From our special correspondent in Argentina
When visitors politely ask him
“how old is your dog
?”
",
they lose their gaze for a moment.
The new president of Argentina thoughtfully strokes the short, coarse hair of his quiet bulldog.
“
Exactly how old is this dog
?”
» he may wonder at this moment.
None.
Or rather yes, that of Conan, who died one evening in October 2017. Despairing over this loss six years ago, Javier Milei had five English mastiffs cloned in an American laboratory from his dear missing animal.
Each weighs at least 100 kilos and is represented on the presidential scepter surmounted by the first name of a great neoliberal economist: Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, Robert Lucas…
“They are essential dogs for the progress of the country,”
smiles a villager from the pampas while, on the continuous news channels, we comment on the acclimatization of the dogs to the presidential palace, the construction of their doghouse in the park, the 8 kilos of daily food...
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