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=__**The Great Country Of Argentina**__=

__**Argentine Flag**__ Each color in the Argentine flag means a different color or has a different significance. The white in the flag means peace and honesty. The light blue means many elements such as vigilance, justice, truth, loyalty, and perseverance. The sun in the middle with the face on it means or commemorates when the sun appeared in the sky May 25 1810 during the mass destruction in favor of independence and it also has features of the Inca sun god media type="file" key="Argentine National Anthem (English Subtitled) [www.keepvid.com].mp4" width="94" height="254" align="center"

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This map shows the border of each city in Argentina and

Literacy: Of the population 97.2% can read, both the male and female population is 97.2%
====Education: Children in Argentina between the ages of 6 and 14 have to go to school by law. In Argentina education is free, and High school is affordable. In school they learn sScience, Mathematics, Language, Art, History, Sport and Geography.====

Exports: soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
 Imports: Machinery, Motor, vehicles, petroleum and natural gases, organic chemicals, plastics

__**There are many holidays that the Argentine people have, they are:**__

 * January 1- New Year's Day**


 * March/April- E Carnaval del Pais**


 * Easter**


 * April 2- Malvinas Day**


 * May 1- Labor day**


 * May 25- May revolution of 1810 or commonly known as National day**


 * June 20- Flag day**


 * July 9- Independence day**


 * August 17- Anniversary of San Martin's**


 * October 12- Day of Race**


 * December 25- __Christmas__ Day :)**

__Timeline on Argentina's History__
Former first lady Evita; powerful figure and enduring icon [|Evita: 50 years as a symbol]  [|On This Day 1952: Eva Peron is dead]   [|2006: In pictures - Juan Peron's reburial]  || Tango evolved in Buenos Aires, became a worldwide craze [|In pictures: Tango fever grips Buenos Aires] || [|Timeline: Argentina] Peron's supporters - passes legislation providing jail terms for anyone showing disrespect for the government. Regime opponents are subsequently imprisoned, independent newspapers are suppressed.
 * = Timeline: Argentina = ||
 * **A chronology of key events:**
 * 1916** - Hipolito Yrigoyen of the Radical party is elected president. He introduces a minimum wage to counter the effects of inflation. Yrigoyen is elected again in 1928. || [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || JUAN AND EVA PERON [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/39323000/jpg/_39323063_peron_ap.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="Juan Peron (r) and Eva Peron (l), 1950"]]
 * 1930** - A coup involving all services of the Argentine armed forces and led by General Uriburu overthrows Yrigoyen. Civilian rule is restored in 1932.
 * 1939** - Outbreak of World War II. Argentina proclaims its neutrality.
 * 1942** - Argentina, along with Chile, refuses to break diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany after the Japanese attack on the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour.
 * 1943** - Military regime seizes power. It is known to favour Japan and Germany. One of its leading figures is Colonel Juan Peron.
 * 1944** - Argentina breaks diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany and declares war on them in 1945.
 * The Peron era**
 * 1946** - Peron wins elections for the presidency. He had promised workers higher wages and __social security__. His wife, Eva Peron - 'Evita' - is put in charge of labour relations.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/40742000/jpg/_40742909_arg_tango.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="Tango-dancing street performers in La Boca, Buenos Aires"]]
 * 1949** - A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. Congress - dominated by

