While Mexico had a petroleum-based boom in the wake of the second oil-price shock of the 1970’s, Argentina suffered from economic mismanagement under a military dictatorship that then staged its disastrous invasion of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas. Brazil had experienced an earlier version of its current economic miracle, with stunning growth rates financed by capital imports.
趁着20世纪70年代的第二次石油价格冲击，墨西哥渡过了一段石油经济繁荣期；在军事独裁下饱受经济弊政之苦的阿根廷，正在为发动马岛战争作准备；巴西则在预演它今日的经济奇迹，凭借资本输入支撑惊人的高速增长。到头来，它们殊途同归，陷入了同一个泥潭：过度负债。