest shale gas deposit, Tillerson said after meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires. Exxon has received approval to invest $250 million more for a pilot project in the coming months.

If the pilot project is successful, the company will start full development during a period of 20 to 30 years that could involve additional investment “that would be well in excess of $10 billion,” he said.


http://www.petroleumworld.com/storyt16060302.htm

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Wait for it...Wait for it....Che will declare that the gringo imperialists are trying to make Argentina a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil........................ :lol:
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Wait for it...Wait for it....Che will declare that the gringo imperialists are trying to make Argentina a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil........................ :lol:
It was Cristina who brought Chevron, Exxon, Petronas and others. I posted all that in the old, late board...

The difference: Cristina regulated a lo of more. Now, Macri is subsidizing Exxon and simultaneously cutting its taxes...
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Basically, Mauricio Macri is trying to restore the Neoliberalism in Argentina.

What does that mean? Free trade, free flow of capitals and services, minimum/zero state.

Can the Argentina economy work like that? Only some sectors: natural resources, some services (banks mainly), some very specific industrial pockets & ICTs...

...but the rest, no way.

Those competitive sectors can give jobs to 20 millions of Argentines. The half of the population.

The other half is going to be left out in the cold. Total exclusion, poverty and misery.

The half with jobs, because fear of falling into the "bad half", will accept a very regressive income distribution: the rich wins a lot, the poor wins very few, but even that is better than exclusion.

That happened in the 1990s. It ended in December of 2001, like this:
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Will Mauricio Macri repeat the History?
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I told you. Macri-nomics: 1)Debt, debt and more debt. 2)Panama:

Whitewash bill paves way for more debt
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Cash from amnesty could turn into cheap bonds, but long-term worries grow
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Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay is seen talking to reporters at a press conference.

Does that debt go to bridges, roads, schools, power plants, etc?

Nope. Not for the moment:

Investors wanted
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Argentina begs for overseas money as funds generated inland keeps leaving
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Vice-President Gabriela Michetti speaks with executives of the Korean companies Posco, Samsung and Hyundai on May 31.

Net ending: the foreign public debt is used for financing private capital flight. The whole Argentina finances a few, rich oligarchs who stash their moola in Panama. It's called "financial bike" and i described it here (second link). In fact, Reuters confirms the Buenos Aires Herald news:

Argentina curbs short-term foreign inflows lured by Macri
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Argentina is pushing back against a tide of short-term foreign investment driven by confidence in center-right President Mauricio Macri's reform drive and big profits.
Big profits. Confidence is just a white lie.
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Investors were lured by eye-popping yields of 38 percent that the central bank began offering on Lebacs in April to help rein in inflation and ease the currency's slide since a devaluation in December.
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Walter Molano, chief economist at BCP Securities LLC in New York, applauded the change and said Argentina "is not just a feed bank for all little piggies to come and eat at, and that is what Argentina could easily become."
Actually, that is Argentina just now, under the Macri Regime.
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However, even if the central bank is successful in stemming short-term investments, it may struggle to redirect investors into longer-term bonds.

"The problem with foreigners is if you want to roll over your exposure to Lebacs, you are going to have to roll it over to 6-month paper and that is exposing you maybe to much more FX risk," said Siobhan Morden, head of Latin America fixed income strategy at Nomura.


Meanwhile:

Michetti: economic recovery will come next year
VP admits no growth in 2016
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Vice-president sees some positive signs but admits rebound won’t arrive until next year
"Next year, next year". Next year will never come for more and more Argentines (see my post above). In that "New, Brand Argentina":

Move comes after FpV mayor filed writ
Judge blocks government’s utility hikes in La Matanza
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A judge in Buenos Aires province has blocked the large increases in utility prices introduced by the national government, in response to a writ filed by La Matanza Mayor Verónica Magario of the Victory Front (FpV).
Precisely for dealing with those pesky judges who want to stop the Neoliberal Restoration, the Macri Regime wanted to "invade" the Argentine Supreme Court, placing their cronies.

But even Macri has to do some demagogic gesture to the "unwashed masses" (the soon-to be "bad half" of my above post):

Gesture ‘not enough,’ local leaders say
Macri trumpets smaller hikes in electricity bills for neighbourhood clubs
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After recovering from an apparent arrhythmia health scare on Friday evening, President Mauricio Macri returned to the public eye yesterday to announce a 40-percent retroactive decrease for neighbourhood clubs in the massive hikes to electricity bills seen recently.
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“They’re pulling our leg,” said Cristian Font, a member of the National for Neighbourhood Clubs (UCB) shortly after the announcement.
Neighbourhood clubs are going to die. Young People are going to go to the streets. No jobs for many of them. What do you think is going to happen, Gentle Reader?
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I told you. Macri-nomics: 1)Debt, debt and more debt. 2)Panama:

Whitewash bill paves way for more debt
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Cash from amnesty could turn into cheap bonds, but long-term worries grow
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Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay is seen talking to reporters at a press conference.

