Comments on: The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean http://faustasblog.com/2012/12/the-carnival-of-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-46/ Faustam fortuna adiuvat Mon, 20 May 2013 01:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fausta http://faustasblog.com/2012/12/the-carnival-of-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-46/comment-page-1/#comment-120910 Fausta Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:14:47 +0000 http://faustasblog.com/?p=33165#comment-120910 Very good points, Gringo.

]]> By: Gringo http://faustasblog.com/2012/12/the-carnival-of-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-46/comment-page-1/#comment-120907 Gringo Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:12:12 +0000 http://faustasblog.com/?p=33165#comment-120907 Re Argentine debt: a 9% growth rate is not a very good argument for not paying, especially since most of the debt has already been written off. While “we cannot pay” was at the time a good argument ten years ago for writing off a large portion of the debt, those conditions no longer apply.

Just one more example of the cultural continuity of the vivo approach in Argentina. From Juan Domingo and before, to Videla to the Kirchners: the vivo has remained a large part of Argentine culture.

[For those unfamiliar w the term: vivo~ con man, flim-flam artist...]

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