Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, and a part of Antarctica.
The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in pre-Columbian times. The modern country has its roots in Spanish colonisation of the region during the 16th century. Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The Argentine Declaration of Independence on July 9 of 1816 and the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1825) were followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1880, culminating in the country's reorganisation as a federation. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several subsequent waves of European immigration, mainly of Italians and Spaniards, influencing its culture and demography.
Argentina is a regional power, and retains its historic status as a middle power in international affairs. A major non-NATO ally of the United States, Argentina is a developing country with the second-highest HDI (human development index) in Latin America after Chile. It maintains the second-largest economy in South America, and is a member of G-15 and G20. Argentina is also a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Mercosur, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Organization of Ibero-American States. (Full article...)
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Triatoma infestans 1st nymph on a human host
Chagas disease ( Portuguese: doença de Chagas, Spanish: enfermedad de Chagas-Mazza, mal de Chagas in both languages; also called American trypanosomiasis) is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking insects of the subfamily Triatominae (family Reduviidae) most commonly species belonging to the Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus genera.
The disease may also be spread through blood transfusion and organ transplantation, ingestion of food contaminated with parasites, and from a mother to her fetus. The symptoms of Chagas disease vary over the course of an infection. In the early, acute stage, symptoms are mild and usually produce no more than local swelling at the site of infection. After 4–8 weeks, individuals with active infections enter the chronic phase of Chagas disease that is asymptomatic for 60–80% of chronically infected individuals through their lifetime. (Full article...)
Daguerrotype of the swearing in of the Buenos Aires Constitution at the la Plaza de la Victoria, (today Plaza de Mayo, 1854).
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Image 1The changing state of Argentina. The light green area was allocated to indigenous peoples, the light pink area was the Liga Federal, the hatched areas are subject to change during the period. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 3Population pyramid of Indigenous Argentines in 2022. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 4Alberto Fernández served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 5The interior of the Teatro Colón. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 6Javier Milei served as President of Argentina since 2023. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 7Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 8The training ship Sarmiento and the Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires (from History of Argentina)
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Image 9Payada in a bar. Painting by Carlos Morel. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 10Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
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Image 11Map of the East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute. In blue and green are the boundaries claimed by Argentinian and Chilean historians respectably as uti possidetis iuris in Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 12The asado (1888), by Ignacio Manzoni. Asado is considered a national dish, and is typical of Argentine families to gather on Sundays around one. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 13Carlos Menem served as President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 14Emanuel Ginóbili, one of the most recognized Argentine basketball players. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 16Artifacts at the Pío Pablo Díaz Museum in Cachi, Salta Province. One of several in Argentina devoted to the ethnology of Indigenous peoples. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 17Under General Roca, the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 19alt=Flag of La Rioja (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 20Mauricio Macri served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 24Argentine junta leader Jorge Rafael Videla meeting U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1977 (from History of Argentina)
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Image 25Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 28Monument to the Falklands War fallen, Rosario (from History of Argentina)
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Image 29Carlos Gardel is the most famous representative of Tango. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 31Known as the "voice of the voiceless ones", Mercedes Sosa was one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 32The Tucumán Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of the Tucumán Province. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 33The haystacks (1911) by Martín Malharro. He is considered the introducer of Impressionism in Argentina. (from Culture of Argentina)
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Image 35Police intervention in the 2001 riots (from History of Argentina)
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Image 36Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 37Population of Indigenous people in Greater Buenos Aires according to the 2022 census. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
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Image 38President Juan Perón (1946) (from History of Argentina)
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Image 40Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1777 (from History of Argentina)
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Image 41President Julio Argentino Roca, the central political figure of the PAN Hegemony years (from History of Argentina)
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Image 42The ousting of President Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
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Image 43Lionel Messi is the football player (from Culture of Argentina)
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