on the brink
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The way I see it, no matter what an Argentine government promises, it cannot be trusted to honor its commitments. It (they?) will do anything to sneak out of them.I would imagine new loans or "assistance packages" would come with opportune strings attached - if it were me, I would see a loan of a few billion as a price to pay (and loose) for some kind of preferential market access / concession and the state protection that comes with to allow me or my associates to cash-in on another front.
The KIrchners eviscerated INDEC to doctor inflation rates, and thus lower bond payments tied to that rate. Reminds me of the famous Groucho Marx line: "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others"