Argentina and the Soviet Union

S INCE World War I, Argentina's international economic relations have become triangular in nature, with clearly differentiated buying and selling markets. One axis has been the United States, the primary supplier of goods and capital. In recent years, however, a new partner has occupied the privileged position on the other side of the triangle-held by Great Britain until the 1950S and later by Western Europe-as purchasers of Argentine products. The Soviet Union has become Argentina's number one client, absorbing from 1980 to date between 20 and 40 percent of the country's exports, and it promises to occupy an even greater place in various sectors of the Argentine economy. As the recent war in the Malvinas demonstrated, the political and strategic implications of these ties are quite evident.' This article seeks to provide a historical analysis of the diplomatic and commercial origins of Soviet-Argentine relations. In so doing, it attempts to elucidate a topic that has been almost ignored in the literature. Using primarily unpublished documentation, it also attempts to shed light on whether this growing relationship of recent years is merely circumstantial or the result of long-standing trends that only now are beginning to be appreciated

Economic history · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Russian history · Sociology · Soviet union · History · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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