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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 09:42 PM Mar 2016

Obama praises Argentina's 'man in a hurry' Macri for reforms

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday championed Argentina's new center-right leader Mauricio Macri as an example for other countries in Latin America, praising the fast pace of reforms to strengthen the economy.

Obama, on a two-day visit to Argentina that marks a detente after years of tensions, said Argentina under Macri was poised to play a more influential role on the global stage.

In his first 100 days in office, Macri has distanced himself from South America's leftist bloc, old allies of former President Cristina Fernandez, and sought a thaw in relations with Western capitals as he seeks new investment in Latin America's No. 3 economy.

"I can tell you President Macri is a man in hurry," Obama told a joint news conference after the two leaders held talks.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-arrives-argentina-reset-relations-years-tension-043054682.html

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Obama praises Argentina's 'man in a hurry' Macri for reforms (Original Post) Little Tich Mar 2016 OP
Sigh. Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #1
Business as usual Baobab Mar 2016 #2
Books must be banished or burned Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #3
It saddens me to read this. sus453 Mar 2016 #4
A little more on Macri who the Obama administration seems so fond of sus453 Mar 2016 #6
Guy makes the trains run on time. Octafish Mar 2016 #5

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
1. Sigh.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 01:02 AM
Mar 2016

1. Rotters is wrong. Mauricio Macri is NOT a 'center-right' leader. He is a corporate fascist!

2. President Obama should NOT be endorsing him. He is putting the U.S. on the WRONG SIDE AGAIN in Latin America, extending a half a century of BAD POLICY.

I applaud President Obama for normalizing relations with Cuba and his visit to Cuba, and I applaud him for supporting the Colombia/FARC peace talks. These actions are both excellent for Latin America and excellent for U.S./Latin American relations (which took a huge hit when Sec of State Clinton supported the fascist military coup in Honduras). But to turn right around and support this fascist asshole in Argentina is lamentable.

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
2. Business as usual
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 03:12 AM
Mar 2016

We could "do business with" Saddam for 30 years, even as he gassed people, remember?

Stay the course. Bombs not Books.

 

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
3. Books must be banished or burned
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:37 AM
Mar 2016

when what is said in them inconveniences elites.

People might get ideas.

sus453

(164 posts)
4. It saddens me to read this.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 09:53 AM
Mar 2016

Mauricio Macri, who has ties to Jorge Videla's regime and who tries to sweep the still painful atrocities of Argentina's Dirty War under the carpet. Macri is a right-wing neo-liberal, and his policies will help, to the detriment of the large majority of the Argentinean people, only the multinational corporations.

sus453

(164 posts)
6. A little more on Macri who the Obama administration seems so fond of
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 02:05 PM
Mar 2016

Really, I thought President Obama was better than that.

This is what Macri has done so far:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/24/the-war-on-memory-begins-in-argentina/

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