President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina

[MilHojas]

President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said he was entertaining the idea that the country's capital should not be Buenos Aires, thus resurfacing a controversy from 1853-1860 which then-President Raúl Alfonsín also sough in the 1980s to reshape.

en.mercopress.com

 

[dsp27]

It will NEVER happen. Cristina had the same "idea". Zero chance.

 

[Alfred_Arnold]

I vote Formosa....or maybe Malvinas. The piece of Antarctica would be a good candidate too.

 

[on the brink]

From what I remember, Alfonsin was the first one to talk about it but the idea never got traction. Governments have been talking about it for ages, generally to distract the masses' attention from some ongoing mess they've created.

 

[dsp27]

The cost and logistics of moving the capital would be insane! Brazil did it but Brazil is a huge country and frankly it made sense back then. Now things are different.

 

[sts7049]

this was probably something albie was forced to say as part of bringing Manzur into the cabinet

 

[jblaze5779]

Are these politicians paid to stand on stage and say dumb shit? Like "let's move the capital" or "inflation will only be 30% next year"? Who buys that...