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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km² (1,073,500 sq mi), 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. It 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 country has its roots in Spanish colonization 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 declaration and fight for independence (1810–1818) was followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1861, culminating in the country's reorganization as a federation. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several waves of European immigration, mainly 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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Graduados is a 2012 Argentine telenovela aired by Telefe from March 12 to December 19. The story involves several former high-school students who graduated in 1989 and meet again twenty years later. The main character, Andrés Goddzer (Daniel Hendler), discovers that María Laura Falsini (Nancy Dupláa) was pregnant in 1989 and married Pablo Catáneo (Luciano Cáceres), who thought that he was the child's biological father. The resulting parental dispute, the love triangle between the main characters, and 1980s nostalgia were frequent plot elements in the show.

The series was written by Sebastián Ortega, and produced by Endemol and Underground producciones. It included several cameos and guest appearances of Argentine Rock artists. Graduados was very successful, winning in the ratings race over the blockbuster Showmatch. It received the 2012 Golden Martín Fierro award, seven Martín Fierro awards and ten Tato Awards, including the Tato Award for the 2012 program of the year. (Full article...)

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Chascomús railway station circa 1875 - from the Argentina National Archives

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Image 1Carlos Menem served as President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. (from History of Argentina)
Image 2Javier Milei served as President of Argentina since 2023. (from History of Argentina)
Image 3The ousting of President Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
Image 4Emanuel Ginóbili, one of the most recognized Argentine basketball players. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 5alt=Flag of La Rioja (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 6Carlos Gardel is the most famous representative of Tango. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 7Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. (from History of Argentina)
Image 8Under General Roca, the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
Image 9President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (from History of Argentina)
Image 10Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas by Cayetano Descalzi around 1841 (from History of Argentina)
Image 11Portrait of José de San Martín (from History of Argentina)
Image 12Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 13President Julio Argentino Roca, the central political figure of the PAN Hegemony years (from History of Argentina)
Image 14Police intervention in the 2001 riots (from History of Argentina)
Image 15Mauricio Macri served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. (from History of Argentina)
Image 16Indigenous family in Cachi, Salta Province. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 17Payada in a bar. Painting by Carlos Morel. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 18Known as the "voice of the voiceless ones", Mercedes Sosa was one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 19The frescoed dome of Galerías Pacífico was painted by muralists Berni, Castagnino, Colmeiro, Spilimbergo and Urruchúa. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 20Lionel Messi is the football player with the most titles in history. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 21Tehuelche Cacique Casimiro Biguá, c. 1864 (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 22The training ship Sarmiento and the Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires (from History of Argentina)
Image 23Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
Image 24Argentine literary figures: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 25Monument to the Falklands War fallen, Rosario (from History of Argentina)
Image 26The 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)
Image 27Guaraní girl in Yrapú, Misiones Province. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 28The Tucumán Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of the Tucumán Province. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 29The interior of the Teatro Colón. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 30Marta Minujín's Tower of Babel (2011) (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 31Native Argentines population pyramid in 2022. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 32Iconic Argentine actresses in the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival: Isabel Sarli, Olga Zubarry, Tita Merello and Mirtha Legrand (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 33President Juan Perón (1946) (from History of Argentina)
Image 34President Arturo Frondizi (from History of Argentina)
Image 35Artifacts 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)
Image 36The haystacks (1911) by Martín Malharro. He is considered the introducer of Impressionism in Argentina. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 37The 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)
Image 38Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1777 (from History of Argentina)
Image 39President Hipólito Yrigoyen (from History of Argentina)
Image 40Map 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)
Image 41Argentine junta leader Jorge Rafael Videla meeting U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1977 (from History of Argentina)
Image 42Alberto Fernández served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. (from History of Argentina)
Image 43Néstor 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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Wikipedians in Argentina: A comprehensive list of Wikipedians from our country.

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Anniversaries for June 20

1759 Pedro Miguel Aráoz, statesman and priest and a representative to the Congress of Tucumán is born in Tucumán
1811 The Battle of Huaqui, between the Primera Junta's revolutionary troops and the royalist troops of the Viceroyalty of Peru on the border with Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia).
1820 Manuel Belgrano, leader in the Argentine War of Independence dies. This day is commemorated in Argentina as Flag Day.
1847 Juan Larrea, the last surviving member of the Primera Junta, commits suicide.
1944 Line E of the Buenos Aires Metro opens.

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...and now it happens that some callows pretend to have more merits than those who fought during twenty years. For that reason, partners, I want use this Workers' Day meeting to honor those organizations and those wise and prudent leaders who have kept their forces, and who saw their leaders murdered, still without the thundering punishment.

— Juan Perón

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