Argentina, the Country That Owes Half the World’s IMF Debt Just Needed American Help to Pay Its Bills

2026-02-03 - 12:55

Key Points Argentina owes the IMF $57 billion—more than the next five largest borrowers combined—and just scrambled to find $808 million for a single interest payment Washington’s unprecedented financial lifeline to Buenos Aires has become a flashpoint in U.S. politics, with critics from Elizabeth Warren to Marjorie Taylor Greene calling it reckless Whether Milei’s experiment