Why did Argentina Decline? (Short Animated Documentary)

At the end of the nineteenth century, Argentina was seen by many as on the cusp of becoming a great power. Yet as you'll know, that never happened and instead Argentina declined relative to the rest of the developed world. But why? To find out watch this short and simple animated documentary.

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Sources:
On the origins of Latin American economic diversity. The Argentine case 1875-1914 by Vicente Vázquez—Presedo

Party and State in Peronist Argentina, 1945-1955 by Walter Little

External Dependence, Demographic Burdens, and Argentine Economic Decline After the Belle Époque by Alan M. Taylor

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