What are Argentina and Venezuela

The BBC correspondent in Buenos Aires makes a list of measures Buenos Aires seems to have taken from model Chavez. The Brazilian magazine Veja also warned

Argentina has always been a leading country in the Southern Cone. Its regional leadership is undisputed, but in the first years of the 21st century, the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez has positioned itself at the head of a model that other countries tend to imitate.

Argentina BBC World correspondent, has developed a list of the similarities that today has the Argentina of the second Government of Cristina Kirchner with Venezuela, ruled by Hugo Chávez.

After the resounding victory of Cristina Kirchner in October 2011, the Government took measures similar to Hugo Chavez which put into practice.

- Complete control of changes: from the end of 2011, Argentina requires an application for permission to acquire foreign currency. Months later, the so-called "Exchange trap" only allows to acquire dollars to travel abroad and for an amount that determines the State. Argentines cannot buy dollars or euros for savings, even they have their taxes a day. The impact of the measure shot parallel dollar price and extended the gap with the officer to 30%.

- Expropriation of YPF: Hugo Chavez has expropriated several State-owned companies in the last decade. Argentina nationalized the leading energy company in may 2012. As is expected in Venezuela, international tribunals to settle the situation that could force the country to pay million dollar compensation the company Repsol.

- End of the independence of the Central Bank: Argentina had an independent Central Bank which controlled the monetary emission, regulated interest rates and kept inflation under control. Authorities and the Charter changes gave him access to the national State to use international reserves to pay debt. Chavez revoked the autonomy of the Central Bank in 2007.

- Use of the national chain: the President Cristina Kirchner has been used 12 times the national chain since it resumed its mandate last December. Chavez has accustomed to Venezuelans to disrupt radio and TV programming for their speeches. The President of Argentina has also accentuated the combative speech to media critics and economists who do not support the model.

Spanish El País recently published an article in which reviewing the use of the national chain by the Presidents of Latin America. Chavez, Correa and Cristina Kirchner appear among the leaders that most frequently used.

For its part, the Brazilian magazine Veja, published a note in which also reviews the process of "venezuenalizacion" who live Argentina. With regard to the nationalization of YPF, President Cristina Kirchner talked about recovery "energy sovereignty", a similar argument to that Hugo Chávez uses for the discretionary use of housing funds generated by the oil from PDVSA.

Veja also emphasized that Argentina and Venezuela have the highest inflation rates in the region, while tightly regulate imports. Concludes that the "elixir of populism" is a policy imposed by Venezuela and Argentina tends to follow.