Down, Argentine way: how the IMF's darling collapsed. (Gazette).
American Prospect, The, January, 2002 by Seman, Ernesto
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A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, the slow-motion collapse of Argentina suddenly turned swift and violent. Two days of rioting brought down the government and left 31 people dead. All but one were killed by gunfire from shopkeepers and police. Some died while shouting political slogans, others while looting food that they had no money to buy. A few died in their homes, hit by stray bullets, and many were killed outside grocery stores. One woman was shot in front of a Wal-Mart.
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Most of the demonstrators in the streets were young men--the average age of the dead was 22. What led them to ...
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