The former dictator ordered the invasion of the Falkland Islands [|January 2003: Galtieri dies] || British destroyer HMS Sheffield was hit by an exocet missile [|On This Day 1982: Argentina invades Falklands]  [|2005: Argentina's forgotten war vets]   [|Regions and territories: Falkland Islands] || Recession starts. Charismatic former president and free-market reformer [|2004: Menem arrives on Argentine soil] || Argentina and the United Kingdom agree that Argentine private aircraft and vessels may now visit the Falkland Islands again. Unemployed protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires [|2005: The day Argentina hit rock bottom]  [|2004: Fresh hope after Argentine crisis]   [|2003: Everyday fight for survival] || Iguazu falls in the north-east are surrounded by rainforest || August - Congress, Senate vote to scrap laws protecting former military officers from prosecution over human rights abuses during military regime. 188 people are killed and around 700 are injured in a fire at a Buenos Aires nightclub. Dispute over pulp mills soured Argentina-Uruguay relations [|2006: River row divides former friends] || Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected president, succeeding her husband Nestor Kirchner in the post. Cristina Fernandez succeeded husband Nestor Kirchner as president [|Obituary: Nestor Kirchner] || Former military ruler General Jorge Videla is sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity. Former naval officer Alfredo Astiz and 11 other former members of the security forces are given life sentences for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 period of military rule.
 * 1951** - Peron is re-elected president with a huge majority.
 * 1952** - Peron's wife dies of cancer. Peron's support begins to decline.
 * 1955** June - An attempted coup by the Argentine navy is crushed as the army remains loyal to Peron.
 * 1955** September - Coup by all three branches of the armed forces succeeds after three days of fighting, during which thousands are killed. Peron resigns and takes refuge on a Paraguayan gunboat. He subsequently goes into exile in Paraguay, and later in Spain. The federal constitution of 1853, based on that of the United States, is restored.
 * 1966** - Military rule is imposed again with a coup led by General Juan Carlos Ongania.
 * The return of Peron**
 * 1973** - The Peronist party wins elections in March. Hector Campora is inaugurated president. Argentina is wracked by terrorist violence. Peron returns to Buenos Aires in June. Campora resigns and Peron becomes president in September.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || GENERAL GALTIERI [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/39323000/jpg/_39323065_galtieri_ap.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="General Galtieri at National Day parade 1982"]]
 * 1974** - Peron dies in July. His third wife, Isabel, succeeds him. Terrorism from right and left escalates, leaving hundreds dead. There are strikes, demonstrations and high inflation.
 * 1975** - Inflation rises to more than 300%.
 * 1976** - A military junta under General Jorge Videla seizes power. Parliament is dissolved. Opponents of the regime are rounded up in the 'Dirty War', which is to see thousands of people 'disappear'.
 * 1981** - General Leopoldo Galtieri heads the military regime.
 * The Falklands War**
 * 1982** April - Argentine forces occupy the British-held Falkland Islands, which Argentina calls Islas Malvinas and over which it had long claimed sovereignty. The United Kingdom dispatches a force to re-take the islands, which it does in June. More than 700 Argentines are killed in the fighting. Galtieri is replaced by General Reynaldo Bignone.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || FALKLANDS WAR [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/39323000/jpg/_39323075_falk_sheff_pa.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="HMS Sheffield, hit by Argentinian missile May 1982; 21 crew members died "]]
 * 1983** - Argentina returns to civilian rule. Raul Alfonsin becomes president. Argentina begins to investigate the 'Dirty War' and charge former military leaders with human rights abuses. Inflation is running at more than 900%.
 * 1989** - Carlos Menem of the Peronist party is elected president. He imposes an economic austerity programme.
 * 1990** - Full diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom are restored, with Argentina still maintaining its claim to the Falklands.
 * 1992** - Argentina introduces a new currency, the peso, which is pegged to the US dollar. A bomb is placed in the Israeli embassy, 29 people are killed.
 * 1994** - A Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires is bombed. 86 people are killed and more than 200 injured.
 * 1995** - Menem is re-elected.
 * 1996** - Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo is dismissed. Economic hardship leads to a general strike in September.
 * 1997** - A judge in Spain issues orders for the arrest of former Argentine military officers on charges of participating in the kidnapping and killing of Spanish citizens during the 'Dirty War'. Argentine amnesty laws protect the accused.
 * Recession bites**
 * 1998** - Argentine judges order arrests in connection with the abduction of hundreds of babies from women detained during the 'Dirty War'.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || CARLOS MENEM [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/39323000/jpg/_39323081_menem_ap.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="Carlos Menem on his reelection in 1995  "]]
 * 1999** - Fernando de la Rua of the centre-left Alianza opposition coalition wins the presidency, inherits 114 billion-dollar public debt.
 * 2000** - Strikes and fuel tax protests. Beef exports slump after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soya exports suffer from concerns over the use of genetically modified varieties. The IMF grants Argentina an aid package of nearly 40 billion dollars.
 * 2001** February - Argentina recalls its ambassador to Cuba after President Castro accuses Argentina of 'licking the yankee boot'. Castro made the remarks in an apparent reference to Argentina's support for US condemnation of Cuba's record on human rights.
 * 2001** March - President de la Rua forms a government of national unity and appoints three finance ministers in as many weeks as cabinet resignations and protests greet planned austerity measures.
 * 2001** July - Former president Carlos Menem is charged with heading an 'illicit organisation' that violated international arms embargoes against Croatia and Ecuador in the early 1990s. A court throws out all arms trafficking charges against Menem, freeing him after five months of house arrest.
 * 2001** July - Much of the country is brought to a standstill by a general strike in protest against proposed government spending cuts. Country's credit ratings slip.
 * Return of the Peronists**
 * 2001** October - The opposition Peronists take control of both houses of parliament in Congressional elections.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || ECONOMIC COLLAPSE [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/39323000/jpg/_39323085_unemployed_ap.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="Unemployed protesters outside labour ministry building, 2002"]]
