Buenos Aires, Argentina—How do you celebrate the anniversary of something that is impossible to define? That question faced tens of thousands of Argentineans on December 20, as they marched from all corners of Buenos Aires to the historic Plaza de Mayo. It was a year [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Reader Comments
I am keen to know more about the crisis and how the people have responded.,..in particular the education sector and teacher unions in particular.
I was in Argentina beween October 2001 and September 2002. I found this text excellent. Congratulations to the author.
Back from Argentina, I decided to re-orient my professional career and aspire nowto be more directly involved in politics (i.e. the European construction). I am a product of the Argentinazo. We all can be if we want it. And maybe we should because when I watch TV these days ...
Dear Mrs. Klein,
I am an Argentine, and I lived there all of my life, until I moved to Texas in 2000 when I married an American.
Few times I came across an article about my country written with such a good eye, understanding perfectly what’s going on, away from the yellow journalism, and so close to the heart of the matter.
It is also encouraging for me to see that last month the Argentine people showed the world that the Argentinazo was the turning point, not the end of the journey. When in the recent presidential elections the Argentineans were confronted with a new opportunity to choose the politicians that would lead the country for the next four years, contrary to what everybody had thought, there was a record in the polls. People got out and voted in great numbers, and sent a clear message out: the “everybody has to go” was replaced by “all corrupts have to go”. People made their voice heard, and chose not to go back to the misery Menem created with his
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