Five Presidents in Two Weeks

How many US presidents have there been since you were born? The earliest you were probably born is the late 1980s or early 1990s. George Bush or Bill Clinton was probably president when you were born. If you were born during George Bush's presidency, you have been alive for three American presidents. If it was Bill Clinton, then you have been alive for only two. There was a period of two weeks once in Argentina's history when there were five presidents. It was at the end of 2001/beginning of 2002. The country was in a terrible financial crisis (see above) and president after president resigned because he knew he could not solve the economic problems. Eventually one was able to stay on for about a year until elections came in 2003. Here is a rundown of the presidents and their length in office.

• Fernando de la Rúa (fair-nahn-doh day lah roo-ah]: December 10, 1999 to December 21, 2001
  


• Ramón Puerta [rah-mohn pwair-tah]: December 21, 2001 to December 22, 2001
  


• Adolfo Rodríguez Saá[ah-dole-foh rohd-ree-ges sa-ah]: December 23, 2001 to December 30, 2001


• Eduardo Camaño [ed-wuar-doh cah-mahn-yo]: December 31, 2001 to January 1, 2002


• Eduardo Duhalde [ed-wuar-doh doo-wual-day]: January 1, 2002 to May 25, 2003

While the economic situation continued to get worse, Duhalde was able to hold Argentina together in time for elections in 2003. This is another example of something that discourages Argentines from having faith in politics. If the presidents of a country don't have faith in the situation, why should the people? For this and other reasons, Argentines are fed up with politicians and have a very skeptical view on politics. It is an important part of their culture and helps others understand their frustrations. Here is a picture of Duhalde, the man who was able to keep everything from going overboard in 2002.