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Dr Pepper, Bradley. 2 cases.

Why do you think we had to flee to Salta? Chorros expatriados!

Case is in the icebox awaiting your arrival in Salta.

Either way. The person wearing the presidential sash in 2016/17 will not be named Kirchner. And the reason why so many expats here have a hard time dealing with that is because they have spent the last 7.5 years thinking that the problem is CFK. It's not. Either way, you set the odds, I gave...

OK I'll give you 2-1 odds that the President of Argentina in 2016 will not be named Kirchner.

I'm not too on top of all the media, but here is the list I have so far, please feel free to add/subtract to it: Said Mad Max would/should run for Prez Said Mad Max wouldn’t/shouldn’t run for Prez...

Camberiu, where did you get that $800 million figure from? I'm seeing all kinds of estimates on the internets, but that's the lowest I've seen so far. (You might be right for all I know, since you're closer to the scene of the trainwreck...)

Well the Bollocks Article Parade continues on BAExpats. I seriously doubt monkeys on typewriters can come up with that many factual errors in such a short space. For a couple of gems: No, NML is not seeking 100 cents on the dollar for their investment: they are seeking 100 cents on the dollar...

I totally agree: the less democratic the government the more taxes become despotic, because then it is not about "let's all get together and use our resources to fund the programmes we want." Instead it becomes, like you said, "other peoples' money": a foreign entity swoops in and takes away...

Chet: You are thinking of taxes as liabilities, without taking into account what you get back from them: roads, sewers, clean air, a well-fed, educated employee base. The more democratic the government, the more taxes are assets instead of liabilities. I gave the examples of Bangladesh et al...

This is not only a gross oversimplification, it is also mostly untrue. 1. In and of themselves taxes do not *hurt* anyone. Taxes are necessary for allocating resources for the economy to be as productive as possible for everyone. Obviously, the less democratic a society, the more these funds...

Hey maw, That's very kind of you to say. I have enjoyed your contributions as well and look forward to interacting with you more on these topics. That said, unfortunately I don't have too much to add on this; I think Brad and JP were (as usual) much more succinct than I could be. "Populism" is...

Re-read my post Syngirl, I am not saying the conditional tense is incorrect; quite to the contrary, just as you say it is the only tense that is correct here given that they are just merely allegations and nothing has been substantiated. My point was that these allegations are presented in a...

Hey I know it is a hallowed BAExpats tradition to take a few random quotes without context and extrapolate them into ideological death matches, but might I ask in this case if anyone heard or saw a transcript of the original interview? I have been waterboarding the internet to find a transcript...

Just curious maw: As I read the article, there are two opposition lawmakers that are asking a judge to investigate allegations that were denied by the accused but thus far not proven in any way. Therefore isn't your challenge to Bajo and WH kind of like asking someone to justify why OJ killed...

This is an interesting question. By comparison, the Bush/Obama regime have used the argument that they are "keeping us safe from terrorists" to justify mass surveillance, indefinite war, imprisonment without trial and the de facto suspension of habeas corpus. And in many cases, thanks to...

my take: 1. The article is total bollocks. Ditto what Brad said. 2. Camberiú is right that a lot of Argentines are unwilling to acknowledge that there was indeed plenty of support for the coup, just as there is in any coup. It always involves a minority wanting to take control. Given the...

I could not disagree more. In spite of the inane stupidity of what many of the Madres have turned their organisation into, the resistance to the crimes of the last dictatorship is one of the few things Argentina should be fiercely proud of. AFAIK Argentina is the country that has the best record...

While there is a good argument to be made for cutting all military expenses, Argentina spends a paltry 0.7% of its GDP on its defence budget, by far the lowest in the region. Here's a fun map from our friends at the World Bank for those of you who like to compare and contrast...

Read it again: 3 times the canasta familiar (the basket of goods purchased by the average family per month, i.e., $9,000) $9,000 x 3 = $27,000 Furthermore, the Partido Obrero specifies that it should be the canasta as calculated by the unions, not the government or owners. And to put this in...