There is widespread foreboding in Britain that the draw for next year's World Cup in Asia pits the England football team against their old enemy Argentina in their first play-off group in Japan.
During a visit to the seat of the Argentine Navy Fleet in Puerto Belgrano, the Commander of the British Fleet, Admiral Sir Alan West paid tribute to the Argentine officers and sailors killed in the sinking of the cruiser ARA General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands conflict.
After completing the first of two rounds of a massive debt swap, that Argentine government officials described as a resounding success, Argentina restricted money withdrawals to impede a continuing loss of bank deposits and in preparation for discussions with grumbling international investors.