Guess you are to young to recall Vice President being mobbed and spat upon and worse during a 1953 state visit to Venezuela. Was a big thing at the time.
Argentina favored the Axis powers during WWII so they were never friends of ours and their tepid sometime support of our policies was never to be counted on.
23 posted on 08/19/2015 4:29:04 AM PDT by Covenantor
("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)