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<p>Seth Ackerman wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>> Argentine President Quits After Deadly Riots
<br>> By Stephen Brown
<p>We're reading sentences like "the president fled the presidential palace
in
<br>a helicopter" in connection with a country <b><u>that is more integrated
into</u></b>
<br><b><u>global capital markets than any other emerging market</u></b>.
This is significant,
<br>no?</blockquote>
how can you say that? where is the data? more integrated than Mexico?,
Indonesia?, Korea?, Turkey?? Could you provide figures??
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<p>What follows is a conspiracy theory that I don't necessarily believe.
How
<br>farfetched is it? The Bush administration leaned on the IMF to cut
off
<br>Argentina in the hope that this would lead to De la Rua's fall from
power.
<br>Then they made a secret deal with the Peronists that upon taking power
they
<br>would dollarize. In exchange, Washington would support them with bilateral
<br>aid. Hence the Peronists recent refusal to join in a coalition government.
<br>The payoff for Washington: Argentine dollarization nixes Mercosur and
puts
<br>Argentia firmly behind the FTAA.
<p>Is this crazy?
<p>Seth</blockquote>
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