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forest444

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2. And above all, shameless.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:32 PM

Feb 2016

His goons know that in all likelihood no one in big media is going to take time to corroborate these fictitious revisions - least of all anyone in the Clarín Group (which is counting on Macri to grease the wheels for them in their quest for majority control of Argentina's media) or the openly fascist La Nación.

Consequently, this is probably just the first such "revision." All designed to understate 2015 data for the sake of making 2016 look better by comparison.

And that'll take some doing, considering how quickly his policies have led to sharply higher inflation and a deep recession.

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Macri shaves $3 billion off Argentina's 2015 export data to make 2016 look better by comparison. [View all] forest444 Feb 2016 OP

He is a clumsy fellow, isn't he? nt bemildred Feb 2016 #1

And above all, shameless. forest444 Feb 2016 #2

He is assured the services of a 24/7 propaganda system, just as Clar�n did it for the Dirty Warriors Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #3