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Argentina’s Shift Left: How President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s Flirtation with Socialism Hampers Prospects for Economic Growth
- April 28, 2012
- Argentina
- Carlos Menem
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Economics
- Eskenazi Family
- European Commission
- Jose Manuel Barroso
- Leftist
- Nationalization
- Natural Resources
- Oil
- Peterson Group
- Privatization
- Repsol
- Socialism
- South America
- Sovereign Debt
- State Owned Enterprises
- Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
- YPF
Argentina’s move to seize control of national oil giant YPF (Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales) has cheered domestic supporters of embattled Peronist President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but the move has angered Argentina’s trans-Atlantic friends in Spain. What began as a business issue has now become a full-blown diplomatic incident. The proposed nationalization of YPF follows Kirchner’s previous […]
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