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Article: Argentina - After Alvarez.(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2000
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BUENOS AIRES
IT WAS supposed to be a show of strength. After ten months of uneasy equilibrium between the factions of the governing Alliance, President Fernando de la Rua's first cabinet shuffle on October 5th was an attempt to build a government in his image. Ignoring demands for a clear-out of allies linked to a cash-for-votes scandal in the Senate, he instead swept out leading cabinet dissenters, intending to show both his power and his zeal for "maximum efficiency".
The purge served only to highlight his weakness. The changes were a clear slight for Vice-President Carlos "Chacho" Alvarez, leader of Frepaso, the left-leaning junior partner in the ...