Ka kammala wannan magana: Ƙaruwar wadata da ba a taɓa gani ba a farkon ƙarni na 20 ta sa ƙasar Argentina ta zama ƙasa ta bakwai mafi arziki a duniya. Dangane da Shirin Tarihin Tarihi na Maddison, Argentina tana da mafi girman GDP na duniya a kowace shekara a cikin 1895 da 1896, kuma ya kasance a cikin manyan goma har zuwa aƙalla 1920. A halin yanzu, tana matsayi na 71 a duniya. Bayan Babban Mawuyacin hali a cikin shekarun 1930, Argentina ta shiga cikin rikice-rikicen siyasa da koma bayan tattalin arziki wanda ya tura ta cikin rashin ci gaba, kodayake ta kasance cikin ƙasashe goma sha biyar mafi arziki na shekaru da yawa. Bayan mutuwar Shugaba Juan Perón a shekarar 1974, gwauruwarsa kuma mataimakin shugaban kasa, Isabel Martínez de Perón, ta hau kujerar shugaban kasa, kafin a hambarar da ita a shekarar 1976. Rundunar sojan da ta biyo baya ta tsananta kuma ta kashe dubban masu sukar siyasa, masu fafutuka, da hagu a cikin
Yaƙin Dirty, wani lokaci na ta'addanci na jihar da rikice-rikicen jama'a wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa zaɓen Raúl Alfonsín a matsayin shugaban ƙasa a 1983.