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sandensea

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2. The October mid-term results emboldened them.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 06:33 PM
Dec 2017

They handled them very well, from a Machiavellian point of view: going massively into debt in order to temporarily bring the economy out of their own 2016 recession, and using the media to lead viewers to believe - the day before the elections - Santiago Maldonado had "died by accidental drowning" (the autopsy showed drowning as the cause of death, but was inconclusive as to the manner of death - i.e. his head could have been held down by force, as witnesses suggested).

Macri has menawhile been rapidly shutting down community radio stations - particularly indigenous radio stations.

That, plus his rescinding subsidies for any media not seen as supportive of the regime, has led to around 3,000 layoffs in Argentina's print and broadcast media sector (Latin America's third largest).

Not that he's been doing this to "save money" - on the contrary. Media subsidies rose by 122% in the first half of 2017 over the same time last year, to over $113 million (for just six months).

Cheeto must be taking notes.

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