I feel however that the general public will buy into this anti-USA rhetoric and could actually make things difficult for expats.
I am Argentinean, I believe Cristina being a president of 40 millions persons should watch her worlds when talking about other country like the US, these are one of the main reasons why I am not fond of this government.
I would classify Arg according to US believes into these groups according to the amount of persons (just an opinion, with not bad intention since I see comments about about Arg. too):
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Neutral (I consider myself there, I believe there are good and bad things like everywhere, I met very nice persons from the US, and also people not so fancy )
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Not fond of the US (this group will dislike the US, for many diverse reasons or may be just because the US is leading the world now, and historically this happens, the country with a high influence in the world can be disliked, however this group will try to be kind to some extent, not a real threat)
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Fond of the US, persons who are fond of the US, and everything the US does should be done. ( I see that there might be other countries like Finland that could be doing things better than the US now, betting for a better quality of life / education / open source technologies / etc., this is why I don't consider myself in this group)
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US Haters just because somebody is born in the US (this group I believe is small fortunately, and in general does not live in the same places where expats live).
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In-conditionally US Lovers (I think the group is very small in ARG if exists, since not even an american expat might love the US in-conditionally).
I believe the big majority will be either
neutral / Fond of the US / Not fond of the US but kind and in general it should not be a problem for an american Expat, unless you go a very dangerous zone where Americans do not go in general.
Cristina won the elections with a 50% in the past, but the fact IMHO, and because of things I read around, just a 30% was fond of Cristina and somehow also fond of the anti US thought (but not a threat in general), the rest voted for Cristina because considered the other candidates even worse for diverse reasons. So then, most likely I believe there might be a 30% who was in general is
Not Fond of the US and bought the government rhetoric in the past. Now, I believe this 30% is not believing in Cristina's words, and will ignore what she says, I actually believe this 30% will actually divide into other parties and will keep its anti US thoughts regardless of what Cristina says.
Regarding to the Vulture funds (called this way in the financial environment) I believe most of the Argentineans don't consider them as something with good values, regardless of their thought about Cristina or the US. Myself, I believe that speculators always find a way to receive more $ than the honest bondholders/stock market holders/etc . (For instance what occurred in Peru) and this does not work for the progress of the world. Also in many countries I believe that a corrupt class keeps with the $ and then the working class pays for the debts.
