President Obama had the opportunity to show off his dance moves in Buenos Aires on Wednesday night, when an entertainer at the Argentine state dinner invited the US president to dance the tango with her. President Barack Obama with does the tango with a dancer during the State Dinner at the Centro Cultural Kirchner, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But it’s been a unusual decade as Argentina has tried to pull its way out of a massive default since the turn of the century. Mrs. Obama looked very taken with the whole performance.
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Later on Thursday, Obama will switch briefly into vacation mode, travelling with his family to the lakeside town of Bariloche in Patagonia. The president flew to Argentina from Havana, where he made history as the first USA chief executive to visit in almost 90 years, in a significant boost for his efforts to normalize ties with the longtime US foe.
“He said “OK”, and then he started to dance”.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina said USA firms would invest $2.3 billion in Argentina over the next 18 months, including more than $100 million each from General Motors Co, Dow Chemical Co, AES Corp and Ford Motor Co.
“This is a new beginning”, Obama said.
Obama emphasized the new role Argentina has assumed after the tensions during the presidency of his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez, and hailed the constructive attitude of the government toward resolving in NY courts the conflict over the halt in debt repayments since 2001.
“We all need and we are entitled to know what the truth is”, said Argentine President Mauricio Macri, who had asked for the documents to be released. But he said one of the great things about America is that we engage in a lot of self-criticism.Still, there were detractors.
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The coup on March 24, 1976, was initially backed by the U.S. which killed up to 30,000 people in a crackdown against Marxist rebels, labour unions and leftist opponents.
