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CLIMATE & GEOGRAPHY == ==

 Argentina is located in South America next to Chile and South of Brazil. It’s geography has mountains, rivers, and plains.

 One of South America’s largest mountain ranges is the Andes mountains which goes from Cape Horn (tip of Argentina) all the way to Panama. The Andes mountain range is 4,500 miles long, and it is 22,384 ft above sea level.  The plains located in central Argentina are called Las Pampas. The name comes from a Quechua Indian word meaning “flat surface.” Las Pampas covers about 295,000 square miles, and it slopes from 1,640 ft above sea level to 66 ft above sea level.  The second longest river besides the Amazon river  is the Rio' Paraná-river. It starts in the highlands of Brazil and ends in Buenos Aires. The river itself  is about 3,032 miles long and receives water from the Paraguay River. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Argentina has warm, moderate, arid and cold climates based on its geography. Because Argentina is south of the Equator, the seasons are the reverse of Europe, North America and much of Asia, so it is warm during January and cold during July. The average annual temperatures range from 75°F to 51°F in Buenos Aires (sea level)and Córdoba (420m/1270ft), and 75°F to 46°F in Mendoza (820 m/2484ft).

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ARGENTINA'S MILITARY <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Argentina’s military, currently under the leadership of Fernandez De Kirchner (chief of state and head of government), is very well organized. It has three main branches: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), and Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In 1930, all the Argentine military took over the government. General Uriburu led the take over in order to overthrow Yrigoyen. The military ruled until 1932 when civilian rules was restored.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1976 when General Jorge Videla (last person in charge of the military) was in power, the government fell apart. This led to the ‘Dirty War’ in which thousands of people ‘disappeared’.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In April of 1982 the Argentinean military attempted to take over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) which were held by the British at that time. During the war the British sent out forces to retake the island in June of that year. During the war more than 700 Argentinean troops were killed.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FOOD <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The food in Argentina is deliciosa it varies from fruit & vegetables to meat. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most Argentinians eat four meals each day. Desayuno (breakfast) is a light meal of the day. For almuerzo (lunch), most Argentinians eat meat, vegetables and salads. After work but before dinner, people go to confiterías (cafés) to drink coffee and eat picadas, (cheese, mussels, salami, anchovies, olives and peanuts.) Cena (dinner) in the evening is the largest meal of the day and almost always includes beef. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My favorite Argentinian food is the chicken [|_Empanada_] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Empanades are filled with corn, steak or chicken and are wrapped in dough and deep fried. Locro is a stew full of meat, corn and beans.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In Argentina the construction worker are given portable grilles to barbecue their lunch because they eat so much meat. Because Argentina grows <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">bananas, barley, potatoes, rice, sugar cane, soy beans, corn, wheat, lemon juice, and sunflower seeds they are able to make <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">deliciosa <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> foods. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beef was roasted on a spit on an open fire. When it was done, people sliced off chunks. They ate by holding the end of a chunk in their mouths and cutting off the rest with a knife(Argentinian barbecue[REALLY GOOD]).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yerba mate is a popular traditional drink, like tea. There are several ways of drinking yerba mate. The most traditional is mate cebado. Hot water is poured over the leaves of the yerba plant in a mate (gourd), which is often decorated with silver. When the gourd is filled with water, the leaves expand and fill the gourd. they drink through a bombilla (straw with a strainer) made of silver.

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Since Argentina is such a big country, there is a wide variety of architecture. In big cities like Buenos Aires most families live in small apartments. In poorer areas multiple families share one apartment. In rural areas there are estancias. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An Estancia is a gated community with huge houses and lots of land. Estancias are used for cattle ranching and growing grain. In the late 18th century estancieros(owners of estancias) began to buy land in the Pampas plains of Argentina. By 1900 the land was filled with these estates owned by about 300 families. Each estancia was hundreds of thousands of acres.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Argentina's architecture can tell you a story about it’s past. The largest amount of colonial architecture is in the Northwestern region of Argentina. Salta, the 'capital of the North', has many interesting buildings that are still standing. An example is the San Francisco convent that was built in the early nineteenth century by Spanish architect, Fray Vicente Muñoz. Córdoba is another place to see cool architecture, such as a 200 year old Cathedral that is the oldest in the country and the eighteenth century Cabildo.The Cabildo, or colonial headquarters had many uses like a law court, prison, police headquarters, parliament, and government offices. Today, the building is used for exhibitions, receptions, concerts and summer tango evenings.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On the other hand, the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires can show a picture of the present. It has modern architecture. Here you will find more sleek modern buildings. In some neighbourhoods like San Telmo you can still find old colonial mansions. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">

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