Posted on 05/07/2012 7:10:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A lot of offspring from Nazi War Criminals?
They are in Paraguay.
Eichmann was in Argentina, there was a whole network of Nazis there in Argentina.
Mengele died in Brazil.
And Klaus Barbie? Well he was in Bolivia and Peru for a while, then he got rerouted back to France.
Paraguay actually has some al-queda types now. The backwaters are a great place for them to hunker down. No joke.
Far and away the best steaks I’ve ever had were in Buenos Aires.
What you just shared is what’s NOT wrong with Argentina.
At least Argentina didn’t seize GM or Chrysler. That would make them underhanded, union-loving, anti-capitalists.
S/off
Good thing that can never happen here.
When the money keeps rolling out you don't keep books
You can tell you've done well by the happy grateful looks
Accountants only slow things down, figures get in the way
Really? You can not get good beef in Argentina. It is not for the public/masses consumption. The beef market is regulated so that ALL classes have affordable meat. This makes for average quality as the chosen cut for sale. The top grade is shipped to Asia as it warrants more profit. However many cattle men are going on strike as it has become more profitable to grow soy which there are no regulations on yet....
If you want GREAT beef you go to Uruguay. Uruguay has free markets and all grades of meat make it to the consumer.
I have spent time in each country and it is true that Uruguay has become the Switzerland of South America. The rich from Brazil and Argentina come here for protection..., they call it vacation but it is where they keep their wealth... or hide it. Land values have become pricey especially on the coast and the casino cities like Punte del Este are so expensive like the Riviera in Europe.
Argentina has the potential just the wrong or misguided ideology for decades holding the country and it’s people back. The fiscal system is a joke as on a daily basis everyone around you is holding up notes checking for counterfeit paper... And the best trick in Buenos Aires is handing back notes after the switch is made... In a restaurant or taxi you hand over the cash.... they do a quick viewing up to the window or light or sun and then w/ the slight of hand change paper, hand you back a fake and scream in a foreign language how you gave them phoney money.... try arguing that!
The German part has more of its origins in late 19th and early 20th centuries immigration than escaping Nazi war criminals. You see the same thing in the southern part of Brazil and in Paraguay and Uruguay.
But the Nazis were quietly welcomed into a country where Peronism (a trade union based populist politics for which "national socialism" is a good descriptor) became the dominant political force after a military coup in 1943 and Juan Peron's election to president (with Eva Duarte - Evita - at his side) in 1946. We should get down on our knees and thank God that this part of the hemisphere was settled by English and not Spanish or Portuguese subjects.
Thanks for the posting. Labored through the Schaffer Argentine tour de jour report with the “Rancid Aries” persective. Aside from rampant inflatio, some historical stuff, and the current regime attemtpting to keep all the cash in the country so it can tax it. Still haven’t the foggiest of what makes that country do what it’s doing and what its citizens think.
The best steaks I ever had in my life were in Buenos Aires. I failed to mention that I had them about 20 years ago.
Montevideo/Punta = the antidote to BA. In Puerto Stroessner, Paraguay, (later, post 1989, Puerto del Este), you can buy anything: it's a smuggler's paradise.
Agree..a good piece..thanks for posting. I wish the author would have addressed how the average Argentinain feels about the Falklands..will the Argies try again?
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