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=Country Name: Argentina!=

Group Members: Kimberly, Jennifer :] and Margaret
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Social Groups
The population of around 39 million is 85% white of European descent, while most of the remaining 15% are Indigenous or Mestizo.

Language
The official language of Argentina is Spanish ,but accents vary by region. Members of older generation may speak English, Italian, French, and German. Also, Quechua, Guaraní, and Mapuche are some languages spoken by indigenous peoples.

Religion
Around 85% of Argentina's population belong to the Roman Catholic religion. Roman Catholics exercise many social customs and celebrations. 7% of the population are of the Protestent faith. 2% are Jewish. The remaining 6% belong to other organized religions.

Daily Life
"Urban Argentines tend to be cosmopolitan, progressive, and outgoing. Proud of their educational institutions and European heritage, they consider themselves somewhat superior to their rural countrymen and to residents of other Latin American countries. Rural Argentines are more conservative."-(culture grams) Argentina is part of the Latin America culture group.

Art
There are 4 eras (or sections), of Argentine Art. They are Ancient Cultures, Colonial Era, Modern Art, and Institutions and Associations. Some famous Argentine artist are: PELLEGRINI, CARLOS ENRIQUE (1800-1875),GARCIA DEL MOLINO, FERNANDO (1813-1899), and PUEYRREDON, PRILIDIANO (1823-1870). Some famous paintings are Idiolla Coriolla by Pueyrredon and La porteña en el templo o La porteña en la iglesia o Retrato de Rosa Lastra by Monvoison. MOREL, CARLOS (1813-1894)

Land Forms "Being the eighth largest country of the world and second largest country in South America, Argentina covers an area of nearly 2.8 million sq. kms. Some of the world's tallest mountain ranges, unrestrained deserts and impressive waterfalls belong to this country that has a lot of diversity in the landforms. Argentina can be geographically divided into six portions namely Cuyo and Andean Northwest, Mesopotamia and the Northeast, The Chaco, The Pampas, Patagonia and Lake District and Tierra Del Fuego." from [|http://www.travour.com] Southern South "Location: 34ºS, 64ºW Capital City: Buenos Aires Major Cities: Cordoba, Mend oza, Salta, and RosarioClimate "**The climate** in Argentina is mainly Temperate, and Subtropical in the North, and Tropical area in the North-East. trees found in aregentina such as palms and rosewoods. In the Pampas (a plain in the middle of Argentina) there are rolling grasslands." from http://argentina29.tripod.com/
 * __Physical Features(Margaret)__**
 * Vegetation of** **Argentina**- The vegetation of Argentinais built up of Tropical plants in the North-East part. There are
 * animals**: monkeys: The first monkey in space was Albert II, jaguars: They are skilled at swimming and climbing trees, pumas: also known as cougars, mountain lions, and panthers, ocelots: they can grow up to 3 feet and 2 inches, and weigh up to 33 pounds, giant anteaters: the only species in the **//Myrmecophaga//** genus, flamingo: it is pink because it eats shrimp, hummingbirds: they flap their wings 15-85 times per second and parrots: there are 350 species of parrots.


 * Water Forms** **iguazu falls which streaches 2.7 kilometers**

**Current Events**
Christina Kirchner succeeds her husband as President of Argentina. She will take over presidency from her husband. Nestor Kirchner, on December 10. Christian von Wernich, a Roman Catholic priest, was confined by the authorities. He was accused of helping torturers get information from leftists during military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983. Mr. Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, said his country will help Argentina's government, refinance more of Argentina’s debt and increase its energy supplies. The agreements help make the relationship between the countries solid. Venezuela has played an important part in helping Kirchner revive Argentina’s recovering economy.

Government
The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires means "good air" in Spanish. Argentina has 23 provinces and one federal district(Buenos Aires). In the executive branch, there is the president, the vice-president, and the cabinet. The president of Argentina is Nestor Kirchner. Kirchner is the Chief of State and the Head of Government. In the Congress, there are two houses. One is the Senate with 72 seats. The other is the Chamber of Deputies with 257 seats. In Argentina, the voting age is 18.

Economy
Argentina is famous for exporting livestock. Argentina is one of the world's largest exporters of beef, hides, and wool. Argentina also exports wheat, corn, flaxseed, soybeans, and cotton. Argentina's largest trading partner is Brazil. Argentina uses the peso. Argentina's GDP has expanded at an annual rate of 11%.

History
The first "Argentineans" lived as far as 13,000 years ago. They were hunters and nomadic gatherers. A revolution started in 1810, Argentina gained it's independence from Spain in 1816. Bernardino Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina. His term was from 1826 to 1827. During his term, he made a number of social reforms including extending the franchise to all males over 20 and encouraging freedom of the press. Unable to control the provincial caudillos, he was forced to resign and spent most of his remaining years in exile in Europe. In 1912, a law let all males above the age 18 were able to vote. The first democratically elected president was Carlos Menem. He served two terms, one from 1989 to 1995. The second from 1995 to 1999.

[[image:_40936654_afp_kirchner_203.jpg]] Christina Kirchner, the new president, with her husband, Nestor Kirchner the former president.
This is Christian von Wernich, the Roman Catholic priest.

"Rivadavia was the first constitutional President of Argentina but never was very popular. In the midst of continuous unrest between parroquial “caudillos” he managed to gather a Constitutional Congress which elected him for the post. He was brilliant and one of the few educated in the European liberal ideas of his time. This drawing deals with his clash with the conservative sector of the Catholic Church. Rivadavia curtailed its prerrogatives in the economic fields as well as the judicial and civil ones. He was battered for such initiatives. He was called names for his uglyness, mixed blood and flamboyant personality. But many historians recalled also he used to take a share in foreign grants and mining investiments in the country." from http://gloriamundi.blogsome.com/2005/08/07/bernardino-rivadavia/

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina. "Buenos" means good, and "Aires" means air.

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