> More like colonial dementia.
Oh, but the story just gets better and better:
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/03/26/us-gets-tough-on-argentina/#axzz1sLJ24Wkd
In a nutshell, the current PR burn on Argentina is actually fallout from Argentina's 2001 default. The Obama administration is acting on behalf of two companies: Azurix, one of those privatizing water services vampires which plunders public utilities for private gain, and which was at one time part of... you can't make this stuff up -- Enron, and an entity called Blue Ridge Investment, which turns out to be a subsidiary of... *drum roll*... Bank of America.
[Insert extended cackle of laughter].
-- DRR