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Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I knew he was going to hurt Argentina badly, but I didn’t expect him to be this quick

I’m so glad Argentina pulled out from BRICS+, it would have been a drain on it

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Brics hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Where nobody trusts each other enough to even talk about one single deal.

China and India are almost at war. China will invade Russia as soon as they can to take back kamtsjatska (and they should) Etc

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad you are underestimating them, for a moment I was worried the G7 might take them seriously and do something

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's clear you do not understand geo politics... Who is in the g7 with veto power? Which letters of brics?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The Security Council is made up of former Allied Powers, so the US, UK, France, Russia (successor to USSR), and PRC (successor to ROC). So 3 in the G7 and 2 in BRICS.

I'm not sure what's the point of this question.

Now my turn: Name the bloc that just exceeded the G7 as the largest economies in the world.

Here's the answer:

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee -1 points 8 months ago

Not even one brics country trusts one other brics country. Nuf said. Hahaha you lost Argentina?