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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.