Argentina
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 los desaparecidos | People who were victims of the crime of enforced disappearance during Argentina's military government calling itself the Process National Reorganization (1976-1983) |
| Eva Perón | Wife of Juan Peron and champion of the poor in Argentina. She was a gifted speaker and popular political leader who campaigned to improve the life of the urban poor by founding schools and hospitals and providing other social benefits. |
| los fabulosos cadilacs | An Argentinian band. Known for the song Matador. |
| Juan Domingo Peron | Came from middle class and ousted Ramon Castillo from presidency. Organized Argentina toward a state directed economy supporting urban workers. Worked for social justice. |
| Carlos S. Menem | Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. |
| geografia, tecnologia, economia de argentina | The second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. There are four major regions: the fertile central plains of the Pampas, source of Argentina's agricultural wealth; the flat to rolling, oil-rich southern plateau of Patagonia including Tierra del Fuego; the subtropical northern flats of the Gran Chaco, and the rugged Andes mountain range along the western border with Chile. Argentina has a market-oriented economy with abundant natural resources, a well-educated population, an export-oriented agricultural sector and a relatively diversified industrial base. Argentina has contributed many distinguished doctors, scientists and inventors to the world, including three Nobel Prize laureates in sciences. Argentines have been responsible for major breakthroughs in world medicine; their research has led to significant advances in wound-healing therapies and in the treatment of heart disease and several forms of cancer. |
| Comida de Argentina | Argentine cuisine is distinctive in South America because of its strong resemblance to Spanish, Italian, French and other European cuisines while the cuisine of the Argentine Northwest has more elements of Andean cuisine. Another determining factor in Argentine cuisine is that the country is one of the world's major food producers. It is a major producer of meat (especially beef), wheat, corn, milk, beans, and since the 1970s, soybeans. |
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