On the other hand, there are many other sources that you may have not heard of, but are already giving credit to the argentinean government, and I´m talking about US dollars by the houndreds of millions... Repsol, the World Bank, People´s Bank of China, Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (Brazil), Embraer, the Central Bank of Venezuela, among others.
You beat me to it. The Chinese government, or one of their banks, could underwrite or loan guarantee X percentage of the purchase and thus allow the deal to continue moving. There would of course be strings attached, but aren't there with a lot of arms deals?