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🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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0:00.0 | All right, Alexander. Let's talk about the elections in Argentina and let's talk about the new president of Argentina because everyone is talking about Javier Nile. |
0:13.8 | He could be a force for change in Argentina, perhaps positive change positive change could also be a big bust he's very eccentric |
0:26.9 | he's very eccentric very colorful he says a lot of stuff he does a lot of stuff does a lot of bizarre |
0:33.2 | stuff but you know the argentinian people they voted for for him to be the president. |
0:40.1 | And he says he's going to enact some very, some very drastic, controversial, risky policies, |
0:48.7 | for example, moving Argentina away from the peso towards the.D and perhaps even moving Argentina away or out |
0:58.0 | of bricks, for which they just entered bricks. So we're going to need some time to see how |
1:04.8 | he governs. But what are your thoughts on the election in Argentina? I mean, in some ways, |
1:09.7 | I mean, in some ways, it is unsurprising. |
1:12.0 | I mean, Argentina has had a very troubled economic history for as long as I can remember. |
1:17.2 | And I'm not an expert on Argentina and its economic system. |
1:20.9 | I don't know why these problems exist in what logically should be a rich country with abundant raw materials, an educated |
1:30.8 | workforce and an industrial base, but they do. And no government up to now seems to have been |
1:37.4 | able to get on top of them. I mean, we've had brief moments when things did appear to be getting |
1:43.6 | better. For example, under Ferdinand Kirchner, |
1:47.6 | not Christina Kirchner, this is the husband, not the wife, but when he was president, |
1:53.2 | he did seem to be able to bring things sort of under control. But these dawns, these periods of |
2:00.7 | stability tend to be relatively short. |
2:03.3 | Things go wrong. |
2:04.7 | At the moment, Argentina has 120% inflation. |
2:08.8 | The Pezzo has been devaluing and losing its value, and both internally and externally, |
2:16.1 | things have not been well in Argentina. |
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