New York Times: Argentina’s New President Sworn In at Ceremony Snubbed by Predecessor
BUENOS AIRES — Mauricio Macri was sworn in as president of Argentina on Thursday in a ceremony that was boycotted by his predecessor, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, after a bitter argument over how and where to hold it.
At the close of an often-divisive eight-year presidency, Mrs. Kirchner appeared to be trying to complicate the transition to Mr. Macri, making a string of controversial moves during her last days in office. But few people in Argentina thought she would go as far as refusing to appear in person to hand over power, and the operatic twist gripped the nation’s attention.
“It’s an embarrassment; we don’t deserve it,” said Daniel Asasme, 48, a general contractor. “This transition should be for the good of democracy.”
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5 comments:
What a tragedy Argentina has been and for no good reason,other than government corruption,a resource rich nation that should be a world leading economy instead of going through at least their 3rd hyper-inflation with the old government in charge,hopefully for the people this new government will try to turn things around ..
Rich in did but socialist too people who always is looking for free staff will definitely drain their country dry.
Si .. agree with you about free shit and socialism .. none of those "leaders" have ever been destitute/hungry/without ..
But all of those things lead to .. the mother of invention ..
Argentinians are very smart people but they don't want to work.
If they would work hard like the Japanese do, they could have Argentina among the top 10 nation's in the world in 30 years.
This nation natural resources are unbelievable .
SI .. can't disagree
Too many years on the government (tax payer) tit ..
Gonna be a slow turning but we will get there .. eventually
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