INTRODUCTION: Argentina may be a lovely South Yankee country and home to tango...and birthplace of Eva Peron, 1st Woman of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s...and Diego Armando Maradona, best known for his nickname "Pelusa", one in every of the most famous athletes within the World History.
Argentina is one among the most industrialized country?s in Latin America... The South Yankee country is among the most stable and democratic countries within the Third World...Buenos Aires, Argentina?s capital, is one amongst the most romantic and lovely places... is terribly famous for its hospitality.
This place is one of the most dynamic entertainment centers in Latin America.There are plenty of theaters, fantastic tavernas restaurants and stadiums... very peaceful and historical places...The South Yankee country has been benefited from the many infrastructure comes that were provided for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1990 FIBA World Cup, FIVB World Cup (1982 and 2002) and Pan Yankee Games (1995).
FILMS AND BOOKS ABOUT ARGENTINA:
"Evita" (1997), a movie regarding Eva Duarte de Peron, former First Woman of Argentina in the 20th Century.
"The Come back of Eva Peron with the Killings in Trinidad", a book about Third World dictatorships...by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, who won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature.
FAMOUS PEOPLE:
Jorge Luis Borges (author)/ Ernesto Sabato (writer)/ Carlos de Saavedra Lamas (jurist/ 1936 Nobel Prize for Peace) / Bernardo A. Houssay (scientist: 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Drugs)/ Fernando Lamas (actor)/ Luis Leloir (1970 Nobel Prize for Chemistry)/ Mario Alvarez (architect) / Alfredo Agostini (architect) / Cesar Milstein (scientist) /Libertad Lamarque (singer) / Carlos Gardel(singer)/ Julio Bocca (dancer)...
DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Argentina is about forty times the scale of Switzerland.A lot of than 30 million folks live there. The vast South Yank country, bigger than France, Germany and Japan combined, is that the birthplace of Jose de San Martin, who was a Latin Yankee revolutionary in the 18th Century.
ITALIAN ANCESTRY:
Gabtriela Sabattini (tennis player)/, Arturo Illia (former President of Argentina)/ Hector Campora (ex-President of Argentina)/ Octavio Dazzan (cyclist) Norma Cappagly (Miss World 1960)...
OLYMPICS SPORTS AND ARGENTINA...
Argentina?s national basketball team won its initial-ever gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens (2004). The final ranking: one-Argentina, 2-Italy, 3-USA, four-Lithuania, 5-Greece, six-Puerto Rico, seven-Spain, eight-China, nine-Australia, 10-New Zealand, 11-Yugoslavia, 12-Angola...
SURPRISES...1982...Buenos Aires hosted at the FIVB Volleyball Men?s World Championship.There have been 24 teams.The massive favourites were The USSR (Olympic medal), Bulgaria, Japan, Cuba (gold medal at the Pan American Games), Brazil (gold medal at the "Mundialito"...Brazil defeat Soviet team three-one) and the Folks?s Republic of China...Surprinsingly... Beneath the leadership of Carlos Wagenfield, the house team defeated Japan 3-1 for the bronze medal...Before Japanese newspaper reported the match as a three-zero (15-zero, fifteen-three, fifteen-two).Ironically, Argentina did not qualify for Pan American Games in San Juan de Puerto Rico (1979).Finallly,the USSR (today?s Russia, Belarus, Estonia...) captured the men?s gold medal, with Brazil finishing second and Argentina third...
DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Argentina has three idols: Eva Peron...Diego Armando Maradona...and Carlos Gardel.
FAMOUS WOMEN:
Norma Leandro (actress)/ Gabriela Sabattini (tennis player)/ Paloma Herrera(dancer)...Las Madres de la Plaza Mayo (human rights activists).
WHO IS ISABEL PERON?
Maria Estela Martinez de Peron or Isabel Peron, vice-president of Argentina from 1973 to 1974, was selected by Parliament to became Head of State of the country when the death of Juan Domingo Peron...In 1974, Argentina?s Isabel Peron became to 1st woman to be President within the World History.
WHO IS MAXIMA ZORREGUIETA?
Currently, Maxima Zorreguieta, was born on Argentina, is the Princess of the Netherlands...She is the second European Princess of Latin Yank descent.
OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN IN ARGENTINA...
The 1980 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Adolfo Perez Esquivel, a personality's rights leader in the 1970s and 1980s.Adolfo was the second Latin to receive the Prize since 1936, when his countrymen Carlos de Saavedra won the Prize...Adolfo became an outspoken critic of Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo.
DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Argentinian Presidents have live within the Casa Rosada (Government Palace) since several decades...
REFERENCES:
-Box, Ben. Footprint South Yankee Handbook 2005.
-Fisher, Jo. Mothers of the Dissapeared, Zed Books, 1989
-Guevara Onofre, Alejandro. Enciclopedia Mundototal, Editorial San Marcos,Lima, 1999
-Lloyd, A. Dances of Argentina, Max Parish, London, 1995
-Mason, Tong. Passion of the Folks: Football in South America, Verso, London, 1995.
-Naipaul, V.S. The Return of Eva Peron with the Killings in Trinidad, Andre Deutsh Limited, London, 1980.
ALEJANDRO GUEVARA ONOFRE:I am a author regarding Third World issues (human rights, biographies, culture, history, olympic sport, democracy, women?s rights).My hobbies and interests are writing essays, visiting the gym, browsing the Internet, Foreign Politics, learning regarding cultures, reading (my favourite author is Juan Gasparini from Argentina), cooking Peruvian food, taking note of Yank and British Music (my favourite singer is Barry White).
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