Historically one of reasons behind the start of a "conflict" is to distract the home population from bad news, give them a single unifying point of focus, hopefully a welcome patriotic success, etc...
Indeed this is usually cited as the reason why the Junta embarked on the first Falklands conflict.
With that in mind, such news as:
BBC News - IMF data deadline looms for Argentina's fragile economy
Doesn't bode well, in terms of Argentinian leaders today perhaps once again looking for distractions/successes elsewhere.