 * 2001** November - President de la Rua meets US President George W Bush in a last-ditch attempt to avoid an economic crash in Argentina. Share prices reach record lows.
 * 2001** December - Economy Minister Cavallo announces sweeping restrictions to halt an exodus of bank deposits. The IMF stops $1.3bn in aid.
 * 2001** 13 December - A 24-hour general strike is held in protest at curbs on bank withdrawals, delayed pension payouts and other measures.
 * 2001** 20 December - President Fernando de la Rua resigns after at least 25 people die in street protests and rioting.
 * 2001** 23 December - Adolfo Rodriguez Saa named new interim president. He resigns on 30 December, citing a lack of support within his party.
 * 2002** 1 January - Congress elects Peronist Senator Eduardo Duhalde as caretaker president. Within days the government devalues the peso, ending 10 years of parity with the US dollar.
 * 2002** April - Banking and foreign exchange activity suspended; Duhalde says the financial system could collapse.
 * 2002** June - Two killed in anti-government and IMF protests in Buenos Aires. The protesters, known as 'piqueteros', are highly organised groups of unemployed who block the main road bridges into the capital.
 * 2002** July - Duhalde calls early elections for March 2003, later put back to April, to try win public support for the government's handling of the economic crisis.
 * 2002** November - Argentina defaults on an $800m debt repayment to the World Bank, having failed to re-secure IMF aid. The World Bank says it will not consider new loans for the country.
 * Kirchner sworn in**
 * 2003** May - Nestor Kirchner sworn in as president. Former President Carlos Menem gained most votes in first round of elections but pulled out before second round.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/40916000/jpg/_40916737_arg_iguazu_ap.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="Iguazu falls, north-east Argentina"]]
 * 2003**
 * 2003** September - After weeks of negotiations Argentina and IMF agree on debt-refinancing deal under which Buenos Aires will only pay interest on its loans.
 * 2004** April - Judge issues international arrest warrant for former President Carlos Menem, over allegations of fraud.
 * 2004** September - Court clears five men accused of involvement in 1994 bombing of Jewish centre in Buenos Aires.
 * 2004** December - Former President Carlos Menem returns from self-imposed exile in Chile after two arrest warrants are cancelled.
 * 2005** March - President Kirchner declares the restructuring of the country's debt to be a success. Argentina offered to exchange more than $100bn in defaulted bonds.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/42347000/jpg/_42347425_ba_protest_ap.jpg width="203" height="152" caption="Protesters in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, December 2006"]]
 * 2005** June - Supreme Court scraps an amnesty law protecting former military officers suspected of human rights abuses during military rule between 1976 and 1983.
 * 2005** November - Argentina hosts the 34-nation Summit of the Americas, an event accompanied by sometimes-violent protests against free trade and US President Bush.
 * 2006** January - Argentina repays its multi-billion-dollar debt to the IMF.
 * 2006** May - Citing environmental concerns, Argentina files a complaint against the construction of two pulp mills in neighbouring Uruguay at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The court rules in July that the project can continue.
 * 2006** October - Violence mars the reburial of former President Juan Domingo Peron at a new mausoleum outside Buenos Aires.
 * 2007** January - Spanish police arrest former President Isabel Peron in connection with an Argentine investigation into the activities of right-wing paramilitaries in the 1970s.
 * Fernandez elected**
 * 2007** October - Former Roman Catholic police chaplain Christian Von Wernich is convicted of collaborating in the murder and torture of prisoners during the 'Dirty War'.
 * 2007** December - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sworn in as president.
 * [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif width="5" height="1"]] || RULING COUPLE [[image:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47366000/jpg/_47366216_kirchners_afp.jpg width="226" height="170" caption="Nestor Kirchner (l) and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner"]]
 * 2008** April - A Spanish court rejects a request from Buenos Aires to extradite former Argentine president Isabel Peron, wanted for alleged human rights abuses.
 * 2008** July - President Fernandez cancels controversial tax increases on agricultural exports which sparked months of protests by farmers.
 * 2008** August - Two former generals are sentenced to life imprisonment for their actions during the period of Argentina's military rule - known as the Dirty War - during the 1970s and 1980s.
 * 2008** November - Lower house of parliament approves government's controversial plan to nationalise pension funds. President Fernandez says the move is necessary to protect pensioners' assets during the global financial crisis.
 * 2009** January - Government declares state of emergency over worst drought in decades.
 * 2009** February - Farmers threaten to halt livestock and grain sales in protest at agricultural export taxes.
 * 2009** July - Legislative elections result in President Fernandez's Peronist party losing its absolute majorities in both houses of parliament.
 * Row with UK**
 * 2009** April - Argentina hands documents to UN formally laying claim to a vast expanse of the ocean, as far as the Antarctic and including island chains governed by Britain.
 * 2009** March - Britain rejects calls from Argentina for talks over the future sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
 * 2009** December - Argentine parliament passes law claiming Falkland Islands and several other British overseas territories in the area.
 * 2010** February - Argentina imposes new controls on ships passing through its waters to Falkland Islands in response to plans by a British company to drill for oil near the islands.
 * 2010** July - Argentina becomes first country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage.
 * 2010** October - Ex-President Nestor Kirchner, the president's husband and predecessor, dies. He was seen as a key presidential contender for 2011.
 * 2010** December - Exploration firm says it fails to find oil at Falkland Islands.
 * 2011** October - Benefiting from strong economic growth, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins a second term with a landslide 54% of the vote.
 * 2011** December - As the 30th anniversary of Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands approaches, tensions with Britain increase after Buenos Aires persuades members of the South American trading bloc Mercosur to close their ports to ships flying the Falkland Islands flag.
 * 2012** February - Argentina makes an official complaint to the UN that Britain is "militarising" the area around the Falkland Islands after the UK announces that it is sending one of its newest destroyers to the region. Argentina also accuses Britain of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the area. British officials discuss the accusations as "absurd"

