This strange combination of a highly linear relationship with Washington and multilateralism has its explanations. Five years earlier, Néstor Kirchner had taken office amid of the devastating consequences of the Washington Consensus. The complex world which Macri inhabits does not offer the same clarity — US hegemony now seems gone but the BRICS are also struggling. Perhaps Macri’s willingness to be all things to all men also reflects having a foreign minister who is trying to become United Nations secretary-general. Lew’s flying visit had little time for surprises, hardly departing from the expected script with support for Macri’s tax amnesty very much on the front-burner.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 28, 2016 03:00 UTC