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Weekly Report - 01 December 2011 (WR-11-48)
ARGENTINA: Writing an alternative ‘story’
Relato has long been the word of choice for the Argentine government of President Cristina Fernández, and that of her husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007), to describe their foreign policy, the economic ‘model’ pursued since 2003 and even the interpretation and description of Argentina’s recent and far-flung past. Relato is a word that means much more than simply ‘a story’; it can also be used as a synonym for ‘history’, but its use in this sense implies that the history that is about to be told differs from the ‘official’ or widely accepted version of events. The official relato is national and popular, while ‘the other’ is allegedly foreign-biased, unpatriotic and even promoted by coupsters.
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