| ARGENTINA-PROFILES | | | | |
| | | | SURPRISES…1982…Buenos Aires |
| By Alejandro Guevara Onofre | | | | hosted at the FIVB Volleyball Men's World |
| | | | Championship. There were 24 teams. The big |
| INTRODUCTION: | | | | favorites were The USSR (Olympic medal), |
| | | | Bulgaria, Japan, Cuba (gold medal at the Pan |
| Argentina is a beautiful South American | | | | American Games), Brazil (gold medal at the |
| country and home to tango…and | | | | "Mundialito"…Brazil defeat Soviet team |
| birthplace of Eva Peron, First Lady of | | | | 3-1) and the People's Republic of |
| Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s…and | | | | China…Surprinsingly… Under the |
| Diego Armando Maradona, best known for his | | | | leadership of Carlos Wagenfield, the home |
| nickname "Pelusa", one of the most famous | | | | team defeated Japan 3-1 for the bronze |
| athletes in the World History. | | | | medal…Before Japanese newspaper |
| | | | reported the match as a 3-0 (15-0, 15-3, |
| Argentina is one of the most industrialized | | | | 15-2).Ironically, Argentina did not qualify |
| country's in Latin America… The South | | | | for Pan American Games in San Juan de Puerto |
| American country is among the most stable and | | | | Rico (1979). Finallly, the USSR (today's |
| democratic countries in the Third | | | | Russia, Belarus, Estonia…) captured the |
| World…Buenos Aires, Argentina's | | | | men's gold medal, with Brazil finishing |
| capital, is one of the most romantic and | | | | second and Argentina third… |
| beautiful places… is very famous for | | | | |
| its hospitality. | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT… |
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| This place is one of the most dynamic | | | | Argentina has three idols: Eva |
| entertainment centers in Latin America. There | | | | Peron…Diego Armando Maradona…and |
| are lots of theaters, fantastic tavernas | | | | Carlos Gardel. |
| restaurants and stadiums… very peaceful | | | | |
| and historical places…The South | | | | FAMOUS WOMEN: |
| American country has been benefited from the | | | | |
| many infrastructure projects that were | | | | Norma Leandro (actress)/ Gabriela Sabattini |
| provided for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1990 | | | | (tennis player)/ Paloma Herrera |
| FIBA World Cup, FIVB World Cup (1982 and | | | | (dancer)…Las Madres de la Plaza Mayo |
| 2002) and Pan American Games (1995). | | | | (human rights activists). |
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| FILMS AND BOOKS ABOUT ARGENTINA: | | | | WHO IS ISABEL PERON? |
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| "Evita" (1997), a film about Eva Duarte de | | | | Maria Estela Martinez de Peron or Isabel |
| Peron, former First Lady of Argentina in the | | | | Peron, vice-president of Argentina from 1973 |
| 20th Century. | | | | to 1974, was selected by Parliament to become |
| | | | Head of State of the country after the death |
| "The Return of Eva Peron with the Killings in | | | | of Juan Domingo Peron…In 1974, |
| Trinidad", a book about Third World | | | | Argentina's Isabel Peron became to first |
| dictatorships…by Vidiadhar Surajprasad | | | | woman to be President in the World History. |
| Naipaul, who won the 2001 Nobel Prize for | | | | |
| Literature. | | | | WHO IS MAXIMA ZORREGUIETA? |
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| FAMOUS PEOPLE: | | | | Currently, Maxima Zorreguieta, was born on |
| | | | Argentina, is the Princess of the |
| Jorge Luis Borges (writer)/ Ernesto Sabato | | | | Netherlands…She is the second European |
| (writer)/ Carlos de Saavedra Lamas (jurist/ | | | | Princess of Latin American descent. |
| 1936 Nobel Prize for Peace) / Bernardo A. | | | | |
| Houssay (scientist: 1947 Nobel Prize for | | | | OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN IN ARGENTINA… |
| Physiology or Medicine)/ Fernando Lamas | | | | |
| (actor)/ Luis Leloir (1970 Nobel Prize for | | | | The 1980 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to |
| Chemistry)/ Mario Alvarez (architect) / | | | | Adolfo Perez Esquivel, a human rights leader |
| Alfredo Agostini (architect) / Cesar Milstein | | | | in the 1970s and 1980s.Adolfo was the second |
| (scientist) /Libertad Lamarque (singer) / | | | | Latin to receive the Prize since 1936, when |
| Carlos Gardel (singer)/ Julio Bocca | | | | his countrymen Carlos de Saavedra won the |
| (dancer)… | | | | Prize…Adolfo became an outspoken critic |
| | | | of Argentinean dictator Jorge Rafael Videla |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT… | | | | Redondo. |
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| Argentina is about 40 times the size of | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT… |
| Switzerland. More than 30 million people live | | | | |
| there. The vast South American country, | | | | Argentinean Presidents have live in the Casa |
| bigger than France, Germany and Japan | | | | Rosada (Government Palace) since many |
| combined, is the birthplace of Jose de San | | | | decades… |
| Martin, who was a Latin American | | | | |
| revolutionary in the 18th Century. | | | | REFERENCES: |
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| ITALIAN ANCESTRY: | | | | -Box, Ben. Footprint South American Handbook |
| | | | 2005. |
| Gabtriela Sabattini (tennis player)/, Arturo | | | | |
| Illia (former President of Argentina)/ Hector | | | | -Fisher, Jo. Mothers of the Dissapeared, Zed |
| Campora (ex-President of Argentina)/ Octavio | | | | Books, 1989 |
| Dazzan (cyclist) Norma Cappagly (Miss World | | | | |
| 1960)… | | | | -Guevara Onofre, Alejandro. Enciclopedia |
| | | | Mundototal, Editorial San Marcos, Lima, 1999 |
| OLYMPICS SPORTS AND ARGENTINA… | | | | |
| | | | -Lloyd, A. Dances of Argentina, Max Parish, |
| Argentina's national basketball team won its | | | | London, 1995 |
| first-ever gold medal at the Olympic Games in | | | | |
| Athens (2004). The final ranking: | | | | -Mason, Tong. Passion of the People: Football |
| 1-Argentina, 2-Italy, 3-USA, 4-Lithuania, | | | | in South America, Verso, London, 1995. |
| 5-Greece, 6-Puerto Rico, 7-Spain, 8-China, | | | | |
| 9-Australia, 10-New Zealand, 11-Yugoslavia, | | | | -Naipaul, V.S. |
| 12-Angola… | | | | |