the word corralito, shortened to the word corral, is used in argentina to call what in other countries is known as a baby park. in 2001 the economic journalist antonio laje, in his economic column of the program after hours by daniel hadad, used the term to refer to the government measure. the journalist sought to highlight through an analogy the way in which the government restricted one of the essential freedoms of the users of any banking system: that of being able to withdraw their funds at any moment.