Word: argentina
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...watching a movie. The movie stops and the lights come up to the chagrin of the audience. We hear a voice over the intercom speaking in Spanish, which is soon drowned out by the monotonic English translation of the day's latest news: "To inform the people of Argentina that Eva Peron, spiritual leader of the nation, entered immortality at 20:25 hours today...
...Aires to the president's mansion. Evita grew up an ambitious girl in Argentinian slums, carefully manipulating her "targets," usually men, to ensure her ascent on the ladder of success. Her climb ends when she finally reaches the "top" and marries Juan Peron, the soon-to-be-dictator of Argentina...
...wails this phrase 26 times in one song and closes the set with a dark harangue against the Roman Catholic clergy. But these assaults are familiar. The surprise is that her voice and attitude are true to the torchy material, notably a definitive Don't Cry for Me Argentina. As the publican might say, "Lady...
...problem in Argentina, as in many Latin American countries, was that explanations focused solely on the consequences and not the causes of our problems," Grosso said. "The first step [in economic reform] was to put the public agencies into private hands...
Speaking through an interpreter to a packed Piper Auditorium, Grosso said inflation in Argentina has dropped from more than 200 percent a month to less than 18 percent annually under the leadership of President Carlos Menem...