Funny tragi-comic anecdote: Today Uruguay President Batlle visited Buenos Aires to apologize for his comments to Bloomberg TV: "Don't compare Uruguay to Argentina. Argentineans are a gang of thieves, from the first to the last. And if they have a problem with the IMF, it is THEIR problem, after all, if a grant a loan to you, I'll impose my conditions. Duhalde has no power and doesn't know where to go."

He says that he was "betrayed" by the journalists who kept the cameras and mics open in a private conversation (!)

But most funny is the result of a poll made by one of the main Argentina newspapers: "Do you think that Mr.Battle is right when judging Argentineans so derogatingly ?" the results show 49% AGREE, 40% DON'T AGREE, 11% do not reply.

Ali, perhaps something new is being born in Latin America, and since we already experienced the bloody way, this time it may well be quiet. We need that the US and Europe understand that no business can be made with hungry people governed by gangsters, and take decisions based on their laws and ethic principles, not on corporate conveniences.

Un abrazo - Andrés