Budget battles
THE new president of Argentina, Fernando de la Rua, is not given to extravagant promise or flamboyant gesture. True to character, he has spent his first few days in office trying to curb the fiscal deficit, and outlining some modest measures against crime. And he has also quickly run up against what is likely to be his biggest problem: how to gain backing for his programme from a Congress controlled by his Peronist opponents, while also satisfying his supporters' desire for change.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Budget battles”
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