Neues von FerFal, Argentina
Geschrieben von mb am 13. Mai 2006 22:44:46:
As you might have figured out, I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is located, precisely, at the other end of the American continent, as the small map above points out.
I was born here, though all my grandparents emigrated from Spain during the civil war, and I lived for a few years in USA as a kid. I picked up my English there and I also attended bilingual schools all my life.
Argentina, though a Latin American country, used to be one of the best, if not the best, countries in Latin America. Our standard of living was similar to the one in USA. Our population is mostly Catholic and it’s about 90% white, descendant from Europeans. The rest is either mestizo (mixed blood, Native American and European) or Native American.
Our cultural level used to be quite high. This is a country that has survived many tragic events, such as civil wars, dictatorships, and the war against UK. But the one of the greatest recent crisis was in December 2001 when our economy, which used to be pegged to the US dollar, collapsed, and our paper money lost 66% of it’s value to the US dollar.
Banks closed their doors, keeping the people’s money, rioting and looting spread all over the country like a forest fire. The citizenship protested and concentrated in front of the government house asking for the president’s resignation. The president did resign, and so did 5 other presidents in the period of one week.
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