Nothing new in Salon's wire service page if you take a look at the local papers occasionally... but it was fun to discover just about anything about Argentina in the angloparlante media besides how people are moving to Buenos Aires."With both Kirchners doing well in the polls, they've been floating the idea that she should run to replace him while he's still in office....
...Why would Kirchner step aside as president at the height of his popularity?
That I'm of two minds about K shouldn't surprise anyone, I guess.One clue lies in Argentina's constitution: incumbents are barred from seeking consecutive re-election more than once, so if Cristina Kirchner wins the presidency, there's a possibility they can do this again -- handing the job back to him, and then maybe to her again, for a total of 16 years in power.
This would solve the lame-duck problem most second-term presidents face."
Sitting here in Buenos Aires, I generally like his economic policies and consider his civil rights record and dealing with former represores to be damned impressive.
As a beef producer, on the other hand, my particular ox is gored. Personally, we are very lucky not to be damaged by the government's price controls, export restrictions, taxes on exported beef and slaughter weight rules.
It felt like insult to injury, however, when he decided to increase the export taxes on the soja boom...and redistribute the proceeds to every agricultural sector but cattle ranchers.
There is something of a general strike going on in the campo among the producers.
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