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• General José de San Martín (1778–1850)

• Important military leader
  
  

• Helped liberate Argentina, Chile, and Peru

• Domingo Sarmiento (1811–1888)

• President of Argentina (1868–1874)
  
  

Writer and legislator

• Carlos Gardel (1890–1935)
  

• Born in France but died in Argentina
  
  

Famous tango singer ("father of tango")

• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
  
  

• Writer, author of El Aleph and Ficciones
  
  

• Became blind at age 55 but continued writing
  
  

• His secretary wrote for him
  

• Juan Perón (1895–1974)

• President of Argentina three times (1946–1952, 1952–1955, 1973–1974)
  
  

• Military figure with strong influence in Argentinian politics
  
  

Eva Duarte de Perón (1919–1952)

• Wife of Juan Perón
  
  

• Wanted to be an actress
  
  

• Went to Buenos Aires to seek fame
  
  

• Became a popular leader
  
  

• Represented the poor and working class
  
  

Called descamisados (“shirtless ones”) were her fans

Jorge Rafael Videla (1925–2013)

• Military dictator
  
  

1976 coup d'état

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Disappeared of the Dirty War)

• 1976–1983 → Dirty War
  
  

• 1970s (happened in the '70s)
  
  

White scarves

La Casa Rosada

• Where the President of Argentina lives
  
  

• Porteños = residents of Buenos Aires (more punctual)

The Plains

• La Pampa
  
  

  • Plains with cattle and gauchos (cowboys)
    
    

    • Cows
      
      

Cowboys

Río de la Plata

• Widest river in the world (divides countries)
  
  

Iguazú Falls

• One of the largest waterfalls in the world
  
  

Between Brazil and Argentina

A Parrillada (Argentinian food)

• A lot of beef is eaten in Argentina
  
  

Beef and yerba mate (tea)

9 de Julio Avenue (Buenos Aires)

A boulevard

• La Boca Neighborhood (Italian neighborhood in Buenos Aires), Florida Street (shopping street in Buenos Aires), El Rosedal (Park of February 3rd)
  
  

Raquel and Arturo went here

North of Argentina (El Chaco)

• Semi-arid region
  
  

• Border with Bolivia, above El Chaco
  
  

Patagonia (south of Argentina)

• Cold region
  
  

Glaciers

The Andes Mountain Range (west of Argentina)

• Aconcagua Peak – the highest mountain outside of Asia
  
  

Mesopotamia (northeast of Argentina)

• Area with vegetation and water