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All he had to do? :ROFLMAO:

Hard to tell, it usually comes with a side of anger :)

I'm pretty sure my wife feeds me donkey meat whenever I've been bad :)

I'm really sorry to hear that Avocado, it's terrible to see people suffering. I truly hope better times are ahead, no matter what it takes to make that happen. In my opinion it matters enormously whether you steal X or 1000x. It's not just the obscene amount of money that kleptocrats steal...

No, the highest estimate I've seen is $5 million so it was probably less. The promoters made all the money in Libra. It was an idiotic scam that was guaranteed to blow up in Milei's face and I still shake my head at the stupidity of it. True kleptocrats operate on a completely different...

For a bit of perspective.... if you esimate Milei has stolen US$50 million so far (which may be way too high) and lets say he decides to really kick things into high gear and steal another $200 million over the remainder of his term. It's hard to see that happening with the IMF breathing down...

Thanks Betsy, that is interesting reading and a very different lens on Argentina

No it doesn't, but he probably needs to steel another $9.95 billion before he ever catches up to her

Thanks Silvia, I certainly appreciate that perspective, especially the way you put it. The other side of it is that Argentina was already in a deep hole when Cristina took power and needed real leadership. She knew this of course but had no interest in making difficult choices, she just spent...

I agree about Milei and his sister and have said so many times. So has everybody else here. Cristina deserves a lot worse than an ankle bracelet. She is a major kleptocrat and a symbol of all that is wrong with Latin American politics, I cannot believe that some people still revere her.

Some companies would see that as a positive :)

We've been over this before, Avocado. Everyone here has been plenty critical of Milei, but I've yet to hear you say anything bad about the Kirchner's.

No doubt. Everyone knows to use bottled water and avoid salads. But it somehow gets into foods like burgers and pizza and nobody's figured out how to avoid it.

I'm not sure Eduardo. The problem with digging such a deep economic hole is that you reach a point where every decision you face involves terrible tradeoffs. My only observation since Milei got elected was that he would need to push as many economic reforms through as possible before voters...

As a visitor my dis on Mexico is the drinking water. So many vacations have been ruined by it. Last year it even marred a high-level pro tennis tournament, which is crazy given all the precautions the organizers and players take to prevent that sort of thing.

Outside of Argentina, Milei's fall from hero started with Libra and has been more of a downward trajectory with every new scam vs an overnight plunge

I mean no disrespect but it's been in the news for ages. Argentina borrowed another $20B from the IMF last year, roughly half upfront and the rest over 4 years. Argentina has a serious liquidity problem (i.e. debts coming due) and whether you like Milei or not, it has nothing to do with his...

Rising here in the US as well....

You have to show it each time but it's every six months in our case, and in any case it's just a bank statement

Same here, just made another payment today