You are very funny, Keith!!! Look, nothing is what seems to be. My name is Carmen but I am blonde and don�t have a "latino" style. So, my name doesn�t go with my face. Most argentineans are a mixture of Italians and Spanish people. Culturally we are a mixture of andaluces and italians, perhaps that is why we are "picaros". As for age, mental age is what matters. Being open to new ideas is what makes a person young. Today I don�t have much to say about my country because as I was exhausted with our awful TV images, I decided to spend a day out in a country house and try to avoid talking about politics for a while (though it was not possible at all). As for kisses, here in Argentina, we are very warm people, even men kiss each other!!!!! I think that is nica to be able to express our feeling freely without taking care of analising them. Kisses again. Carmen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Carmen Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: Kisses to you, too! (was Re: Argentina can arise! (was Re: Argentina down and out) > Hi Carmen, > > I have just written to Sally and Arthur to say that I will be remaining on > FW list for as long as I can stagger to the kitchen and make myself a pot > of tea every morning. > > Now that you are sending kisses -- well, that's even more reason to stay on > FW! I have several nice lady friends on this list but this is certainly the > first occasion that kisses have been sent. (I am always available for > more.) But in case you become too affectionate towards me, please remember > that I am an old man with a white beard who becomes breathless even > climbing the stairs here at home. I am not like your ex-President Menem > who, at 68 I believe (a little older than me), has just married another > young beautiful model. Where does he get the energy from? > > Well, I am still thinking about Argentina, and reading a little about your > country. But there are several extremely good brains on Futurework List and > I hope that some of them might have something useful to say over the next > few days. > > We look forward to hearing further from you. Meanwhile, I am now going > upstairs to have a mid-day snooze (sleep). I am now so very old and very > wise that I need to do this every day to keep my few remaining brain cells > alive. > > Best wishes, > > Keith > > ListAt 09:03 23/12/01 -0300, you wrote: > >Hi, Keith!!! It is 8.51 am in BA and I have just get out of my bed. Firstly, > >I am very happy of receiving your mail, thank you very much for your > >accurate views. I am very worried about what is going to happen in the > >transition of argentine crisis. Most of my friends (young economists, too) > >think that there is no way out: they just want to emigrate and start a new > >life abroad. The system doesn�t work here. I mean, it is like Anne Krueger > >says, most people are rent seekers, the State has no autonomy at all. > >Intelligent and honest people don�t want to take part in politics because > >they are frightned of being involved in corruption o being pressed or being > >unable of changing anything at all. You talk about a desire of strong > >leadership in my country. I agree with your analysis about strong leaders in > >my country. I voted for De la Rua because he was an honest lawer. But he > >disappointed me. Our country not only has severe problems to face his debt, > >we also have a very strong inequality and a very high unemployment rate. De > >la Rua did nothing to solve this problems. And so there were people > >unemployed for 4 years in the lower class. This increases violence, > >resentment, social exclusion, etc. > >Well, I have lot sof things to say about Argentine crisis, but it is too > >early in the morning and English is not my mother tongue, so I will do it > >later. > >Kisses. > >Carmen > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Carmen Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 4:10 AM > >Subject: Argentina can arise! (was Re: Argentina down and out) > > > > > >> Hi Carmen, > >> > >> This is Sunday and I am drinking from my first pot of tea of the day. > >> > >> I am still thinking about what might be said to be helpful to Argentina. > >> Meanwhile, this morning, I have been listening on shortwave radio from a > >> BBC reporter speaking from Buenos Aires and he was saying that people in > >> Argentina are calling for a strong leader. > >> > >> Well, apart from your first great reforming President, Bernadino Rivadavia > >> in the 19th century, Argentina has not been lucky since then. It seems to > >> me that strong leaders have been your greatest problem in the course of > >> this century! You've had a whole stream of strong leaders -- army > >generals, > >> navy admirals, and dictactors who've been greedy for power or money or > >> both. Your last two "strong leaders", Peron and Menem, have merely driven > >> your country into massive debt. > >> > >> Your last President, Fernando de la Rua, was an exception to the usual run > >> and, from what I understand, his shy and retiring nature was the reason > >why > >> he was elected as a relief from the corruption and embarrassing antics of > >> President Carlos Menem who did nothing for your country but left you even > >> more crippled with debt. > >> > >> Now that Menem has been released from arrest I suppose that it is a > >> possibility that he might manipulate the poor of the country (as Peron > >did) > >> and get into power again. Well, if he does so, he won't be the solution to > >> your problems. Or you might get another "strong leader" who is just as > >bad. > >> > >> No doubt the IMF and finance ministers from other countries will find an > >> immediate solution to your debt problems -- or at least, delay payments > >for > >> a while. It's the medium and longer term solutions that are important. > >> > >> There's one thing I am certain about. This is that the solution to your > >> problems, and the necessary new institutions that you will have to > >develop, > >> can only really grow from within Argentina. They can't be implanted from > >> outside. Within your country you will have many people of integrity and > >> intelligence who will probably arrive at sensible solutions. We'll have to > >> hope that their voices will be allowed to influence those who have > >> political power. > >> > >> I'd like to write some more words about what I think about Argentina's > >> problems, but I need a few more morning pots of tea before I might do so. > >> Meanwhile, let's be positive! So I've changed the subject heading of this > >> FW thread. Argentina need not always be down and out. It can be up and > >> running again successfully, given enough thought -- and a lucky throw of > >> the dice in the choice of your next President. > >> > >> Keith Hudson > >> > >> > >> At 08:47 22/12/01 -0300, you wrote: > >> >Hello, I am Carmen from Argentina. This tuesday and wednesday have been a > >> >nightmare. I am a just graduated economist and I think that the problem > >of > >> >my country is not only economic but institutional. Politicians have no > >> >credibility at all. My country is a very "special" one. We have had 40 > >years > >> >of inflation until convertibility arrived. Convertibility succeded in > >> >restraining inflation but the cost was seen in the market for labor were > >> >unemployment raised. I am very interested in hearing your opinions. > >> >Sincerely, > >> >Carmen > >> > >> __________________________________________________________ > >> "Writers used to write because they had something to say; now they write > >in > >> order to discover if they have something to say." John D. Barrow > >> _________________________________________________ > >> Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> _________________________________________________ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > "Writers used to write because they had something to say; now they write in > order to discover if they have something to say." John D. Barrow > _________________________________________________ > Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________ > >
