The mere mention of the name of the IMF in Argentina, as in most of Latin America, is practically anathema.
In Argentina, the bank’s neoliberal recipes and the Carlos Menem presidency (1989-1999) share the responsibility for the 2001 economic crisis, the worst in Argentinean history.
Fifty percent of the nation fell below the poverty line in what was once the richest country in South America and one of the top world powers of the 20th century.
The Macri administration hopes the IMF delegation will endorse these changes since they have the backing of large multinational corporations and the most powerful economies, such as that of the United States.
Millions of people in the region blame the IMF and its policies for the disastrous 1990s, a lost decade for many Latin American nations.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/20/inenglish/1474380232_964243.html
