Argentina Economy

Argentina's Critics Get It Wrong Again

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 04.30.2012

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Mark Weisbrot

It is interesting that Argentina has had such remarkable economic success over the past nine years while receiving very little foreign direct investment and being mostly shunned by international financial markets. Maybe that's another reason why Argentina gets so much flak.

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Obama Congratulates Argentine President

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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CANNES, France -- President Barack Obama says a meeting with Argentina's president gave them a nice opportunity to build on the long history between t...

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'Bittersweet' Election For Argentine President After Landslide Victory

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 12.23.2011

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's vice president-elect is a hoodie-wearing, Harley-riding rock 'n roll guitarist who plays up the pace of th...

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Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite: Some Thoughts on the IMF, Global Injustice, and a Stranger on a Train

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 07.22.2011

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Rebecca Solnit

What makes the sex scandal that broke open last week so resonant is the way the alleged assailant and victim model larger relationships around the world, starting with the IMF's assault on the poor.

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Cristina Fernandez, Argentinian President, Says Pork Is Better For Sex Life Than Viagra

Posted 05.25.2011

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Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez has told a gathering at her Presidential Palace that pork is even better than Viagra for spicing things up in...

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Direct Job Creation - Lessons from Argentina

Pavlina R. Tcherneva | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pavlina R. Tcherneva

If the U.S. government creates a permanent, voluntary public employment program that offers a living-wage job to anyone willing and able to work in a public service project, unemployment will be addressed directly.

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EU, IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way

Ellen Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Brown

Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing countries, has now come to Europe. The International Monetary Fund is imposing its "austerity measures" on the outer circle of the European Union.

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Argentina's Drought Wilts Crops, Economy

BBC NEWS | By Candace Piette | Posted 05.25.2011

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A deflated bag of bones, the carcass of a bull, lies dried out on the banks of a river, baked by the sun. Normally green, the prime pastureland around...

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