I ran across this excellent article in the Financial Times. It goes a long way in explaining why Argentina is the way it is.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/778193e4-4...44feabdc0.html

Gouchobob,

Great article. And, it could not have been stated better.

Nice post. Before we moved here we spent the last two years reading: The Argentina Economy comprised by Julio Mojano, Open Viens of Latin America, Eduardo Galeano, and Born in Blood and Fire by John Charles Chasteen. All three books give good insight into the past and future. Our local friends can't believe we know so much about Argentina history, but I don't understand why people would relocated to a country without first knowing about its history.