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Crisis in Argentina Website
Photo Gallery No.1
Graffiti in Buenos Aires
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The photos displayed in these photo galleries may
be used freely for non-commercial purposes, although acknowledgement of the
source and photographer (Dennis Rodgers) would be appreciated.
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Buenos Aires is awash with graffiti, making of all
sorts of statements, ranging from accusations that ex-President Duhalde was
intimately linked to the drugs trade in Buenos Aires (something which one often
hears but has not been proven)...
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...to comments on what the events of 19 and 20
December 2001 were and meant...
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...to suggestions that ex-Presidents Menem and
Duhalde are little more than associates of US President Bush, and more.
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Often
ephemeral, sometimes re-used or distorted by other, graffiti can constitute an
interesting and lively window on the political situation of a country. |
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Perhaps
the most impressive example of “graffiti-ism” is the headquarters of Bank
Boston, in downtown Buenos Aires, which has been converted into an aesthetic
reminder of the collapse of the financial system in December 2001. |
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It is
covered with a proliferation of graffiti, some angrily accusing bankers of
being thieves (including the director of the Bank Boston, Sr. Sacerdote)... |
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protesting specifically at the idea that their savings could be returned to
them in the form of bonds (“bonos”)... |
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...others proposing special “offers of the
day”. |
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Most surprisingly, perhaps, the bank continues to operate out of the
building, but has given up trying to wash away the graffiti. |
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