I followed his blog for a while. Some very useful insight and info there, but also some oddly jarring videos, one being supposedly near-starving, desperate people protesting, marching through a thinly populated industrial area. Squeaky clean kids in starched, bright clothing, adults dressed well, too, no one looking the worse for wear and tear.
So, I take Ferfal with a grain of salt. What rings true I take to heart, but there’s an unreal element in there, too. Maybe the videos were produced to keep people coming back to the blog, and he derived income from hits.
I haven’t seen the videos, are they on his site?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XimWhNxshQ0
I found tons of videos on youtube. Keyword is “saqueo” plus Argentina, 2001, 2002. Other keywords to search are reclamo,Above is one link to a 12 part series, in Spanish, about ten minutes per segment adding up to a full length documentary.
Saqueo is from the verb saquear, to plunder, pillage and loot. (To sack, clearly.) This went on for several months, with roads cut, markets and warehouses looted, govt buildings burned etc.
It was in the aftermath of our own 9-11 and preps for war, so it didn’t get much attention here in the USA. It was just seen as some “third world spasm,” but there are many lessons.
For example, the overnight 4-1 peso devaluation led to a situation where the massive food production of Argentina all went overseas. Argentina was literally priced out of the food market. THese are some consequences that can follow a massive currency crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDoR8AP1Yxo
“Argentina, the Africa of America”
There are just tons of videos showing the results of the currency collapse, but they are all in spanish. The images do a pretty good job of conveying the info regardless of teh language. Other keywords for searching are hambre (hunger) pobreza (poverty) reclama (protest, demand) and so on. Basically, it’s easy to find your own videos and stories, apart from Ferfal’s website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcnaqEsxusw
Here’s a good one from contemporary news reports titled “Desborde Social: Saqueos en Buenos Aires.”