The sorrows of Carmencita: Argentina's crisis in a historical perspective

147 Pages·2002·1.67 MB·English

by  Mauricio Rojas

The Sorrows of Carmencita

Argentina’s crisis in a historical perspective
MAURICIO ROJAS
The Sorrows of Carmencita
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The history of Argentine prosperity 17 • Colonial Argentina 17 •The
saga of Argentine prosperity 20 • Explaining Argentina’s success 24
• All that glitters is not gold 30 • Problems of industrial
development 33 • The war and the gay twenties 43
Argentina’s odyssey from riches to rags 49 • The collapse of the
export economy 50 • In the colonel’s arms 57 • Perón in power 63
• Towards the abyss 76 • The abyss 87
Alfonsín 98 • The man from La Rioja 103 • Argentina’s indian
summer 110 • The other side of the coin 113 • Back to the edge
of the abyss 118 • Carmencita’s last tango? 135
Preface 9
Introduction 13
Carmencita dances for a long summer 17
The sorrows of Carmencita 49
Carmencita’s last tango? 97
Bibliography 139
Contents

This book is a long reply to those wishing to put down the tragic
problems of Argentina to liberal ideas and economic liberty.
Stockholm, April 2002
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Mauricio Rojas
PREFACE