Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, and a part of Antarctica.
The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in pre-Columbian times. The modern country has its roots in Spanish colonisation of the region during the 16th century. Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The Argentine Declaration of Independence on July 9 of 1816 and the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1825) were followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1880, culminating in the country's reorganisation as a federation. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several subsequent waves of European immigration, mainly of Italians and Spaniards, influencing its culture and demography.
Argentina is a regional power, and retains its historic status as a middle power in international affairs. A major non-NATO ally of the United States, Argentina is a developing country with the second-highest HDI (human development index) in Latin America after Chile. It maintains the second-largest economy in South America, and is a member of G-15 and G20. Argentina is also a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Mercosur, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Organization of Ibero-American States. (Full article...)
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María Eva Duarte de Perón (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a ˈeβa ˈðwarte ðe peˈɾon]; 1919–1952) was the second wife of President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.
In 1951, Eva Perón renounced the Peronist nomination for the office of Vice President of Argentina. In this bid, she received great support from the Peronist political base, low-income and working class Argentines who were referred to as descamisados or "shirtless ones". However, opposition from the nation's military and bourgeoisie, coupled with her declining health, ultimately forced her to withdraw her candidacy. In 1952 shortly before her death from cancer at the age of 33, Eva Perón was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" by the Argentine Congress. Eva Perón was given an official state funeral despite the fact that she was not an elected head of state. (Full article...)
The following are images from various Argentina-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1alt=Flag of La Rioja (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 2Payada in a bar. Painting by Carlos Morel. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 3Alberto Fernández served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 6Population of Indigenous people in Greater Buenos Aires according to the 2022 census. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 7The haystacks (1911) by Martín Malharro. He is considered the introducer of Impressionism in Argentina. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 8Emanuel Ginóbili, one of the most recognized Argentine basketball players. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 9Under General Roca, the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 10Mauricio Macri served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 11Lionel Messi is the football player (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 12President Julio Argentino Roca, the central political figure of the PAN Hegemony years (from History of Argentina)
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Image 13Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 14Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1777 (from History of Argentina)
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Image 15The interior of the Teatro Colón. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 17The training ship Sarmiento and the Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires (from History of Argentina)
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Image 20Monument to the Falklands War fallen, Rosario (from History of Argentina)
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Image 21The ousting of President Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 22Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
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Image 23Argentine junta leader Jorge Rafael Videla meeting U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1977 (from History of Argentina)
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Image 25The asado (1888), by Ignacio Manzoni. Asado is considered a national dish, and is typical of Argentine families to gather on Sundays around one. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 27The changing state of Argentina. The light green area was allocated to indigenous peoples, the light pink area was the Liga Federal, the hatched areas are subject to change during the period. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 29Carlos Menem served as President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 30Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 31Police intervention in the 2001 riots (from History of Argentina)
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Image 32Javier Milei served as President of Argentina since 2023. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 33Artifacts at the Pío Pablo Díaz Museum in Cachi, Salta Province. One of several in Argentina devoted to the ethnology of Indigenous peoples. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 34Map of the East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute. In blue and green are the boundaries claimed by Argentinian and Chilean historians respectably as uti possidetis iuris in Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 36The Tucumán Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of the Tucumán Province. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 37Population pyramid of Indigenous Argentines in 2022. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 39Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 40Carlos Gardel is the most famous representative of Tango. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 42President Juan Perón (1946) (from History of Argentina)
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Image 43Known as the "voice of the voiceless ones", Mercedes Sosa was one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. (from Culture of Argentina)
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- ...that during the Puna de Atacama dispute the U.S. minister in Buenos Aires and two delegates from Chile and Argentina drew the northern portion of the border between Chile and Argentina?
- ...that Argentine painter Benito Quinquela Martín, who painted Dia de Sol, was adopted at the age of 6 from an orphanage where he was abandoned as a baby on March 21, 1890?
- ...that a radio ad in Argentina for 'Los Andes Restaurant', which first aired in 1922, is the oldest known radio commercial in history?
- ...that several peaks of the Andean Cordillera de la Ramada, including the highest, Mercedario, were first climbed by a Polish expedition of 1934?
- ...that the controversial Argentine governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, who died in Southampton in 1877, was repatriated over a century later?
- ...that José de San Martín and Carlos María de Alvear helped depose Argentina's First Triumvirate?
- ...that the Viceroyalty of La Plata (pictured) —covering Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay—was the last viceroyalty created by Spain?
- ...that when the new Argentine dreadnought Rivadavia arrived in Buenos Aires on 19 February 1915, over 47,000 people, including President Victorino de la Plaza, came out to see the ship?
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