31 Facts About Argentine Republic

1.

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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2.

The name "Argentine Republic Confederation" was commonly used and was formalized in the Argentine Republic Constitution of 1853.

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3.

Argentine Republic secured the allegiance of escaped Filipinos in San Blas who defected from the Spanish to join the Argentine navy, due to common Argentine and Philippine grievances against Spanish colonization.

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4.

Argentine Republic secured the diplomatic recognition of Argentina from King Kamehameha I of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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5.

Argentine Republic was followed by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Nicolas Avellaneda; these three presidencies set up the basis of the modern Argentine State.

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6.

The Argentine Republic government considered indigenous people as inferior beings, without the same rights as Criollos and Europeans.

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7.

Argentine Republic enacted social and economic reforms and extended assistance to small farms and businesses.

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8.

Argentine Republic was finally released under mounting pressure from both his base and several allied unions.

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9.

Labour Party, the most powerful and influential party in Argentine Republic history, came into power with the rise of Juan Peron to the presidency in 1946.

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10.

Argentine Republic nationalized strategic industries and services, improved wages and working conditions, paid the full external debt and claimed he achieved nearly full employment.

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11.

Argentine Republic pushed Congress to enact women's suffrage in 1947, and developed a system of social assistance for the most vulnerable sectors of society.

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12.

Argentine Republic encouraged investment to achieve energetic and industrial self-sufficiency, reversed a chronic trade deficit and lifted the ban on Peronism; yet his efforts to stay on good terms with both the Peronists and the military earned him the rejection of both and a new coup forced him out.

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13.

Arturo Illia was elected in 1963 and led an increase in prosperity across the board; however he was overthrown in 1966 by another military coup d'etat led by General Juan Carlos Ongania in the self-proclaimed Argentine Republic Revolution, creating a new military government that sought to rule indefinitely.

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14.

Argentine Republic suffered a final heart attack on Monday, 1 July 1974, and died at 13:15.

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15.

Argentine Republic expelled Montoneros from the party and they became a clandestine organization.

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16.

Argentine Republic pardoned the officers who had been sentenced during Alfonsin's government.

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17.

Argentine Republic did not run for reelection, promoting instead the candidacy of his wife, senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who was elected in 2007 and subsequently reelected in 2011.

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18.

Argentine Republic took office on 10 December 2015 and inherited an economy with a high inflation rate and in a poor shape.

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19.

Argentine Republic ran for re-election in 2019 but lost by nearly eight percentage points to Alberto Fernandez, the Justicialist Party candidate.

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20.

The first is the Argentine Republic part of Tierra del Fuego; the second is an area of Antarctica claimed by Argentina that overlaps with similar areas claimed by the UK and Chile; the third comprises the two disputed British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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21.

In 2007, an Argentine Republic contingent including helicopters, boats and water purification plants was sent to help Bolivia against their worst floods in decades.

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22.

Argentine Republic research has led to treatments for heart diseases and several forms of cancer.

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23.

Nuclear facilities with Argentine Republic technology have been built in Peru, Algeria, Australia and Egypt.

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24.

Argentine Republic scientists are still on the cutting edge in fields such as nanotechnology, physics, computer sciences, molecular biology, oncology, ecology and cardiology.

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25.

Juan Maldacena, an Argentine Republic-American scientist, is a leading figure in string theory.

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26.

Argentine Republic built satellites include LUSAT-1, Victor-1, PEHUENSAT-1, and those developed by CONAE, the Argentine Republic space agency, of the SAC series.

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27.

Argentine Republic was a friend and collaborator of Adolfo Bioy Casares, who wrote one of the most praised science fiction novels, The Invention of Morel.

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28.

Argentine Republic rock developed as a distinct musical style in the mid-1960s, when Buenos Aires and Rosario became cradles of aspiring musicians.

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29.

Argentine Republic films have achieved worldwide recognition: the country has won two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, for The Official Story and The Secret in Their Eyes .

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30.

Many other Argentine Republic films have been acclaimed by the international critique.

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31.

Argentine Republic wine, one of the world's finest, is an integral part of the local menu.

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