From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [pttp] Argentine gov't: IMF advice 'offensive' Reuters. 12 January 2002. Argentine Government Calls IMF Advice 'Offensive.' BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina's already icy relations with the IMF took a turn for the worse on Saturday, with a top government official calling the lender's advice "offensive" and saying more time was needed to end a long recession. Argentina's Vice Economy Minister, Jorge Todesca, said the government did not appreciate comments on Friday by the International Monetary Fund's first deputy managing director, Anne Krueger, who asked Argentina for a "coherent" plan. "Just a few days after we came into government, Ms. Krueger sent us a letter, which itself was quite incoherent, bringing up a series of points. It was unclear whether they were demands or not. I consider it to be offensive for Argentina," Todesca told local radio. "They (the IMF) should really talk less, especially if they have nothing interesting to say, and they should let us work for a couple more days so we can stabilize the economy," Todesca said. "Then we will have a plan to present to the Fund, so we can recover international aid." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
