Argentina protests - is the November 8th movement being driven by Goldman Sachs owned Clarin - which is subject to introduction of a law weakening Clarin's empire in a month ? ?

http://www.infowars.com/argentina-unrest-brought-to-you-by-goldman-sachs/

Argentina Unrest: Brought to you by Goldman Sachs

Tony Cartalucci
Infowars.com
November 11, 2012

The US-engineered “Arab Spring” brought us the “April 6 Youth Movement” in Egypt, run by Wall Street-backed Mohammed ElBaradei in coordination with the Muslim Brotherhood, the “February 17 Revolution,” consisting of Al Qaeda terrorists of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in Libya, and now Argentina has the “8N,” or “November 8″ movement working in coordination with foreign-owned Argentinian media group, “Clarín.” Clarin has been enthusiastically supporting the protesters and laying the rhetorical groundwork justifying their street presence.

The Guardian reported in their article, “Argentina protests: up to half a million rally against Fernández de Kirchner,” that (emphasis added):

Word of the demonstration spread through social networks. Many organisers remain anonymous, but Mariana Torres, administrator of the Facebook page El Anti-K, one of the most active in calling for the rally, said she was delighted: “It was a true feast for democracy.”

There was no single cause of discontent. Many in the middle class are angry at the highest inflation in a decade, estimated at a yearly 25% by private economists, currency controls that have created a black market in dollars, and one of the slowest economic growth rates in Latin America.

Banners and chants also took aim at recent corruption cases and Fernández’s efforts to limit the power of big newspaper and TV conglomerates. Clarín, the country’s most powerful media group, has stepped up its criticism of the government before the introduction on 7 December of a law that will weaken its empire.

Mention of the “El Anti-K” Facebook page by the Guardian is interesting for two reasons. First, Mariana Torres and collaborator Marcelo Moran who created the page, have made the unlikely and unqualified claim that they possess no affiliations whatsoever with any political organization. The level of support the protests have received from special interests within Argentina and abroad alone raise serious concerns regarding the veracity of “El Anti-K’s” claims.

Image: Featured on the “El Anti-K” Facebook page, this banner expresses support for the “Fox News” of Argentina, Grupo Clarin. The overwhelming support for a large, special interest media outfit, owned by Goldman Sachs, undermines any legitimacy the 8N movement claims to have.

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Second, while the Guardian attempts to portray “El Anti-K” as a separate entity from Clarin, the page itself is riddled with suspicious defenders of Clarin, with one comment even reading (translated roughly from Spanish):

Clarín is a company and as a company is defined is precisely to unite human effort and capital to obtain a benefit. If this is within the law, we who bought their products or services should shut up or find another alternative. The Kristina government is the one who uses our money that we pay (in taxes), then steals it and distributes it for its own interests.

While surely any government is guilty of taking from the people their hard earned cash and misappropriating it in a variety of ways – to somehow claim that Clarin is simply an honest business operating within the law to “unite human effort and capital to obtain benefit,” and that its own unwarranted influence is not a factor, is naive at best. Just how much unwarranted influence does Clarin have to draw from? It is backed by one of the largest corporate-financial institutions on Earth, Goldman Sachs.

Image: Taken from page 40 (43 of the .pdf) of Grupo Clarín’s 2011 Annual Report. Goldman Sachs is the largest (and only) named major shareholder of the Clarin Group. The .pdf can be found here.

And as illustrated throughout the duration of the US-engineered “Arab Spring,” a corporate-financial institution like Goldman Sachs is not single entity operating on its own, but part of a larger cartel of corporate-financier interests, who do not secretly plot in smoke-filled board rooms their agenda, but fund well-known policy think-tanks like the Brookings Institution, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the American Enterprise Institute, and the International Crisis Group (ICG). These think-tanks in turn produce policy that is executed by Western politicians, and talking points which are sold to the public through the vast Western corporate media as well as local outfits like the Clarin Group in Argentina.

US government-funded fronts like the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, and George Soros’ Open Society build up opposition groups inside targeted nations, at times directly funding groups when indigenous special interests are either incapable or disinterested in collaborating with foreign special interests.

In Argentina it is clear that indigenous special interests are linked with Western designs – just as they are in Venezuela, and a nearly identical campaign to undermine both nations is underway.

There is a Real Opposition in Argentina.

And while the current government of Argentina is an obstacle for foreign interests, it is by no means perfect. According to readers from Argentina, there are legitimate opposition groups without ties to foreign interests, or the protesters who recently took to the streets, and in fact, are vehemently opposed to foreign meddling in their country. They have enumerated grievances against the government of President Cristina Kirchner, but they are poorly covered by local and international media.

It would benefit these groups immensely if they exposed the current protests for what they are, and instead of holding their own protests, began pursuing a program of pragmatic solutions to address their grievances.

The governments of both Venezuela and Argentina do employ populism. If they did not, a Western proxy-candidate would move in and use populism to build a pro-West “people’s movement” as an unassailable voting bloc, just as US-backed Thaksin Shinawatra has been doing in Thailand. Populism is a socioeconomic tool, and only as good or as bad as the people wielding it. And like any tool, overuse has its consequences.

