Listen to the report carefully.  Did they say President Cristina Fernandez is benefiting from the world’s fastest growing economy?  They almost nail it.  Argentina is expected to grow around 8 percent in 2011 according to the IMF after last year’s 9.2 percent growth rate.  The is about 1 percent lower than China’s  growth.   We’ll post a table of the world’s fastest and slowest growing economies tomorrow.

People in our profession have have strong opinions and long memories with respect to Argentina.  Here’s ours:  good  people,  beautiful women,  excellent  food,  great wine, very cosmo culture,  soccer powerhouse and much more;  and, generally, a great place to hang out.   Argentinos really know how to live and we love ’em!   We’ll leave the economics and politics for a later discussion.

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