2008年是阿根廷不平静的一年。一场由提高出口税率引发的农业危机给克里斯蒂娜政府带来重大挑战，执政的“胜利阵线”也失去了在议会的优势地位。进入9月，世界金融危机对阿根廷的冲击日益明显，阿根廷经济开始失去前几个月保持的平稳态势，出口下滑，财政收入减少，经济增速放缓，国家风险指数持续攀升。与此同时，阿根廷国内连续爆发多次示威抗议活动，社会不稳定因素增加。严峻的经济和社会形势迫使克里斯蒂娜政府的外交活动主要围绕解决国内问题展开。
2008 was anything but a quiet year for Argentina. A crisis triggered by a governmental proposal of raising grain exports tax posed a formidable challenge to Cristina’s administration while the Frente para la Victoria in power lost its dominance in the Congress. Since September，as the negative impacts of the international crisis became more evident，Argentine economy started to loose the momentum of steady growth in previous months with declining exports，falling fiscal income，slowing development pace and continuously swelling sovereign risk. At the same time，manifestations and demonstrations broke out one after another putting more pressure on social stability. In face of the severe economic and social situation，Mrs.Cristina’s government was forced to implement a diplomatic strategy focusing on solving domestic problems.
