Deeply frustrated and angry people – especially in southern Europe – frequently hold up Argentina’s defiance of the international community in 2001 as a model. Argentina then used a mixture of coercion and negotiation to get out from under the mountain of debt that it incurred in the 1990’s, effectively expropriating foreign creditors, who were viewed as dangerous and malign.
一些沮丧和愤怒的国家，尤其是南欧国家，经常把2001年公然蔑视国际社会的阿根廷当成榜样。当年，阿根廷依靠半是强迫、半是协商的手段，从20世纪90年代堆积起来的债务大山下脱身，实际上强行剥夺了外国债主的权益，而后者则被视作危险和邪恶的化身。