Blackrock has a legally binding, fiduciary duty to its investors to maximize their return. It also has an ethical obligation. Many of those investors - indirectly - are firefighters, teachers, truck drivers, state and municipal employees of one sort of another, etc...
I don't believe anything from the NYT. Or much mainstream journalism. What actually is happening on those zoom calls and in those conference rooms where debt is being negotiated and strategies are being devised, are numerous layers removed from the journalists. At the highest levels of business, the press is used as a pawn, to influence the debate. Objective truth is rarely provided to journalists.
If Argentina pays somewhere around $.52 cents on the dollar, Argentina will walk away with about $33B in free money.
Makes one wonder who is the real vulture.