The country is wealthy, self-sufficient in oil, and has modern universities-so why does is (seemingly) lurch from one crisis to the next? I just read that the currency is now (effectively) devalued-after the government has alienated just a bout every foreign investor they have. Now Kirchner is making noises about the Falkland Islands again-so what is wrong with this country? Does it need a total change of government?
The same thing that’s wrong with countless other countries: entrenched corruption. Even if the guy at the top means well, there are too many self-absorbed crooks below him to ever allow things to change in a positive way.
Of course, the fact that the current leader is wagging the dog on the Falklands/Malvinas doesn’t suggest that he means well at all.
She- but she does sound more like she thinks she’s playing Tropico than like she’s actually trying to manage a modern, real country.
Would the distance be a factor? The only large market would be Brazil and that’s still emerging. Places like NZ and Australia have large markets somewhat closer like Indonesia, China and Japan.
All of the above. Still, it is an emerging country with an increasingly educated population.
Ultimately all of Latin America suffers from the political and social systems inherited from the Spanish colonial days.