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Argentina-profiles

ARGENTINA-PROFILES
SURPRISES…1982…Buenos Aires
By  Alejandro  Guevara  Onofrehosted 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 AmericanAmerican Games), Brazil (gold medal at the
country and home to tango…and"Mundialito"…Brazil defeat Soviet team
birthplace of Eva Peron, First Lady of3-1) and the People's Republic of
Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s…andChina…Surprinsingly… Under the
Diego Armando Maradona, best known for hisleadership of Carlos Wagenfield, the home
nickname "Pelusa", one of the most famousteam 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 industrialized15-2).Ironically, Argentina did not qualify
country's in Latin America… The Southfor Pan American Games in San Juan de Puerto
American country is among the most stable andRico (1979). Finallly, the USSR (today's
democratic countries in the ThirdRussia, Belarus, Estonia…) captured the
World…Buenos Aires, Argentina'smen's gold medal, with Brazil finishing
capital, is one of the most romantic andsecond  and  Argentina  third…
beautiful places… is very famous for
its  hospitality.DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT…
This place is one of the most dynamicArgentina has three idols: Eva
entertainment centers in Latin America. TherePeron…Diego Armando Maradona…and
are lots of theaters, fantastic tavernasCarlos  Gardel.
restaurants and stadiums… very peaceful
and historical places…The SouthFAMOUS  WOMEN:
American country has been benefited from the
many infrastructure projects that wereNorma 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).
FILMS  AND  BOOKS  ABOUT  ARGENTINA:WHO  IS  ISABEL  PERON?
"Evita" (1997), a film about Eva Duarte deMaria Estela Martinez de Peron or Isabel
Peron, former First Lady of Argentina in thePeron, 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 inof Juan Domingo Peron…In 1974,
Trinidad", a book about Third WorldArgentina's Isabel Peron became to first
dictatorships…by Vidiadhar Surajprasadwoman  to  be President in the World History.
Naipaul, who won the 2001 Nobel Prize for
Literature.WHO  IS  MAXIMA  ZORREGUIETA?
FAMOUS  PEOPLE:Currently, Maxima Zorreguieta, was born on
Argentina, is the Princess of the
Jorge Luis Borges (writer)/ Ernesto SabatoNetherlands…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 forOTHER  FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN IN ARGENTINA…
Physiology or Medicine)/ Fernando Lamas
(actor)/ Luis Leloir (1970 Nobel Prize forThe 1980 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to
Chemistry)/ Mario Alvarez (architect) /Adolfo Perez Esquivel, a human rights leader
Alfredo Agostini (architect) / Cesar Milsteinin the 1970s and 1980s.Adolfo was the second
(scientist) /Libertad Lamarque (singer) /Latin to receive the Prize since 1936, when
Carlos Gardel (singer)/ Julio Boccahis countrymen Carlos de Saavedra won the
(dancer)…Prize…Adolfo became an outspoken critic
of Argentinean dictator Jorge Rafael Videla
DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT…Redondo.
Argentina is about 40 times the size ofDID  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 JapanRosada (Government Palace) since many
combined, is the birthplace of Jose de Sandecades…
Martin, who was a Latin American
revolutionary  in  the  18th  Century.REFERENCES:
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)/ OctavioBooks,  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 itsLondon,  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…



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