It has been a tough few weeks for Cristina Fernández. Argentina’s president has had to watch the world fall in love with a pope from Buenos Aires whose seductive simplicity has given him approval ratings and global clout she can only dream of. Her home town was hammered by fatal floods, exposing the limitations of a government economic model in which infrastructure spending has plummeted, hurting Argentina’s competitiveness. And candid criticism by José Mujica, Uruguay’s president – unaware his microphone was on at an event as he lashed out at Ms Fernández as “stubborn” and “worse” than her late husband and predecessor – is likely to strike a chord with other trade partners fed up with Argentina’s import restrictions and protectionist policies....To Read More...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Fernández feels political pressure
By Jude Webber in Buenos Aires, April 8, 2013 8:03
It has been a tough few weeks for Cristina Fernández. Argentina’s president has had to watch the world fall in love with a pope from Buenos Aires whose seductive simplicity has given him approval ratings and global clout she can only dream of. Her home town was hammered by fatal floods, exposing the limitations of a government economic model in which infrastructure spending has plummeted, hurting Argentina’s competitiveness. And candid criticism by José Mujica, Uruguay’s president – unaware his microphone was on at an event as he lashed out at Ms Fernández as “stubborn” and “worse” than her late husband and predecessor – is likely to strike a chord with other trade partners fed up with Argentina’s import restrictions and protectionist policies....To Read More...
It has been a tough few weeks for Cristina Fernández. Argentina’s president has had to watch the world fall in love with a pope from Buenos Aires whose seductive simplicity has given him approval ratings and global clout she can only dream of. Her home town was hammered by fatal floods, exposing the limitations of a government economic model in which infrastructure spending has plummeted, hurting Argentina’s competitiveness. And candid criticism by José Mujica, Uruguay’s president – unaware his microphone was on at an event as he lashed out at Ms Fernández as “stubborn” and “worse” than her late husband and predecessor – is likely to strike a chord with other trade partners fed up with Argentina’s import restrictions and protectionist policies....To Read More...
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