Any mention of Argentina will certainly evoke the name of Maradona of which one poll has elected him to be the most influential footballer of all times(Even Pele came second best).
Argentinian football always display a form of competitive aggression that belies their South American roots. Here is a country from what we can see from their footballers that has a culture synonymous with strong work ethics and a competitive streak.
Yet the country was on a brink of bankruptcy few years back with inflation running wild and has a high unemployment rate.
What went wrong, Argentina? Shall we cry for you?
As one eminent Historian states...." The economic history of Argentina in the twentieth century is an object lesson that all resources in the world can come to nothing and even set at nought by financial mismanagement.
Once Argentina was a byword for prosperity;in fact the country's very name means land of silver. Even in 1913 Argentina was one of the ten richest countries in the world.
The two anathema that was put up for this sorry demise of a once rich country are inflation and foreign debts default.
I though personally believe that the underlying fault is due to a wrong form of politics ,remember Peron ?
A country like Malaysia certainly must learn this objective lessons in history and while we cant fathom ourselves in such abyss of an economic situation BUT if we do fail we don't have a Maradona to keep our pride still intact and flying!!! A messi(y) situation indeed pardon the pun!!!!
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