On February 17 of 1988 the important of Clarin stated: "don't become bitter the life of others with our bad humor." The Argentineans were informed that Norma Aleandro was nominee to actress in a supporting role for the Oscar, for the movie "Gaby, a real history."
That day, ministers Enrique Nosiglia and Horacio Jaunarena were interpelated by the deputies, between whom María Julia Alsogaray was. A manager of transport of Berisso had been able to escape of their kidnappers, and the tunnel formed by the Glaciar Perito Moreno was about to fall.

The year 1989, in the fifth anniversary of Contramano, the newspapers talked about economic crisis with the dollar to 26 Australes and interest rates up to 28% monthly. At cinemas, there was the premieres of "The emerald forest" and "I listened sirens sing" and the intimate friend of Rock Hudson, Marc Christian, received 22 million dollars in compensation of the inheritance of the star, because the died actor had not said he had AIDS. As long as, the presidential candidate Carlos Menem promised to investigate "to the radical officials through the tribunals of the Constitution."

February 17 of 1990 was Saturday, already with Menem like president, but with certain continuity: the economic crisis. A dollar cost 4,000 australes. The Interior minister Julio Mera Figueroa recognized, to less than a year of administration, corruption in the government; while Economy minister Antonio Erman González didn't know how to stop the ascending prices and the products faults. The sheets for the sale of Aerolineas Argentinas cost 30,000 dollars and Guillermo Pérez Roldán was in their better moment like tennis player.

The day of the 7th. anniversary of Contra, in 1991, the maximum was 27°C and there were light winds of the north. Telefónica celebrated first hundred days of their privatization and there was strike of trains that then would derive in the famous sentence: "Strand that strike, strand that closes." The world was slope for the imminent Gulf War, after the invasion from Iraq to Kuwait, and the customers of Alas Bank claimed the refund of their deposits. In Peru already there was hundred deads for the epidemic of cholera and the acuarians found, according to the horoscope, "just what you need. Don't look for more and manage it how you can with that already found." George Bush father was the United States president.

Tuesday 17 of February of 1992: 41 degrees of thermal sensation in Capital Federal and a peso were worth a dollar. Armando Gostanián, in charge of the Money House, had problems with the Justice for the appearance of twin bank notes. From the 1st of that month, the cholera had already entered to the country although Menem, from Paris, tranquilized the people: "The illness is controlled and localized". In USA, public opinion was horrified for a case of cannibalism: a satanic group from New York had killed and "had dinner" to a dancer.

The 9th. anniversary of Contramano in 1993 coincided with the celebrations of the hundred years of the AFA. In the event of AFA, Diego Maradona was chosen the better soccer player of the Argentinean history. Domingo Felipe Cavallo was the minister of Economy and a cellular Movicom phone (the famous gray brick) cost 990 pesos/dollars. "A place in the world," of Adolfo Aristarain, was candidate to the Oscar and María Julia Alsogaray, secretary of Natural Resources and Human Environment, didn't have shame affirming: "there is not difference between raising animals for their skin or in order to obtain meat".

When Contra turned 10 years old, Franco Macri was in the middle of a judicial problem with the DGI by smuggling of imported cars from Uruguay. That day the Massacre of Flowers took place: the house of the Bagnato family was setted on fire and died the father, the mother, one of the children and a friend of this. Only survived Matías, who years later would reappear in Great Brother. While Susana Giménez made declarations about the suicide of their brother Jorge, many TV viewer lit up to the screen to see "Beyond the Horizon" with Luisa Kuliok and Osvaldo Laport thru channel 9 .

On Friday February 17 of 1995, Evangelina Salazar rejected the offer to postulate like candidate to the Tucumán government and the Brazil president, Fernando Enrique Cardozo discarded a devaluation in their country (it took place in January of 1999).
Peru and Ecuador signed the peace in Brasilia after the war for a frontier problem. The Centennial Park lake had been cleaned, in the cinemas was projected "The perfect murderer" and already the newspapers began to publish in colors.

People had filled the Pole Field to listen to Placido Domingo on Saturday 17 of February of 1996. Steps from there, another multitude had been going to see Julio Bocca in Figueroa Alcorta and Dorrego avenues. The liter of Pepsi cost 95 cents and Garry Kasparov won the chess to a computer 4 to 2, in a competition machine vs. human. Madonna was in Buenos Aires filming "Evita" and at the Rio de Janeiro carnival they gave free preservatives.

