Its history has seen many coups, tens of thousands of people missing, a war with Great Britain, bouts of hyperinflation, a brutal economic crisis, default on foreign debt, and its most vulnerable citizens going hungry. But there is also a theatrical intensity about the Argentine character: we are dramatic like the tango and somber like the novels of Ernesto Sábato.
阿根廷是一个紧急状况频发的国家。阿根廷的历史充满了数不胜数的政变、几万人失踪、马岛战争、反复恶性通胀、严重经济危机、外债违约和饥饿的孱弱公民。但阿根廷人极富戏剧天赋：我们像探戈一样热情，像萨瓦托（Ernesto Sábato）的小说一样忧郁。