Argentina could have been great but they seem to prefer socialism, and that will crimp any style
From about 1860 classical liberalism with its support of the private sector and encouragement of investment and wealth creation was the dominant political force in Argentina. The commercial values of Buenos Aires and its merchant elite won out over the armed agrarians gaucho forces. The massive immigration from Europe and the rise of the packing house economy generated the first wave of European marxist and syndicalist groups organizing the new industrial proletariat. After World war 1 the Army began to look for a new mission since the era of border wars, internal fighting and Indian fighting was over,and discovered fascism and corporatism with its rightwing neo socialist ideas. Unfortunately these two trends became dominant in Argentina and are to some degree linked to the traditional statist/authoritarian attitudes of Latin culture.