'I want my children to have a good future' - Argentines seek jobs abroad to escape crisis
Record ID:
1428617
'I want my children to have a good future' - Argentines seek jobs abroad to escape crisis
- Title: 'I want my children to have a good future' - Argentines seek jobs abroad to escape crisis
- Date: 26th August 2019
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (RECENT - AUGUST 12, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, HEADLINES IN ARGENTINE NEWSPAPERS AFTER PRIMARY ELECTIONS SANTIAGO, CHILE (AUGUST 23, 2019) (REUTERS) STREET DOWNTOWN PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET VARIOUS, FOUNDER OF CHILEAN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM AMROP, MAX VICUNA, IN HIS OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FOUNDER OF CHILEAN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM AMROP, MAX VICUNA, SAYING: "Argentina has been going through a long critical period, and consequently I would say there have been many Argentines over the past 10 years who have arrived in Chile, principally with multinationals that bring them here. But, curiously, when the time comes to return to their own country or to be reassigned to other places, they choose to stay in Chile." VARIOUS, PEOPLE DOWNTOWN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FOUNDER OF CHILEAN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM AMROP, MAX VICUNA, SAYING: "I would say that it wouldn't be strange to see that by the end of the year we'll see a flow of visits from Argentine executives or contacts from Argentine executives that will continue to grow more and more. It will take some time, but the issue is coming." PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET SANTIAGO, CHILE (AUGUST 22, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, ARGENTINE PUBLIC RELATIONS GRADUATE WHO MOVED TO CHILE TWO MONTHS AGO, AGUSTINA BERTUZZI, WALKING DOWN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINE PUBLIC RELATIONS GRADUATE WHO MOVED TO CHILE TWO MONTHS AGO, AGUSTINA BERTUZZI, SAYING: "I came (to Chile) basically because of the economy (and) the political situation that Argentina is going through today. We aren't living in a good time, we aren't going through a good time. Obviously, this has been going on for years, it's not new. Today many people are leaving the country, not only (moving) here to Chile, our neighbouring country, but they are also going to other countries." SANTIAGO, CHILE (AUGUST 23, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET SANTIAGO, CHILE (AUGUST 22, 2019) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINE PUBLIC RELATIONS GRADUATE WHO MOVED TO CHILE TWO MONTHS AGO, AGUSTINA BERTUZZI, SAYING: "(People) consult with me a lot: what life is like here, what salaries are like, what the cost of living is like. Because they are obviously thinking of a change, because many people already know what is going to happen in October (Argentine elections), but others don't. There is a very large uncertainty about what is going to happen, so they've asked me a lot. Obviously, I try with my own experience to personally advise them as much as I can." SANTIAGO, CHILE (AUGUST 23, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 22, 2019) (REUTERS) ARGENTINE TEXTILES MARKETING PROFESSIONAL, GUILLERMO GALIA, AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN VARIOUS, GALIA'S CHILD GALIA, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ON SOFA (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINE TEXTILES MARKETING PROFESSIONAL, GUILLERMO GALIA, SAYING: "Without a doubt the idea is that if reality doesn't change and we continue going through what we're going through, where everything is upside down in a country where the principles and values that I want for my children are totally changed, I prefer to stay in Italy. With much pain because I love my country and I suffer with what is happening, but I want my children to have a good future, and today I am not seeing it in Argentina unfortunately."
- Embargoed: 9th September 2019 14:15
- Keywords: economy President Mauricio Macri Argentina economic crisis elections abroad jobs Alberto Fernandez Chile Cristina Fernandez
- Location: BUENOS AIRES & ROSARIO ARGENTINA / SANTIAGO, CHILE / WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: BUENOS AIRES & ROSARIO ARGENTINA / SANTIAGO, CHILE / WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA004ATUVQYV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Argentine executives and graduates shocked by President Mauricio Macri's drubbing in elections this month have begun calling and emailing in droves in search of work in Brazil, Chile and Colombia, head hunters and visa advisers told Reuters.
Executive search specialists say the resumes that have deluged their offices in those countries reached a peaked after Macri lost ground to a centre-left Peronist challenger in the Aug. 11 primary elections, causing the peso to plummet in value.
Leftist Alberto Fernandez is now the front-runner ahead of an Oct. 27 general election and has said he will seek to renegotiate a $57 billion loan International Monetary Fund deal agreed by Macri amid growing fears of a default.
Fernandez has former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as his running mate, heralding a potential return to "Kirchnerismo", when Argentina had currency controls and other interventionist policies.
By last weekend, the phrase "the only exit is Ezeiza", a reference to the country's main international airport, had begun trending on Twitter in Argentina.
Chile, one of Latin America's most stable economies and a short flight from Argentina over the Andes Mountains, has absorbed successive waves of highly qualified Argentine migrants.
Among recent arrivals is Agustina Bertuzzi, 29, a public relations graduate from northeastern Argentina who moved to Santiago, Chile, two months ago to work for Robert Walters, the British headhunting firm. Now she works to recruit other Argentines for jobs in Chile.
Other Argentines are going even further afield.
"I want my children to have a good future, and today I am not seeing it in Argentina," said Guillermo Galia, 38, who works in textiles marketing. When he was offered a job in Italy a few weeks ago, he said he jumped at the chance.
Galia said he hoped to return to his home country eventually, but he would not rule out staying in Italy should the economic situation not improve under a Fernandez government.
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