“You taught me with the 125”: the cross between Cristina Kirchner and Martín Lousteau in the Senate

Within the framework of the exhibition Augustine Rossi is conducting a Senate trial, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner he came across Martin Lousteau after the congressman claimed that he should learn economics. “You taught me with the 125“Replied the head of the lower house.

In the previous briefing that the Chief of Staff carried out to answer questions from the different blocks, the Vice President and the Radical Evolution referent had a high voltage crossing that stirred up old grudges from 2008. On that occasion, where Lousteau was Minister of Economy and Cristina Kirchner President, both were part of the same administration and were preparing to take Resolution 125 to Congress, which established the application of mobile withholdings to the export of grains. The result was a political coup for the Kirchner administration, which then led its second government.

This Thursday that discussion that is already 15 years old was revived in the Senate with two of its central actors. “Senator, you should have learned by now that a quorum is not required for today’s session, thank you,” the former Head of State told Lousteau. The candidate for Head of Government did not remain silent: “They should have learned economics too,” she reproached him. After two seconds, Cristina Kirchner finished off: “You taught me with the 125.”

In those years the international prices of raw Materials (soybean, sunflower, corn and wheat) were high and the Government considered capturing part of that income. The decision caused a political problem of high magnitude, and even harmed sectors of the field that until then had distanced themselves from forming the Liaison Table. The roads and streets were filled with trucks and tractors protesting against the measure.

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