80年代,拉丁美洲面临严重的通货膨胀和资金外逃两大问题。这两个问题同拉美国家高筑的债台紧紧联系在一起,互相影响,互相牵制,成了影响经济发展的痼疾。在拉美,只要外债负担不减轻,这两个问题就将难以根本解决。外债危机与通货膨胀早在60年代拉美就已开始出现通货膨胀,例如1961～1965年巴西的通货膨胀率,1965～1970年乌拉圭的通货膨胀率,在当时世界上都是比较高的。在上述时期,智利、阿根廷和哥伦比亚的通货膨胀率也很高。进入70年代后至1981年,拉美的通货膨胀率更是直线上升, In the 1980s, Latin America faced two major problems: serious inflation and capital flight. These two issues are closely linked with the high debts of Latin American countries, and they affect each other and contain each other. This has become a chronic illness affecting economic development. In Latin America, as long as the burden on the foreign debt does not ease, it will be difficult to solve these two problems at all. Foreign Debt Crisis and Inflation As early as the 1960s, Latin American countries started to experience inflation. For example, the inflation rate in Brazil from 1961 to 1965 and the inflation rate in Uruguay from 1965 to 1970 were relatively high in the world at that time. During these periods, inflation rates in Chile, Argentina and Colombia were also high. Into the 70s to 1981, Latin America’s inflation rate is a straightforward rise,