Does that debt go to bridges, roads, schools, power plants, etc?

Nope. Not for the moment:

Investors wanted
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Argentina begs for overseas money as funds generated inland keeps leaving
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Vice-President Gabriela Michetti speaks with executives of the Korean companies Posco, Samsung and Hyundai on May 31.

Net ending: the foreign public debt is used for financing private capital flight. The whole Argentina finances a few, rich oligarchs who stash their moola in Panama. It's called "financial bike" and i described it here (second link). In fact, Reuters confirms the Buenos Aires Herald news:

Argentina curbs short-term foreign inflows lured by Macri
Quote:
 
Argentina is pushing back against a tide of short-term foreign investment driven by confidence in center-right President Mauricio Macri's reform drive and big profits.
Big profits. Confidence is just a white lie.
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Investors were lured by eye-popping yields of 38 percent that the central bank began offering on Lebacs in April to help rein in inflation and ease the currency's slide since a devaluation in December.
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Walter Molano, chief economist at BCP Securities LLC in New York, applauded the change and said Argentina "is not just a feed bank for all little piggies to come and eat at, and that is what Argentina could easily become."
Actually, that is Argentina just now, under the Macri Regime.
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However, even if the central bank is successful in stemming short-term investments, it may struggle to redirect investors into longer-term bonds.

"The problem with foreigners is if you want to roll over your exposure to Lebacs, you are going to have to roll it over to 6-month paper and that is exposing you maybe to much more FX risk," said Siobhan Morden, head of Latin America fixed income strategy at Nomura.


Meanwhile:

Michetti: economic recovery will come next year
VP admits no growth in 2016
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Vice-president sees some positive signs but admits rebound won’t arrive until next year
"Next year, next year". Next year will never come for more and more Argentines (see my post above). In that "New, Brand Argentina":

Move comes after FpV mayor filed writ
Judge blocks government’s utility hikes in La Matanza
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A judge in Buenos Aires province has blocked the large increases in utility prices introduced by the national government, in response to a writ filed by La Matanza Mayor Verónica Magario of the Victory Front (FpV).
Precisely for dealing with those pesky judges who want to stop the Neoliberal Restoration, the Macri Regime wanted to "invade" the Argentine Supreme Court, placing their cronies.

But even Macri has to do some demagogic gesture to the "unwashed masses" (the soon-to be "bad half" of my above post):

Gesture ‘not enough,’ local leaders say
Macri trumpets smaller hikes in electricity bills for neighbourhood clubs
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After recovering from an apparent arrhythmia health scare on Friday evening, President Mauricio Macri returned to the public eye yesterday to announce a 40-percent retroactive decrease for neighbourhood clubs in the massive hikes to electricity bills seen recently.
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“They’re pulling our leg,” said Cristian Font, a member of the National for Neighbourhood Clubs (UCB) shortly after the announcement.
Neighbourhood clubs are going to die. Young People are going to go to the streets. No jobs for many of them. What do you think is going to happen, Gentle Reader?
"Young People are going to go to the streets. No jobs for many of them. What do you think is going to happen, Gentle Reader?'

Venezuela?

Hey che, do you guys still have electricity and toilet paper?
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Venezuela?
No, more like a cross between Colombia and Iraq. :cool:

jake58
 
Hey che, do you guys still have electricity and toilet paper?
No, because we can't pay for it anymore.
Borrow me The Financial Time, paper issue, please? :cool:

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Gov’t woos Pope with funds for foundation
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Let’s Change official says pointiff should not be ‘a point of contention’ for Argentines

President Mauricio Macri’s government made further signs that it wishes to broach the apparent divide between itself and the Church yesterday, just days after the Te Deum Church report delivered a scathing criticism of the government’s social policies and the worsening state of poverty in Argentina.

Macri approved new state investment for an education project sponsored by Pope Francis, hours after his deputy-secretary of Youth Affairs Pedro Robledo met with the pointiff himself.
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Pope Francis meets with a group of YouTube stars at the Vatican on Sunday.

