Your comment is by no means wrong, but I do believe it is a little bit oversimplified. Argentina does have valuable natural resources, but most of the extraction thereof is in the hands of foreign corporations, and most of the profits therefrom go out of the country.
Gold mining is one good example, with horrendous ecological damage from use of cyanide-based or mercury-based extraction methods added in just for fun.
Another painful example is the manner in which Argentina's EEZ is illegally, (and profitably) over-fished by fleets of boats from China, Korea, and Spain. They cluster at mile 201, turn off their transponders, and then enter Argentina's waters. China has the most boats, but Spain is the worst offender in terms of having their transponders off the highest percentage of the time. It's also worth noting that EU fishing rules absolutely prohibit such turning off of transponders at any time, anywhere in the world. To add insult to injury, the port of Montevideo knowingly provides full logistical support to these illegal fishing fleets. And do not pooh-pooh this. Squid is worth a surprising amount of money.
These are just two examples. I could go on for pages. Dredging in the Parana is a subject that could consume volumes on its own.
Is Argentina's own government fundamentally to blame for these abuses, through its own action or inaction? Absolutely! No excuses there.