Exactly one year later, February 17 of 1997, Alan Parker make the presentation of "Evita" in Buenos Aires, at front of the cinema there was protests of peronists that were against the focus of the film: the vice-president Carlos Ruckauf advised don't see it. That monday the Quini distributed 27 million pesos/dollars and the crime of José Luis Cabezas occupied the cover of all the news. In Miami, three society ladies had been grabbed by the hair in a beneficent party. The cause? the location at the tables. One had a cut in the face produced by a necklace of brilliant and emeralds.

In a letter of February 17 of 1998, Carlos Menem made sure that I didn't have will of being re-elect like president but that I didn't plan to give up that possibility. For acuarians was augured a great celebration and the newspapers published an advance of the Godzilla movie: a photo of the paw of the monster crushing cars. Increases of the 30% were announced in Aguas Argentinas and María Julia Alsogaray explained that they were in order to finance works. A girls of Río IV was kidnapped and "Titanic" had summoned 830,000 spectators in the cinemas of the whole country in a weekend.

The 17/ 02/ 99 was the hottest day of the year with a thermal sensation of 36 degrees and 60,000 users of Edesur had been three days without electric supply. The Industrial Production had fallen for 7th. consecutive month and it was talked about "dollarization". Roque Fernández was the minister of Economy and Graciela Fernández Meijide governor candidate to Buenos Aires county. Justice had suspended the soccer for violence facts in the courts.

One and a half month from the celebrations for the arrival of 2000, Domingo Cavallo was in full campaign for boss of the City: he was taken out photos free with any people that want to pose with him. The Potro Rodrigo was cover of Yes of Clarin, four of each ten persons of Corrientes county lived with two pesos/dolar per day and Julio Bocca debuted in the "Fosse" musical in New York. Augusto Pinochet was prisoner in London and the Vatican requested their liberation. In San Francisco, Bill Gates was presenting Windows 2000.

February 17 of 2001, while Fernando de la Rúa presided the country, the former president Carlos Menem and Cecilia Bolocco was thrown flour in the Party of the Chaya in La Rioja. The first part of "The lord of the rings" was tested in United States between fanatics of J. R. R. Tolkien and the sale of home insurance had grown 20% for the increase of the assaults. All Miramar city claimed justice for the murder of Natalia Melmann and in soccer Ríver had won Colon de Santa Fe 3 to 0.

After the mobilization of the people in December of 2001, the fall of De la Rúa and the step of five presidents in two weeks for the Casa Rosada, February 17 of 2002 the "corralito" was in their best moment and United States confirmed that Argentineans will need visa again to enter to that country. Israel offered to Jewish origin Argentineans to emigrate to the ocuppied territories and George Michael denounced that they had stolen their Aston Martin of their house in London. That day arrived to the country Fernando Cardozo to meet with Edward Duhalde and express to the Argentineans the solidarity from Brazil in the crisis.

On Monday 17 of February of 2003, it was imminent the attack of United States to Iraq in spite of the opposition of most of countries of the world. The industrial activity in the Argentina had grown a 12% in January in comparison to the same period of 2002 and Viviana Colmenero won the Great Brother III. Stairway to the fame gathered 10,000 people for the casting and Carlos Menem tempted Carlos Reutemann so that he accompany like vice in the formula of the elections of that year. In the National Quiniela won the 447 and the "piqueteros" protested in West and Buenos Aires/La Plata freeways. Horacio Conzi was fugitive.

17/02/2004: ¡20 years! ¡Two decades! ¡How many things they happened from that february 17 of 1984 when Contra open their doors! Contramano has grown and all of us grew. Contra has changed an all of us changed. Who says that 20 years is nothing, they lie: 20 years is mucho. Too Much. Happiness for all the friends: those of the first times, the newests and those of always. ¡For others 20 years more going to Contramano!

The 2005 begin without celebration. The tragedy of a fire in a disco where 190 people they died, happened December 30, made that the authorities of the City closed all the discos. Contramano reopened January 5, with the dance floor closed.