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forest444

(5,902 posts)
1. I'm sure the Dirty War amigos are happy - and look who else supports Macri: Trump!
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:27 PM
Nov 2015


All that, and Bacchus. Macri's cup truly runneth over.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
2. You mean the great champions of 'democracy' didn't
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:06 PM
Nov 2015

applaud the results of a free and fair election? Well, maybe Macri will try and be President for Life like Raul, Evo and Correa. Perhaps then they'll like him better.

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
3. Just saw a story that Evo did congratulate him. Argentina will go through a peaceful transition
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:23 PM
Nov 2015

Lets see what Venezuela does with their election.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
6. Keep in mind Macri represents the xenophobic Argentine right. Evo can't very well cozy up to that.
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 04:05 PM
Nov 2015

It would be a slap to the million or so Bolivians living in Argentina, whose presence was used as an effective political boogeyman by Macri's campaign and its surrogates in the media. And by extension a slap to his country's own indigenous majority as well.

That said, a perfunctory greeting or note of congratulations would have been best. The two countries are neighbors, after all.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
7. Country's own indigenous majority? As far as I've
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 04:18 PM
Nov 2015

seen, Argentina's indigenous population is somewhere around 1.5% of the total population.

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