The Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, published this Tuesday on his social networks a letter in which, mainly, he refers to the debt of 44 million dollars that the Mauricio Macri administration contracted with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) in 2018.
At the beginning, The lawyer He expressed that “not a few scientists say that the coronavirus pandemic is coming to an end.” Later, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner warned that what will never end in Argentina is “what happened to us -and happens to us- the macro pandemic“.
“They gave him an exceptional loan of 57,000 million dollars to save the government and help him win the elections”, remembered Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. At the same time, the former president He reiterated that “not only did they not win, but also it is not known where those dollars are.”
To cut with the hard data, he announced: “Did anyone see them? In any case, please call 911”. “It is not making fun of the tragedy of the pandemic, on the contrary. But please, look at what Argentina had to pay only in 2021,” the politician sentenced in the midst of negotiations with the IMF.
Source: (euronews)
The two pandemics, according to CFK
In the first place, he remarked that only in 2021, Argentina paid, between capital and interest, some 5,160 million dollars to the International Monetary Fund for the maturities of that year, corresponding to the “Stand By loan” that the agency granted to Mauricio Macri. .
“That amount represents nothing more and nothing less than 1.1% of GDP… But in dollars!” he said. In terms of the pandemic last year, he explained that the country paid 420 million pesos that were strictly allocated to measures aimed at mitigating “the effects of the pandemic.”
In this case, he explained that “Vaccines ($124,000 M), REPRO II ($90,000 M), Tourism Assistance – Pre-travel ($31,000 M), reduction of employer contributions to employers of REPRO II and the Health Sector ($51,000 M) are included. and Expansion of Social Policies”.
“That amount represents 0.9% of GDP… But in pesos!” he specified. At the end, already in conclusion mode, he maintained that “it can be very easily seen that, in the year 2021, the macro pandemic It was for the National State even more costly than the coronavirus pandemic.
