While Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has many Argentinians behind her, she will want to learn some lessons from Korea if Argentina’s economic surge will continue.
Cristina Fernández’s meddling in Argentina’s economy does not sit well with the country’s business elite or Wall Street, but people are working, so she’s set to cruise to re-election on Oct. 23.
In one of its clumsier PR campaigns, Greenpeace Argentina decided to place an ad in the Washington Post while Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner was in town. The advocacy group is livid over the plans to build a coal power plant in Patagonia.
Probably not. Despite the oft-heard cliché, history does not repeat myself. But once again, an unpopular Argentine government is stirring up deep nationalistic feelings as a distraction from its failed policies. I have vague memories, around junior high years, when Argentina’s then-military junta, unable to tackle growing economic problems, diverted attention by invading the [...]