Out of curiosity: what exactly did this administration celebrate yesterday, December 10th? Their lost primary elections/ PASO? Our Coronavirus death toll? Argentina facing bankruptcy? The fact that 6 out of 10 kids are poor? The tragedy that half of our students don’t finish highschool? Rosario becoming once again the “Argentine Chicago”, with cartels and drug trade fuelling rampant violence? The worthless minimum old age pension? Crime on the rise? I mean, honestly, is there anything to celebrate? Can we afford to spend lavishly and squander resources? In case the excuse is to remember the 1983 return to democracy, let`s also bear in mind that peronists did not help Dr Raúl Alfonsin much. On the contrary. Therefore, no time to party, guys …
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Irene Bianchi for Buenos Aires Times