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peppertree

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4. Wow. What memories, I'm sure.

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 03:45 PM

9 hrs ago

You know - when a Alfonsín took office (in late 1983), a well-known RW former dictatorship official scoffed that "given the foreign debt crisis we've left him, he won't be able to do anything."

And he was right.

Argentina, moreover, never really climbed out of that foreign debt trap.

Although now - what with three bumper crops in a row, plus an oil export boomlet - they may once again, for the first time since 2011, be ahead of the debt snowball.

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Mothers of Plaza de Mayo leader Taty Almeida dies at 95 [View all] peppertree 13 hrs ago OP

She is/was a true hero. kairos12 12 hrs ago #1

True. And the Argentine right (who are just gaga over Trump, btw) hated her for it. peppertree 10 hrs ago #2

I was in Argentina in 1987 when Alfonsin became President. kairos12 10 hrs ago #3

Wow. What memories, I'm sure. peppertree 9 hrs ago #4