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Argentina Unravels
Douglas Farah, Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center

ABSTRACT
Under the corrupt populist administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Argentina is on the road back to ruin


Table of Contents

OVERVIEW:
GATHERING CLOUDS
DÉJÀ VU

THE CHANGING TIES WITH IRAN
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND ENSUING FIRESTORM
POSSIBLE MISSILE TIES THAT BIND

THE AMIA BOMBING AND TIES TO IRAN AND THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION
BREAKING WITH THE PAST AND EMBRACING THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION

THE NISMAN INVESTIGATION AND THE RABBANI NETWORK 
THE JFK PLOT

GROWING TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME ENTANGLEMENTS
A GROWING COCAINE HUB
THE EPHEDRINE ROAD: ARGENTINA’S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL METHAMPHETAMINE TRADE
THE RISE OF ARGENTINA
THE RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES
EPHEDRINE TIES TO FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER’S 2007 CAMPAIGN
MEXICAN CARTEL TIES TO AN ARGENTINE SHIPPING COMPANY
THE TRIPLE MURDER
OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATIONS

OTHER TENTACLES OF CORRUPTION
CRONY CAPITALISM IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
STRIPPING ARGENTINA’S ENERGY ASSETS

FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA
STIGMATIZING THE MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS
THE USE OF OFFICIAL PUBLICITY
THE CASE OF PAPEL PRENSA

CONCLUSIONS