READERS WRITE

ON ‘BULL VS. BEAR’

Since his arrival to the Economy Ministry after Mr Guzmán hit the eject button sparking a serious crisis, Mr Massa has demonstrated to all of us he is a serious politician who rejects the idea of drastic solutions for the serious macro- and micro-economic problems our country is going through. He deserves our respect for all he is doing in spite of those selfish egotists who disbelieve his opinion that “Argentina could have wind in her sails for the next 20 years...” God save Mr Massa!

Oscar Julio González May via email

ARGENTINISCHES TAGEBLATT

The Argentinisches Tageblatt was an Argentine newspaper published in German that spoke against the Nazis when most of the world thought that Hitler had won the war. It’s a pity that it will no longer be available in a print edition. I can’t read in German, but those who can will appreciate it if a web edition remains available.

Best regards,

Luis Spallarossa via email

HARRY, THE SPARE

The feud between Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Buckingham Palace reminds me of As You Like It by William Shakespeare. In the play, the court is said to be envious and fertile ground for hypocrisy.

Likewise, the royal family have their share of evil in the form of racism, according to the statement the prince made when he was interviewed by US television host Oprah Winfrey. Another resemblance is the fact that there is rivalry between two brothers: Oliver vs Orlando (in As You Like It) on the one hand, while on the other is Harry and William at odds over issues the former cannot explain in a convincing manner.

However, while in Shakespeare’s play, the brothers decide to let bygones be bygones, Harry seems unable to let go of his feelings of grudge and resentment. In Spare, his memoir, he portrays his father as a bad parent and Camila as a villain. He even has the nerve to say that the monarchy needs to be reformed without having the slightest idea why and in what way. Although his book is already a bestseller, I don’t think it commands respect mainly when, as in a gossip magazine, he explains how he lost his virginity.

In As You Like It, brotherly love prevails in the end and the two young siblings patch up their differences leading to a happy ending. I hope the Prince of Sussex will soon find the way to bring his estrangement with his brother to an end.

In his autobiography he makes the outrageous revelation that he had been conceived by his parents as a mere spare to save the life of his brother William, the real heir. Should William need to be given an organ transplant, for example, Harry is supposed to be there ready to oblige.

It is most unlikely that Harry will have to save his brother’s life. What he should endeavour to save is the monarchy, which he has damaged so deeply.

Adrian Insaubralde,

Santa Fe

AREALISTIC APPROACH It is absolutely understandable that a vast amount of people who intensely dislike Kirchnerismo are shocked and disappointed at the divisions existing amongst the leaders of Juntos por el Cambio. Allow me to give a realistic and constructive approach to this question.

In this coalition there are basically two ideologies when it comes to offering concrete solutions for Argentina’s neverending decadence. One of them stretches out to a diverse set of alliances with a variety of politicians, with the idea of creating a grand front with leaders of all sorts, so as to move on with no great upsets along the way. The other is of a disruptive nature so as to produce a dramatic change in the route to come.

The question is that both of the main partners in JXC are split down the middle regarding this issue. As an example take the rumours presently making the rounds that the two most relevant presidential/ vice-presidential slates that may eventually compete in the PASO primaries are composed by a Union Civica Radical and a PRO leader, i.e. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Gerardo Morales on the one hand and Patricia Bullrich and Alfredo Cornejo on the other.

So then what is it that really matters at this stage? Quite simple: let the voters decide, as occurs in any democracy. After all, this is the procedure in all the advanced freedom-loving nations around the world, and the fact that the candidates rabidly fight it out for the nomination does not imperil the final democratic resolution – in fact, it is very much to the contrary.

In other words, all we really have to insist upon is that the confronted parties duly respect the proper procedures, and in this I am absolutely confident that the opposition coalition will not be split, because both sides are deeply conscious of the fact that: “It’s the Republic, dammit”! Harry Ingham, City