Argentina taps Silvina Batakis as Economy Minister to tackle crisis

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2. Thank you for the good thoughts, Judi. She'll need every one of them.

With the RW constantly trying to create a run on currency and the banks - and with limited central bank capacity to respond - the situation is always delicate in old Argentina.

That said, it's worth noting she's only the second woman to be Economy Minister - a post second only in importance to the Presidency itself.

She's also the first Greek-Argentine to do so - which was late in coming, considering Argentina has already had a President of Greek descent: and no less than Bartolomé Mitre (hispanicized from Mitropolous), who in some ways was the country's Abraham Lincoln.

Mitre freed no slaves (that had already happened 50 years earlier, in 1813) - but he effectively ended decades of off-and-on infighting among the provinces, thus making modern Argentina possible.

Such as it is.

Thanks again, Judi. Have a wonderful Fourth of July!