are
Brazil (23.6%), the US (10.9%), Chile (9.7%), and Spain (4.3%) (CIA, 2004).
Imports totalled $9 billion in 2002, and import commodities included
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures and
plastics (CIA, 2004). The main import partners of Argentina include Brazil
(42%), the US (12.8%), and Germany (4.4%) (CIA, 2004). The external debt of
Argentina, at 2002, was $155 billion, and Argentina was receiving $10
billion in economic aid as of 2001 (CIA, 2004).
Throughout the 20th century, Argentina was involved in a number of
notable incidents; the Falklands War - against Britain - for the territory
Las Malvinas (The Falklands Islands); the military juntas from 1976-1983
which caused the disappearances of thousands of opponents to the junta;
and, most relevant for this paper, the economic crisis of the past four or
five years, which has caused the whole populace to lose faith in
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