Walk through Buenos Aires’ center, and you’re likely to see one message repeated over and over:
“Fuera FMI,”
International Monetary Fund, get out.
It’s tagged on walls, posted on signs and for the last couple weeks, it has been echoed in a massive protests marching through the heart of the city, where I’ve lived for two months, shutting down swaths of the 14-lane Avenida 9 de Julio.
To understand the anger, you have to understand something about Argentina’s long history with the IMF — a story not unfamiliar to many developing countries that find themselves hopelessly indebted to the US-controlled fund.