The Beginning and the End

June 7, 2023

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Argentina 2001 - S1 - E5

The Argentine crisis hits its peak on December 20. Government forces employ violence to repress the protests, after being given the order to clear Plaza de Mayo and indiscriminately detain whomever. Peronism rejects the government’s calls for national unity and the only recourse left for the president is to resign.

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Argentina 2001: Season 1 - 6 Episode s

1x1 - The Beginning of the End
June 7, 2023
December 20, 2001 marks the end of a government in freefall, but also a day of tragedy as violent repression to protests results in the loss of 39 lives. Fourteen months before this infamous day, President Fernando de la Rúa seeks to overcome Argentina’s economic crisis by appointing an unpopular minister of economy.
1x2 - The Money Isn’t Coming
June 7, 2023
New minister Cavallo's plan to rescue the country’s troubling economy with IMF support faces a major setback after 9/11; talk of a devaluation begins to build. The government is pummeled at the ballot box by Peronism and scratch votes, and De la Rúa continues to look at a potential co-government with a controversial figure.
1x3 - A No-Good Face is Better than a New One
June 7, 2023
Duhalde maneuvers to form an opposition and meets with the IMF in hopes of having his moment. De la Rúa continues to back Cavallo, resisting calls from his chief of cabinet and former president Alfonsín. A government measure intended to prevent capital flight sets Argentina on a course for economic collapse.
1x4 - December 2001
June 7, 2023
The president's declaration fails to quell the unrest as people from all walks of life take to the streets in protest and unite with demands for the government’s removal. Meanwhile, internal negotiations go on through the night of December 19, and a chorus calling for Cavallo’s resignation begins to grow louder.
1x5 - The Beginning and the End
June 7, 2023
The Argentine crisis hits its peak on December 20. Government forces employ violence to repress the protests, after being given the order to clear Plaza de Mayo and indiscriminately detain whomever. Peronism rejects the government’s calls for national unity and the only recourse left for the president is to resign.
1x6 - Will We all Triumph Together?
June 7, 2023
Peronism oversees the transition while the president of the Senate assumes the presidency on an interim basis. Behind the scenes, a debate takes place on whether to call early elections. An unprecedented five presidents are sworn in over a period of eleven days. In early 2002, Duhalde makes a bold promise.

Argentina 2001: All seasons

S1: Season 1
6 Episode s

1x1 - The Beginning of the End

1x2 - The Money Isn’t Coming

1x3 - A No-Good Face is Better than a New One

1x4 - December 2001

1x5 - The Beginning and the End

1x6 - Will We all Triumph Together?

S1: Season 1