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I'm not an expert in histories of those countries, but could you be forgetting a massively bloody military coup in 70s in the name of anticommunism in Argentina
by acituan 5y ago
I'm not an expert in histories of those countries, but could you be forgetting a massively bloody military coup in 70s in the name of anticommunism in Argentina, or a history of complete international isolation and 15 years of civil war between Rhodesia and Zimbabwe thanks to British colonialism?
- yossarian1408 5y agoA decade of destabilisation in both countries could have been the straw that broke the camel's back, sure. Argentina was already out of the rich-countries-club by the time the 70's had come around, and the bloody military coup you reference is likely the inevitable political instability that comes surely after sustained economic instability. And as for Zimbabwe, the "civil-war" was hardly a destabilising event for the country, and the international isolation was easily evaded, this is well documented. I think Zimbabwe, once the bread basket of Africa as Rhodesia, is a great example of how self-determination might undermine an improperly equipped nation.