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