But it is not.
“Geography is not destiny.One way to put it: Geography is the hardware, our institutions are the software. When both work well, a country is unstoppable. With bad hardware but intelligent software, a country can go far. But it’s easy to waste good hardware with very bad software. This is what Argentina has done”
https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/argentina-could-be-a-superpower