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Was there any point early in the 20th century, when it seemed that Argentina had limitless development potential and it was going to develop like a Latin version of Canada, in which Argentina was a more powerful country than Brazil? In other words, at that time, was it Argentina and not Brazil that was the dominant power in South America? (Of course, Brazil has always had the greater population, but perhaps Argentina had a higher total GDP than Brazil in the early 20th century.)
Was there any point early in the 20th century, when it seemed that Argentina had limitless development potential and it was going to develop like a Latin version of Canada, in which Argentina was a more powerful country than Brazil? In other words, at that time, was it Argentina and not Brazil that was the dominant power in South America? (Of course, Brazil has always had the greater population, but perhaps Argentina had a higher total GDP than Brazil in the early 20th century.)
Was there any point early in the 20th century, when it seemed that Argentina had limitless development potential and it was going to develop like a Latin version of Canada, in which Argentina was a more powerful country than Brazil? In other words, at that time, was it Argentina and not Brazil that was the dominant power in South America? (Of course, Brazil has always had the greater population, but perhaps Argentina had a higher total GDP than Brazil in the early 20th century.)
In the beginning of the 20th Century Argentina was one of the top 10 richest countries in the world. That's part of the reason why so many Europeans moved there.
Then, well, we all know what happened. lol
Despite the decline, Argentina is still on top in Latin America which I don't know if its amazing or sad, depends how we see this.
What I truly mean is, in the early 20th century, did Argentina ever have a bigger sphere of influence in South America at large (e.g. countries like Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela) than Brazil - politically, militarily, financially, etc.?
Argentina had a higher GDP per person and standard of life. That is all. It was powerful, so was Brazil and Chile. The three of them ran South America for a little while, but Brazil was the most powerful. Argentina was wealthy cattle herders and businessmen in Buenos. It had a small population.
Brazil had a bigger economy too, and more wealth, it was just spread out very unevenly to where the standard of life for money was very bad.
Argentina was always richer than Brazil in a per capita basis, but I don't think it ever had a bigger total GDP than Brazil...
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