Friday, July 29, 2005

OK

Let´s call Argentina third world, because they have flat bed seats long-distance busservices, while 1st world countries use planes for that.
You find villas in Argentina that are beyond the worst you´ll find in Europe.
The country is struggling endlessly with the inflation, moving towards price control and caps on lucrative exports. All the time fighting with international institutions about when to repay loans, and how to organise taxes and services. The IMF wants more taxes being collected and less services being provided, not to help the Argentine, but to get their precious dolars back, at the same time the central bank of Argentina buys massivly into the dolar to keep the exchange rate close to 3 to 1 (about 25 billion now).
The leading political party is struggling to stay afloat due to internal power contests, and therefore nearly falling apart, all be this not too clear outside Buenos Aires province.

I like this country, for it´s beauty, panchos, people, culture, ¿can I not have it all?

Fos

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