bu((aneer why do you insist so much in making argentina look bad? Argentina is not a 3rd world country by any means.. According to the CIA fackbook site.. Argentina has a per capita GDP of 12,400 (as of 2004 its like 8% better today) making it the higest south of the border, also the UN said its developed in all the other areas in fact Argentinian economy is the 24th largest in the world.. just above the neatherlands(
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/.../2001rank.html 2001 figures when they where really down it grew almost 20% now)