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Caribbean-Latin America

Hot mic: Argentina's Cristina Kirchner is an 'old hag'

2013-04-05

ARGENTINA has made a formal complaint to Uruguay today after the country's leader seemingly made some rather disparaging remarks aimed at president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her late husband.

Jose Mujica reportedly called his Argentine counterpart an "old hag," without knowing his microphone was switched on last night.
*tap tap* "is this thing on?"
He was heard telling, Carlos Enciso, the governor of Uruguay's Florida province: "That old hag's worse than the cross-eyed one," referring to Ms Kirchner's late husband and former Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner.
"he weirded me out"
"Cross-eyes was more of a politician, she's just stubborn," he added.

The irate Buenos Aires swiftly responded with an official protest, calling the comments "unacceptable".
"she's not that old!"

Posted by:Frank G

#7 As a Brasilian buddy says, "Brasil is the country of the future... and always will be".

Posted by: SteveS 2013-04-05 22:34

#6 Brazil will always have a bright future.

In the jam yesterday and jam tomorrow, but never jam today sense, Matt? Ouch.

Posted by: trailing wife 2013-04-05 20:50

#5 There's one one real resource and that's productive people. All the rest is something you exchange for productive peoples time.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-04-05 20:07

#4 Brazil will always have a bright future.

Posted by: Matt 2013-04-05 13:56

#3 Was traveling in Europe in the early 80's. Wound up talking to some locals who assured me that South America would be the next economic up and comer. I just laughed and told them that it would never happen until they got the corruption under control. So, in case any of those fine folk are reading this -- I told you so!

Posted by: Iblis 2013-04-05 13:29

#2 By all rights Argentina should have the highest per capita income in the Southern Hemisphere.

By all rights Mexico should be way higher than its GDP neighbor South Korea which has a fraction of the population, no natural resources, and very little arable land. Argentina and Mexico, what do they have in common that kills GDP [coming to 'Alta' California very very soon]? /rhet question

Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-05 11:54

#1 LOL.
Curse her mustache!
Curse her mustache!
Curse her mustache!

By all rights Argentina should have the highest per capita income in the Southern Hemisphere.

IDK I just DK.

Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-05 11:41

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