Elliott Gotkine (BBC): Argentina's threadbare recovery

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From the BBC Online
Dated Friday December 19

Argentina's threadbare recovery
By Elliott Gotkine
BBC South America Correspondent

Two years on from Argentina's worst-ever economic crisis, the economy is growing strongly again.
But are ordinary Argentines feeling the benefit? . . . .
Furious middle class savers took to the streets on 19 December 2001, banging casserole dishes to show the government they had no food . . . .
But most experts are convinced that Argentina's immediate future is bright . . . .
But try telling that to Argentina's piqueteros or pickets. These disparate groups of poor, unemployed or retired people gather most days of the week in central Buenos Aires, to vent their anger at the government.

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