Argentina’s Once and Future Friend

The competition with China is forcing Washington to be more proactive in the region.

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The U.S. and Argentina have had a complicated and often sour relationship over the past 50 years. The U.S. backed violent political repression in Argentina as part of Operation Condor and surprised Buenos Aires by backing the British in the Falklands War. It also imposed the Washington consensus on Argentina, an economic order the U.S. […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.