31.   Instead, the Argentine government weathered the storm -- in part by slashing spending.

32.   Lower interest rates up north usually translate into lower interest payments for Argentine government bonds.

33.   Nevertheless, because of the case, the company has suffered more than three years of bad publicity and lost Argentine government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

34.   Now, in its desperate efforts to save that system from imminent collapse, the Argentine government has imposed drastic restrictions on economic freedom.

35.   She still cannot withdraw her money, and for that she blames Citibank as much as the Argentine government.

36.   South African Airways has been awarded a license by the Argentine government to provide air service between Johannesburg and Buenos Aires.

37.   Some Wall Street analysts believe that the Argentine government will default but try to keep the peso pegged at one dollar.

38.   Stumbling under a four-year recession, the Argentine government imposed stark austerity measures.

39.   The Argentine government and some Spanish officials have contended that Spain has no jurisdiction.

40.   The Argentine government cannot offer such assurances, Dornbusch said.