Yungay, was largely destroyed by a mudflow dislodged from the side of the mountain in the distance by an earthquake in 1970

Since the 1930s Argentina’s economy has suffered through neglect of the agricultural sector, and attempts to increase industrial independence. Over three-quarters of the imports of Argentina are still, however, manufactures. The heavy industrial base of Argentina depends on imported materials; the output of steel has not expanded greatly in the 1980s (1980 2.6 million tonnes, 1990 3.6).