Economy

And like Trump, the highly unpopular Macri (now presumably more even more so) is insisting on running in next year's elections over the objections of many - if not most - in his right-wing coalition.

Now as far as the World Cup's correlation with Argentine economic fortunes, the opposite has usually been the case:

Argentina's first World Cup victory, in 1978, was followed by a massive foreign debt and banking crisis in '81 - along the lines of Bush's derivatives bubble/collapse in '08.

Their second one, in 1986, was followed by an all-out currency panic (leading to hyperinflation reaching 5,000%) in '89.

So perhaps it's just as well that they not win the Cup (which they probably wouldn't anyway).

That said, thanks for the reply. Never a dull moment in sunny Argentina.