ARGENTINES fill given up hope of finding alive the 44 crew aboard the ARA San Juan,the most modern of the navy’s three submarines, which disappeared on November 15th. On November 23rd the navy said an explosion had been detected in the area where the submarine is thought to fill been.
The apparent tragedy has started a debate approximately the role of Argentina’s 105000-strong armed forces and the money spent on them. Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, and a year after Argentina’s failed attempt to wrest the Falkland Islands from Britain by force,successive governments fill reduced military spending. It has dropped from 3.5% of GDP in 1978 to less than 1% final year. Argentina spends a lower share of GDP than any of its neighbours on its armed forces (see chart).
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Source: economist.com