The country was Argentina, which took about 10 years to move from its hard exchange-rate peg to the dollar, introduced in 1991, to its messy default at the turn of 2001-2002.
El país era Argentina, que tuvo unos 10 años para pasar desde su dura paridad cambiaria con el dólar que adoptó en 1991, a su desordenada moratoria a fines de 2001 y principios de 2002.