There are many great attractions in Argentina from sight seeing, to hotels, and many more.
If your looking for great sight seeing then i would check out Iguaza falls. People from all over the world to see this amazing waterfall. It is made up of about 275 individual waterfalls, the park which it's located in is well-maintaned set of cat walks that allow you to get up real close.

Another great place to visit while in Argentina is the great llao llao resort.This is an amazing hotel in Patagonia, Argentina.

__Famous People From Argentina__
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__Diego Maradona__
====Diego Maradona is known for arguably being one of the greatest futbol (soccer) of all time. He has won a world cup, has done great in leagues in Argentina and Italy and has also ahs recieved the goal of the century award.====

Many Argentine people love soccer. There national team has won two world cups i 1978 and 1986, and also they were runner-up in 1930 and 1990.


Argentina also has famous racing-car drivers, such as Juan Fangio and Carlos Ruetemann. Fangio was a world champion five times in the 1950's. Also in Argentina many other sports are popular such as Rugby, basketball, volleyball, hockey, boxing, Polo and tennis are also popular. Juan Fangio

Argentine polo team

__Bibliography__
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History timeline "Timeline: Argentina." Timeline of argentina. //BBC News //. Web. 28 May 2012. .

Holidays In Argentina Argentina Traditions -- Holiday Celebrations, Observances and Festivals." //Argentina Traditions -- Holiday Celebrations, Observances and Festivals //. Sharon, A. Tolisano, 2005. Web. 28 May 2012. .

Information on Argentina "Central Intelligence Agency." //CIA //. Web. 28 May 2012. .

Sports in Argentina

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Sport in Argentina." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Sport in Argentina //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Web. 28 May 2012. <http://www.argentour.com/en/argentina/sport_in_argentina.php>.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">National anthem lyrics

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Argentina National Anthem Lyrics - Argentina National Anthem." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Argentina National Anthem Lyrics - Argentina National Anthem //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Web. 28 May 2012. <http://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/nationalanthemslyrics/argentinanationalanthemlyrics.html>.