US could topple my government, kill me: Argentina's Kirchner

[DontSayBanana]

Erdogan? Yeah, we should get rid of him right after the Saudis.   

*sigh* Humor is lost on you people.

[Martinus]

She must really be unpopular to play the EVIL YANKEE card.

You know, the third world is really in a rough spot.  There really isn't any way you can develop.  If you want to attract an industrial base, you have to create deeper discounts for businesses than China or Vietnam, which means charging them no taxes and cutting your labour and safety standards until they don't exist anymore.  In the meantime, anybody in your country who gets a bit of money or is especially talented ends up emigrating to the West, and all your capital ends up in the global stock market casino rather than being invested domestically.  Really, vultures in the sovereign debt market are a minor indignity compared to the bigger problems they face.

At least they have enough decency not to take American money while talking shit like this. In this part of Europe, all the tinpot authoritarians (e.g. Orban) are playing the "EVIL YUROPE" card while sucking at the EU cash cow teat (because it is the only way to deal with the Neil's conundrum).

[MadImmortalMan]

The Argie market is getting crushed. I wonder if Kirchner is manipulating it for profit. Anyone who suspected she might say something like that in advance could have made an absolute fortune overnight.