Sun of May of Argentina
Argentina Argentine Republic , is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica . It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2 ), 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. Argentina 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 modern country has its roots in Spanish colonisation 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 Argentine Declaration of Independence on July 9 of 1816 and the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1825) were followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1880, culminating in the country's reorganisation as a federation . The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several subsequent waves of European immigration , mainly of 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...
Argentine territory in dark green; in light green.
Lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , and queer (LGBTQ ) rights in Argentina rank among the highest in the world . Upon legalising same-sex marriage on 15 July 2010, Argentina became the first country in Latin America , the second in the Americas , and the tenth in the world to do so. Following Argentina's transition to a democracy in 1983, its laws have become more inclusive and accepting of LGBT people, as has public opinion.
Argentina also "has one of the world's most comprehensive transgender rights laws": its Gender Identity Law , passed in 2012, allows people to change their legal gender without facing barriers such as hormone therapy , surgery or psychiatric diagnosis that labels them as having an abnormality. Because of the law, as well as the creation of alternative schools and the first transgender community centre , BBC Mundo reported in 2014 that "Argentina leads the trans revolution in the world." In 2015, the World Health Organization cited Argentina as an exemplary country for providing transgender rights. (Full article...
San José Palace
The following are images from various Argentina-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 President
Julio Argentino Roca , the central political figure of the PAN Hegemony years (from
History of Argentina )
Image 2 Javier Milei served as President of Argentina since 2023. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 3 Police intervention in the 2001 riots (from
History of Argentina )
Image 4 The haystacks (1911) by
Martín Malharro . He is considered the introducer of
Impressionism in Argentina. (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 5 Lionel Messi is the football player (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 6 The 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 7 Payada in a bar. Painting by
Carlos Morel . (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 8 Map 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 9 Population pyramid of Indigenous Argentines in 2022. (from
Indigenous peoples in Argentina )
Image 12 Known as the "voice of the voiceless ones",
Mercedes Sosa was one of the preeminent exponents of
nueva canción . (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 13 The
Tucumán Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of the
Tucumán Province . (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 14 Carlos Menem served as President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 15 The ousting of President
Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 16 Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1777 (from
History of Argentina )
Image 17 alt=Flag of La Rioja (from
Indigenous peoples in Argentina )
Image 19 The training ship
Sarmiento and the Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires (from
History of Argentina )
Image 20 Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 21 Monument to the
Falklands War fallen,
Rosario (from
History of Argentina )
Image 22 Alberto Fernández served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 28 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 29 Florencio Molina Campos , Argentine illustrator and painter. (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 30 The interior of the
Teatro Colón . (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 32 Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from
History of Argentina )
Image 33 Carlos Gardel is the most famous representative of Tango. (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 34 The 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 35 Argentine junta leader
Jorge Rafael Videla meeting U.S. President
Jimmy Carter in September 1977 (from
History of Argentina )
Image 36 Emanuel Ginóbili , one of the most recognized Argentine basketball players. (from
Culture of Argentina )
Image 37 Population of Indigenous people in
Greater Buenos Aires according to the 2022 census. (from
Indigenous peoples in Argentina )
Image 39 Under General Roca, the
Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into
Patagonia . (from
History of Argentina )
Image 40 President
Juan Perón (1946) (from
History of Argentina )
Image 42 Mauricio Macri served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. (from
History of Argentina )
Image 43 Artifacts 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 )
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