investment. In 2005, turned its primary surplus into an actual surplus, Argentina began paying the IMF on schedule, with the intention of regaining financial independence. On 15 December 2005, following a similar action by Brazil, Kirchner suddenly announced that Argentina would pay the whole debt to the IMF. The debt payments, totaling US$9.810 billion, were previously scheduled as instalments until 2008. Argentina paid it with the central bank's foreign currency reserves. The payment was made on 6 January 2006. In a June 2006 report, a group of independent experts hired by the IMF to revise the work of its Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) stated that the assessment of the Argentine case suffered from manipulation and lack of collaboration on the part of the IMF; the IEO is claimed to have unduly softened its conclusions to avoid criticizing the IMF's board of directors. Films Memoria del Saqueo, by Pino Solanas Un Día de suerte The Take Nueve Reinas Heroic Losers See also 1998 in Argentina 1999 in Argentina 2000 in Argentina 2001 in Argentina 2002 in Argentina Piquetero Popular assemblies South American economic crisis of 2002 Argentine debt restructuring References Further reading "Guillermo Nielsen exclusive: Inside Argentina’s financial crisis" An insider's account, by Guillermo Nielsen, until recently the Secretary of Finance in Argentina, about his tenure there and specifically about the fraught negotiations the country had regarding its debt with the IMF, investment banks and bondholders. It goes into detail about the negotiations, the people involved. Euromoney March 2006. Banco Central de la República Argentina (Argentina's central bank website, with various economic statistics available on the fly) Argentina: Life After Default Article looking at how Argentina has recovered from the crisis Video: "Argentina's Economic Recovery: Four Years After the Meltdown" featuring CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot and former IMF Research Director Michael Mussa, 30 November 2005 A Look at Argentina’s 2001 Economic Rebellion and the Social Movements that Led It – video report by Democracy Now! Bortot, F. (2003). "Frozen Savings and Depressed Development in Argentina". Savings and Development, Vol. XXVII, n. 2. . Jutta Maute: Hyperinflation, Currency Board, and Bust: The Case of Argentina, (Hohenheimer Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften) (Paperback), Peter Lang Publishing. (2006), External links Argentina Didn't Fall on Its Own (Global Exchange) Argentina's debt restructuring: A victory by default? (The Economist) Argentina’s Economic Disaster (The Free Market) How Argentina Got Into This Mess (The Cato Institute) Confiscatory Deflation: The Case of