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Headline: New beginning looks elusiveSource: EuromoneyDate: January 2002Author: Felix Salmon Argentine         Buenos Aires: freezing of bank accounts unleashed the people’s fury When the end came, it was spectacular. On one of the hottest nights of the year in Argentina, nationwide protests turned ugly as riots and looting broke out, claiming at […]

January 1, 2000

Headline: New beginning looks elusive
Source: Euromoney
Date: January 2002
Author: Felix Salmon

Argentine

       
Buenos Aires: freezing of bank accounts unleashed
the people’s fury
When the end came, it was spectacular. On one of the hottest nights of the year in Argentina, nationwide protests turned ugly as riots and looting broke out, claiming at least 22 lives. During the night, the economy ministry was torched. The following morning, December 20, its unpopular head, Domingo Cavallo, was gone. Later that afternoon, the president, Fernando De la Rúa, followed suit.






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