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[Not mine, but from someone I respect immensely. Only the translation is my responsibility.] TRUTHFUL LIES During the “Redrado-gate”, the opposition of “center-left”, mainly Proyecto Sur, the political party of Fernando “Pino” Solanas, argued that the reserves should not be touched to pay the illegitimate foreign debt. Truly, the Argentinean foreign debt is hideous, illegitimate and illegal. But all those who have denounced the “doublespeak” of Kirchnerism on this issue forget that Néstor Kirchner, at the very ceremony by which he became President, openly said that he would not stop paying it. This did not prevent the current “Leftist” D.A.s from giving him their support at that moment. Under a mask of truth, they lied. If not then, yes now, because with their indignant gestures they omit to say that /what the Kirchners _have_ done is not to contract new debt, and not to sanction or promote a single law under the orders of the International Monetary Fund/. There are other -more or less “leftish”- variants of the opposition that have been warning us that Néstor and Cristina Kirchner have been deceiving us with a trick-ridden game, and that sooner or later they would eventually ask for new IMF loans. After long dummying, Solanas has finally joined the mob, where he ruthlessly elbowed his way to the pole position. All this takes to a single conclusión: that “in the end, the Kirchners are more of the same old stuff”. What´s the concrete consequence if not the immobility of large tracts of the liberal and progressive middle classes, by way of a sour neutrality. Which helps weakening the government. This weakness, to which Solanas and his group make so invaluable a contribution, may end depriving the government of essenttial political support, which may well put the government against the ropes when confronting the IMF, and thus force it to concede what the IMF demands. If, moreover, these tactics succeed in defeating Kirchnerism, the new administration will put into practice as many policies of the 1976-2001 cycle as possible. Among others, that of inflating the foreign debt again. And in such situation, Pino Solanas will keep claiming “I was always against paying the Debt”. Another truthful lie, this time a cover up of the fact that he helped promote the return of those who contracted that debt. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
