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Argentina
ArgentinaArgentina is located
at the tip of South America and is surrounded by Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay.
It is constituted by 23 provinces, Buenos Aires being the capital federal.
Buenos Aires
Economy and Population
GDP 51 billion dollars as of August 2010. Pop 41.770 million people Ethnic group: 97% European descent, mostly
Spanish and Italian. Other non white 3%.
Government and La Casa RosadaPresident: Cristina
FernandezVice-President: Julio
CobosType of Government:
RepublicanChief of Cabinet:
Anibal Fernadez
Traditional clothing and customsGauchos are the
Argentines cowboys, they ride their horses in estancias which are sort of as farms with cattle, sheep and take care of them. Their traditional clothes are a hat, poncho and loose pants tucked in their boots.
AgricultureTrade: Exports
($68.5 billion)
oilseed by-products, vegetable oils, , fuels, grains.
The two largest companies
Tangohttp://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=bXhQNRsH3uc
Traditional Foodcd
Natural Resources Fertile plains of La
PampaLeadZincTinCopperIronPetroleumUranium
Environmental Issues Due to the
industrializing economy the results are deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution
Major BreakthroughsDomingo Liotta was
the first person who developed the first artificial heart
Rene Favaloro was the first doctor who performed the first coronary bypass heart surgery.
Historical EventIn 1982, Argentina went to war against
Britain because of the fact of wanting to reclaim the Falkland Islands. Argentine’s navy and Argentine air force were established there originally but later Britain army forces occupied the islands and wanted to reclaim that it was theirs. Therefore, Argentina and Britain went on a war that lasted 74 days. Argentina surrounded on 14 June 1982. This was the only external war that Argentina had since the 80s.