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Judi Lynn

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3. Isn't it wonderful, still, that Macri lost? His reign of terror was finally closed.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 03:13 AM
Aug 2020

It must have been strange to people who'd seen that same pattern drive Argentina completely into the ditch before happening all over again, and not be able to stop it. There's no telling how many people were destroyed by his grifting. Hoping there's some way this administration can bring him and his cohorts to justice.

A 30 billion relief on repayment is far, far better than the alternative, and the peace of mind is worth so much, finally. This agreement sounds so good.

Looked up Larry Fink, was surprised to see just how powerful his "bidness" is! Amazing. He has a basically positive profile in Wikipedia, far, far better than you expect from money people. Was impressed reading this opening paragraph:

Laurence Douglas Fink (born November 2, 1952) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation.[2] BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the world with more than $6.5 trillion in assets under management.[3] Although BlackRock is private its 6.96 trillion dollars in assets and wide range of investments gives the firm enormous power over the global financial system.[4] Activists and economic watchdogs have tried to get BlackRock designated as a systemically important financial institution (or SIFI), which would subject it to the highest legal standards for safety and transparency.[5][6] In April 2018, Fink's net worth was $1 billion.[1] He is also a lifelong major Democratic donor.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_D._Fink

Yay! Yippee!
I doubt the world "buitre" was used a lot.

https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/711x399/

Will have to remember "gorilla" in the future. That's a good one, and descriptive for someone who simply forces his will upon the country without any apparent resistance he can't handle. Argentina just doesn't need that any more, as do we.

It's so good to get your comments, sandensea. Thank you for taking the time.

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