There are some interesting pension developments in Argentina that shed some light on Social Security policy in the United States.

Argentine president Cristina Kirchner's term in office is getting off to a bumpy start.

To join forces now with Argentina in its self-inflicted struggle with the IMF and its international creditors would seem to offer Brazil little upside but potentially large downside risks.

Emerging markets'euphoria over Argentina's triumph in its recent debt reconstructioning negotiations with theInternational Monetary Fundwill likely not last long.

Néstor Kirchneris leadingan authoritarian revival in Argentina. Will this once-prosperous country go down the path of Chávez's Venezuela?

The International Monetary Fund should make any further IMF lending to Argentina conditional upon Argentina making at least the same primary budget surplus effort as does Brazil.

Argentine relations with the United States are not, and cannot be, a zero-sum game.

Hugo Chávez is not as popular in Latin America is often thought--or feared.