Just goes to show how inadequate our news media is for all of our free speech and freedom of the press... I do not remember watching/hearing anything on Argentina's needs and requests for funds from any countries! Yet I watch BBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, UNIVISION... too much news and too little valuable information. So far Univision seems to cover the most in world events.

>Hi, Tracy.
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>>Not being a paying member of the NYTimes, I could not read the article. Just curious what Brazil is a logical candidate (in the UN) for?
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>>I was also reading stats recently from:
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>>http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_eco_aid_rec
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>>and I was curious why Argentina would be the 2nd highest recipient of economic aid in the world. Anyone know?
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>We are very good at asking for money, and very bad at paying it back. Maybe that resumes it all. 8-)
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>Claudio, I think the best thing we can do is to humbly propose ourselves to be representatives of our countries, the VFP community and the UT Staff. How does it sound? <g>