Repblica ArgentinA

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República ArgentinA
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• Argentina is made put of twenty-three
  proveniences.
• There are Four major regions the Andes, the
  North, the Patagonia, and the Pampas.
• The proveniences are very different both
  culturally and geographically. Temperatures
  ranges from subtropical in the north, to subporal
  in the far south.

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• Capital Buenos Aries
• Argentina is the Spanish speaking country with
  the most land mass.
• population40,482,000
• Currency Peso(ARS)

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• Many European, especially Basques, Germans, and
  Italians immigrated to Argentina.

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The Head of State President Cristina Fernandez
de Kirchner (elected in 2007)
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Other famous Argentines

• Jose de San Martin (1778-1850) the Protector of
  the South
• Diego Maradona (soccer/futbol player)
• Jorge Luis Borges (famous author)
• Evita Peron (first lady)
• Juan Peron (president)
• Che
• Quino (cartoonist)

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Sports

• Argentina won the World cup in 1978 and 1986
• They won a gold medal for mens soccer/futbol in
  the 2004 Sumer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer
  Olympics.
• Argentina also won a gold medal for mens
  basketball in the 2004 summer Olympics.
• The official sport of Argentina is Pato, which
  literally translates to duck, and is similar to
  Polo

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Mafalda

• Maflada was a popular Argentinean cartoon strip
  that ran from (1964-1973)
• It is from the point of view of five year old
  Mafalda who is very philosophically, and
  politically minded.
• There are two animated movies based on it.

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Friend day

• Friends day is one July 20th
• It is so popular with young people that bars,
  clubs and discos become as crowded as on New
  Years Eve.

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Food

• Argentina has one of the highest rate of red meat
  consumption in the world
• Barbecuing or asado is very popular in
  Argentina Traditional they barbecue, chorizo,
  sweetbreads, chitterlings, and morcilla (blood
  sausages).

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Argentinas national beverage

• Yerba Mate was a staple for the indigenous people
  of Argentina. Its still very popular.

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Empanadas

• An Empanada is a stuffed pastry. They are very
  popular in Argentina and each province has its
  own distinct recipe.

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Sandwiches de Miga

• Sandwiches De Miga are traditional in Argentina.
  They are like English tea sandwiches.

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Ducle de Leche

• Ducle de leche is a milk based sauce for syrup
  that can be put in cakes or pastries or hardened
  and eaten as candy
• It tastes like caramel

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The Tango

• The Tango combines candombe Afro-Uruguayans
  drumming, with Caribbean habanero, and the
  waltz.

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Nuevo Tango