Is your business going bust? Then kick out the bosses and run it yourselves!

Are the big beasts of international finance wiping the floor with your economy? Tell them to take a running jump!

Argentina has been where some Western economies are now - broke and on its knees. But its people devised bold and creative ways to deal with their problems - solutions that persist to this day. The challenges have not gone away, there is still a lot to do, and the reality is far from perfect. But there have been some major victories - especially in the area of jobs, quality of life and civil liberties. From being one of Latin America's cruellest military states the country has become a human rights pioneer.