Believe it or not, Alberto Fernández keeps blaming Mauricio Macri for the utter failure of his administration (“¡Ah, pero Macri …!”). Furthermore, during the October 17 “Loyalty Day” celebrations, he quoted from Macri’s new book “What for?” (“¿Para qué”?), as if he were his press agent or manager. I dare say the President’s clumsy tactics could backfire. As for me, I felt the urge to rush to the nearest bookshop and buy it. Fernández keeps looking in the rear view mirror, instead of looking ahead. He’s stuck in the past, unable to move forward. We are all stuck in the past, due to decades of peronism/kirchnerism. Since we are at it, let me quote James Neilson’s definition of the latter: “Kirchnerism, a variant of Peronism whose exponents seek to recreate the climate prevailing in the 1970s, when belligerent young people persuaded themselves that Juan Domingo Perón, who was comfortably domiciled in Francisco Franco’s Madrid, was really a left-wing revolutionary.” We are missing the boat once again, while the Titanic is sinking and the band keeps playing. Sigh …
Buenos Aires Times, Oct 22, 2022