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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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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team as a striker or winger. Considered one of the best football players of his generation, Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21, and won in 2009 and 2010. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi as his "successor".

Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals, including two in the final game. Shortly thereafter, he became an established member of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team. At international level Messi has scored 17 goals in 61 games. (Full article...)

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Negro river

Credit: Pertile from Wikimedia Commons

The Negro River is an afluent of the Paraná River, and several populations were established along its path. This photo is taken from Resistencia, Chaco.

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Image 1The Tucumán Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of the Tucumán Province. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 2The frescoed dome of Galerías Pacífico was painted by muralists Berni, Castagnino, Colmeiro, Spilimbergo and Urruchúa. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 3Carlos Gardel is the most famous representative of Tango. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 4alt=Flag of La Rioja (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 5Tehuelche Cacique Casimiro Biguá, c. 1864 (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 6The 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 7Native Argentines population pyramid in 2022. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 8The 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 9The interior of the Teatro Colón. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 10The ousting of President Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
Image 11Mauricio Macri served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. (from History of Argentina)
Image 12Argentine junta leader Jorge Rafael Videla meeting U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1977 (from History of Argentina)
Image 13Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. (from History of Argentina)
Image 14Lionel Messi is the football player with the most titles in history. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 15Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1777 (from History of Argentina)
Image 16Known as the "voice of the voiceless ones", Mercedes Sosa was one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 17Argentine literary figures: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 18Guaraní girl in Yrapú, Misiones Province. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 19Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
Image 20Carlos Menem served as President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. (from History of Argentina)
Image 21Javier Milei served as President of Argentina since 2023. (from History of Argentina)
Image 22President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (from History of Argentina)
Image 23The training ship Sarmiento and the Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires (from History of Argentina)
Image 24President Hipólito Yrigoyen (from History of Argentina)
Image 25Iconic Argentine actresses in the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival: Isabel Sarli, Olga Zubarry, Tita Merello and Mirtha Legrand (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 26Portrait of José de San Martín (from History of Argentina)
Image 27Indigenous family in Cachi, Salta Province. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 28The haystacks (1911) by Martín Malharro. He is considered the introducer of Impressionism in Argentina. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 29Emanuel Ginóbili, one of the most recognized Argentine basketball players. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 30Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
Image 31Under General Roca, the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
Image 32President Juan Perón (1946) (from History of Argentina)
Image 33Alberto Fernández served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. (from History of Argentina)
Image 34Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas by Cayetano Descalzi around 1841 (from History of Argentina)
Image 35Monument to the Falklands War fallen, Rosario (from History of Argentina)
Image 36Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 37President Arturo Frondizi (from History of Argentina)
Image 38President Julio Argentino Roca, the central political figure of the PAN Hegemony years (from History of Argentina)
Image 39Payada in a bar. Painting by Carlos Morel. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 40Artifacts 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 41Map 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 42Marta Minujín's Tower of Babel (2011) (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 43Police intervention in the 2001 riots (from History of Argentina)

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... that a 1956 eruption of Bristol Island drove Argentina to abandon a hut they had built on Thule Island?
... that despite an attempted "extermination" of homosexuals in the 1960s and 1970s, the LGBT community in Argentina is now the most accepted in Latin America?

Anniversaries for July 9

1764 Esteban Agustín Gazcón, statesman and lawyer and a representative to the Congress of Tucumán is born in Oruro, Bolivia.
1816 Argentina declares its independence from Spain.
1879 The city of Choele Choel is founded in what at the time was the National Territory of Rio Negro (today's Rio Negro Province).
1935 Mercedes Sosa, popular singer is born in San Miguel de Tucumán.
1956 Club Deportivo Laferrere is founded in La Matanza, Buenos Aires.

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The final, fundamental, unique formula to our existence as free people, is "May, Progress, Democracy".

— Esteban Echeverría

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...that all five of the medalists for Argentina at the inaugural Paralympic Games were swimmers?
...that at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, Argentina won 37 medals, including 6 golds
...that Argentina stayed neutral during most of World War II, and declared war on the Axis powers on March 27, 1945?
...that more than a million tourists visit the wine-producing regions in Argentina annually?
...that even before the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race, the Chilean Navy was stronger than the United States Navy?
...that Buenos Aires seceded from the Argentine Confederation from 1852 to 1861?
...that Argentine nationalism sees José de San Martín, Juan Manuel de Rosas and Juan Perón as a line of historical continuity?
...that the anarcho-syndicalist Argentine Workers' Federation (pictured) was the country's first national labor confederation?

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v t e World Heritage Sites in Argentina
Northwest	Quebrada de Humahuaca Talampaya National Park Inca road system¹
Mesopotamia	The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis² San Ignacio Miní Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana Nuestra Señora de Loreto Santa María la Mayor Iguazú National Park
Cuyo	Ischigualasto Provincial Park Inca road system¹
Pampas	Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier³ (Curutchet House)
Patagonia	Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Los Alerces National Park Los Glaciares National Park Valdés Peninsula
¹ Shared with Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru ² Shared with Brazil ³ Shared with Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, and Switzerland