S01E01 The Beginning of the End
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,...
Argentina 2001
S01E05: The Beginning and the End
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.
Overview
This Spanish-language series chronicles the politics and events leading up to the most severe economic and social crisis in Argentina’s history since its return to democracy. At the center of a government in crisis, a political appointee works as a liaison between the current administration and opposition party figures who seek to rise to power.
Episodes
S01E02 The Money Isn’t Coming
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...
S01E03 A No-Good Face is Better than a New One
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....
S01E04 December 2001
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...
S01E05 The Beginning and the End
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...
S01E06 Will We all Triumph Together?
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...
Cast
Luis Luque
Chrystian Colombo
Diego Cremonesi
Javier Cach
Nicolás Furtado
Franco Musciari
César Troncoso
Eduardo Duhalde
Luis Machín
Domingo Cavallo
Jean Pierre Noher
Fernando de la Rúa
Alejandra Flechner
Hilda "Chiche" Duhalde
Cecilia Rossetto
Inés Bruno
Manuel Callau
Raúl Alfonsín
Jorge Suárez
Adolfo Rodríguez Saa
Manuel Vicente
Ramón Puerta
Vando Villamil
Carlos Ruckauf