Ho ho ho! Look at that! Mauricio "Panama" Macri wants to bribe the Pope!
But Frankie didn't take it good (Spanish):

Argentina: an unexpected donation and the perplexity of the Pope
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Francisco's surprise to a million-dollar donation in Argentina involving the pontifical foundation "Scholas Occurrentes"
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Pope Francis.

Meanwhile:

Journalists take to streets as crisis sinks in
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Large rally in BA City centre as unions condemn layoffs, salary cuts, working conditions

Hundreds of journalists marched yesterday on downtown Buenos Aires as part of a protest over the state of their profession across the country, with salaries, unemployment and workplace abuse at the top of their agenda.

The rally came as journalists face one of their toughest years in recent times, with several outlets closing down or undergoing downsizing, while salaries have also lagged behind inflation.
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With the abolition of the Media Law by decree early in President Mauricio Macri’s administration, however, the market has again contracted, with a few conglomerates such as the Clarín Group and Telefónica holding the cards over who to hire and on what terms given the reduced competition.
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Hundreds of journalists rallied to the doors of the Labour Minister yesterday to protest layoffs.
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Buenos Aires press workers march in downtown Buenos Aires yesterday carrying a banner that reads,“Unity in the struggle against dismissals and job insecurity.”

Argentine President Named in Panama Papers Wants Amnesty for Tax Evaders
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The government of Mauricio Macri is proposing to cover pensions of retired workers with a "tax amnesty"
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A demonstrator holds up a placard with images depicting Argentine President Mauricio Macri with the word "Corrupt" written over it during a protest against layoffs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Finally, the international context:

Latin America to suffer first back-to-back recession in 30 years
World Bank cuts global forecast on weak demand, commodities
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The World Bank has slashed its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4 percent from the 2.9 percent estimated in January, due to stubbornly low commodity prices, sluggish demand in advanced economies, weak trade and diminishing capital flows.
Great! While the international markets get cold, Mauricio "Panama" Macri destroys the local markets/industry! What an "stateman"!
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Pope gives back Macri’s ‘donation’
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Francis says foundation can’t accept a ‘single penny’ from Argentine government
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Days later, the long-awaited meeting between Macri and Francis at the Vatican ended up being a frosty encounter that lasted a mere 22 minutes. The pope refrained from smiling when he was photographed with the newly-enacted Argentine president, making evident the lack of affinity between the two political leaders — a stark contrast from the warmer relationship Francis used to enjoy with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
(See here)
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Peña had already criticized Francis weeks ago for accepting a meeting with Hebe de Bonafini, the leader of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights organization.
(See here)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MIRACLE! MIRACLE! I'M CATHOLIC AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The popularity of Pope Francis at home
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A political figure with Peronist background, Bergoglio prompts divergent stances
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The change occured among the “macristas” while the rest remains the same. The opinion about the Pope has created a field of divergent political stances. And this is something that we cannot necessarily attribute to him.
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Source: Observatorio Electoral. National survey, 1,100 phone interviews, May 2016.

Young lawyer Juan Grabois
Social leader who blasted contribution named Vatican consultant
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A social leader who last week blasted the Mauricio Macri government for donating 16 million pesos to the Scholas Occurrentes network of schools was yesterday appointed by Pope Francis to head the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.


Besides, in devastated Argentina:

CFK: pension bill a ‘Trojan horse’ for privatization
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Gov’t accepts changes in committee meeting
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Former ANSES director Diego Bossio is pictured yesterday during a committee meeting on the new pension bill.
See here, too.

Experts rule out ‘end’ of fiscal secrecy
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Government claims tax evaders face ‘last chance’ before automatic data exchange kicks in


Central region struggling
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Report says sectors outside of agriculture still struggling in Santa Fe, Córdoba, Entre Ríos


Country granted observer status at Pacific bloc
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Chile hails ‘special interest’ by President Macri in developing closer ties with alliance


Argentine airport workers to begin 48-hour strike on Friday
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Airport workers in Argentina will begin a 48-hour strike on Friday amid a salary dispute with the government, in a move that may halt air traffic in the South American country.


Long Lines for Gas in Argentina as Truckers Go on Strike
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Truck drivers are demanding a 42 percent rise in wages for the more than 250,000 members of their union.
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Long lines were seen at gas stations across Argentina's capital. | Photo: AFP

taxi drivers say app is still operating ilegally
Another anti-Uber protest hits BA
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Thousands of taxi drivers organized a protest in downtown Buenos Aires yesterday against ride-hailing app Uber, demanded that the US-based company should be shut down.
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