The tension in Argentina is produced by the benefits of populism reaching their limitations in the face of external pressure, sanctions, and attempts at destabilization both political and economic. Just as has been pointed out in Venezuela after recent elections, more permanent solutions must be explored, and genuine opposition groups have an opportunity to lead the way.

and the "approved "  version of the news for Argentinian protests.... 

http://www.infowars.com/argentines-flood-the-streets-to-protest-against-president-cristina-fernandez/

Argentines Flood the Streets to Protest Against President Cristina Fernandez

Telegraph.co.uk

An estimated 700,000 people gathered around the city’s landmark obelisk and other main avenues to march towards the Casa Rosada, the Argentine seat of government.

High crime, inflation of roughly 25 per cent a year, and a possible bid by government allies to reform the constitution to allow Ms Fernandez to run for a third term are also stoking unrest, particularly among middle-class Argentines. Her government has virtually banned dollar purchases and it limited imports this year, worsening a steep economic slowdown.

Protesters in neighbourhoods throughout Buenos Aires waved signs demanding freedom, transparency and an end to crime and corruption.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/11/201211911150228531.html

Mass protest fills downtown Buenos Aires

Tens of thousands demonstrated in Argentina's capital against inflation, rising crime and President Christina Kirchner. Last Modified: 09 Nov 2012 12:07 inShare5 Email Print Share Feedback

Tens of thousands of people gathered on Thursday night in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, to protest against the government. Angered by rising inflation, violent crime and high-profile corruption, and worried that President Cristina Fernandez will try to hold onto power indefinitely by ending constitutional term limits, the protesters marched on an iconic obelisk in the city, chanting: "We're not afraid". Demonstrators reached the presidential residence banging on pots, whistling and holding banners that read: "Stop the wave of Argentines killed by crime, enough with corruption and say no to the constitutional reform". It was thought to be the country's largest anti-government protest in more than a decade. "The people don't feel represented by anyone," said protest organiser Mariana Torres, an accountant and mother-of-three. "It's a complaint everyone has. The people are begging for the opposition to rise up, and for the government to listen." Economics and crime Al Jazeera's Adam Raney, in Buenos Aires, said protesters had blocked the 14-lane Avenida 9 de Julio, one of the widest roads in the world. "the government says the inflation rate is at an annual rate of 10 per cent, which would be pretty bad, but private analysts peg it at around 25 per cent" - Adam Raney, Al Jazeera correspondent "People are angry over many, many things," he reported from a rooftop overlooking the crowd. "They're angry about a number of economic issues: rising inflation - the government says the inflation rate is at an annual rate of 10 per cent, which would be pretty bad, but private analysts peg it at around 25 per cent. "They're angry at rising crime. They feel very insecure here, that there's a rise in violent crime and they don't think the government is doing enough to protect them "They're also angry about restrictions now to buy dollars. The reason many people here want to buy dollars is that it's a way to shelter their savings from inflation - inflation with the dollar is nothing like it is with the peso." 'No more lying' Kirchner has suggested that too much of Argentina's political rhetoric masks darker motivations that few want to openly express. "No more lying," she said during a speech on Wednesday. "It's all that I ask of all the Argentines, that we speak the truth. "The only thing I ask of each one of the Argentines, and mostly of political class, is that each one says what they really think and want for this country, with sincerity, and that no one will be offended,'' she said. But the president also issued a warning to those gathering on Thursday night. "Don't anyone think that I'm going to go against my own politics, those that I've defended since I was 15 years old. These are the politics I believe in and this is the country I believe in." As a result of the rampant inflation, real estate transactions have slowed to a standstill, given the difficulty of estimating the future value of contracts. And unions that won 25 per cent pay rises only a few months ago are threatening to strike again unless the government comes up with more. Lost support "There's a lot of vitriol here against Christina Kirchner," said our correspondent. "They just don't like her, a number of these people. She was elected about a year ago with 54 per cent of the vote. Lately, polls show she has lost a lot of that support. Despite that, she has maintained a very tough posture against this movement - not bending, not saying she understands any of their issues at all." "The government say this is a movement of the elite, of the upper-class, and that it's not a movement that is concerned about the need to help the millions of poor Argentines." Demonstrators banged pots as they marched towards the presidential residence [Reuters] Protesters disagreed with that sentiment. "If you go to the march you won't find only middle-class people," organiser Torres said. "You'll see everything from a professional to a low-wage worker to retirees on minimal pensions." Buenos Aires Senator Anibal Fernandez, a former cabinet chief and minister of justice in Kirchner's administration, accused organisers of being funded by wealthy landowners and supporters of the 1976-1983 dictatorship. Pro-government voices say what is really at stake is the model of social inclusion pursued by Kirchner and her late husband Nestor Kirchner - whose presidency directly preceded the current leadership - such as providing cash payments to the poor and unemployed, and directing billions of dollars from the nationalised pension fund to social welfare projects. The model puts Argentina's development needs ahead of international commitments, and has made sure that the country's state-controlled oil company and airline respond first to the needs of its citizens, government supporters say. The protests, known as cacerolazos, hold deep symbolism for Argentines, who recall all too well the country's economic debacle of a decade ago. The "throw them all out" chants of that era's pot-banging marches forced presidents from office and left Argentina practically ungovernable until Nestor Kirchner assumed the presidency in 2003.