Pesoification
December 28, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina |
As promised yesterday, I’m going to explain why I think that the decission of the Supreme Court about the pesoification of dollar-denominated frozen bank accounts was the right thing to do. But first, a note…
We Argentinians are like those insecure types that mask their distress by posing as overconfident. To the outsiders, Argentina is the greatest country in the world, our women are the most beautiful, our football team is invincible, Maradona is God, our beef is the very tastiest, the Pampas are the Granary of the World, and we’re the friendliest, warmest bunch of folks on the face of the Earth. We don’t take outsiders’ criticism very well. Yet when discussing our country among ourselves, all conversations eventually conclude that Argentina is and will ever be un país de mierda.
On the same line, we like to ramble about our nationalism, our love for own land, the need for all […]
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