IT’S A SCORCHING February afternoon in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo, and even the protesters seem exhausted. Evita and the Peronists once gathered here; the place has seen bombings, riots and countless rallies, but today’s demonstration against unemployment is tempered by the oppressive heat. It has been five years since Argentina defaulted. Although today’s weary flag-wavers and drum-beaters are correct in proclaiming that poverty is still rife, it is also true that president Néstor Kirchner has just overseen four consecutive years of 8%-plus growth.
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