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	World Almanac for Kids
		ARGENTINA or ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, federal republic, S South America, bounded on the N by BOLIVIA and PARAGUAY; on the E by BRAZIL, URUGUAY, and the Atlantic Ocean; on the S by the Atlantic Ocean and CHILE; and on the W by Chile.
		Argentina is one of the world’s leading cattle- and grain-producing regions; among the country’s main manufacturing enterprises are meat-packing and flour-milling plants.
		In 1776 the territory occupied by present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay was separated from Peru and incorporated as the viceroyalty of La Plata.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/nations/argentina.html (8501 words)

	La Argentina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antonia Mercé y Luque, known by her stage name La Argentina, was a flamenco dancer, born on September 4, 1890 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on July 18, 1936 in Bayonne, France.
		At the age of eleven, La Argentina was a star dancer at the Madrid Opera, where she would entertain and excite her audience.
		Prior to World War I, La Argentina was extremely admired in Paris, where she accepted invitations to dance at the Moulin Rouge, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and other important locations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Argentina (368 words)

	Facts about topic: (La Rioja, Argentina) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		La Rioja is a town in Argentina (A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America).
		It is named after the region of La Rioja (additional info and facts about La Rioja) in Spain (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power).
		It is the birthplace of the former president of Argentina, Isabel Martínez de Perón (additional info and facts about Isabel Martínez de Perón).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/la_rioja,_argentina.htm (74 words)

	Fiesta Pavilion: Baile...The Dance
		La Argentina learned to dance from her father at the age of four and at nine, debuted with the Royal Opera Theater in Madrid, Spain's capital city.
		La Argentinita (not to be confused with La Argentina) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Spanish parents.
		La Argentinita was engaged in a long-time romantic relationship with Ignacio Sanchez Mejias, an intellectual bullfighter (married to Dolores Gomez Ortega), for whom she retired from dance for a short period and whose death from a mortal wound in the bullring in 1934, left La Argentinita devastated.
	www.novareinna.com /romani/dance.html (4179 words)

	Misión Permanente de la Rep. Argentina ante las Naciones Unidas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Argentina, one of the 51 Founding Members of the Organization, has been an active participant in all of the UN organs and programs, in accordance with our Foreign Policy, and has endeavored to build consensus at the international level towards the strengthening of international human rights, the promotion of universal
		Thus, with a dynamic and constructive role, Argentina has reaffirmed its allegiance to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, with a view to making a positive contribution to the Organization’s goals, in its quest for international peace and security as well as the promotion of economic and social development in every nation.
		Argentina plays a prominent role in the strengthening of the multilateral process, an element inseparable from security, so as to effectively respond to new threats and challenges.
	www.un.int /argentina/english (353 words)

	La Rioja, Argentina: La Rioja City
		The climate of La Rioja City is dry and hot with temperatures ranging from 21ºC to 35ºC in Summer and from 5ºC to 20ºC in Winter.
		La Rioja city is a joint of antiquity and modernity - narrow streets, low houses, museums, historical monuments, churches and convents contrast with a dinamic commercial centre providing the tourist with an excellent cultural alternative.
		La Rioja also presents interesting chances of adventure and contemplative tourism, agrotourism in the vineyards and wine cellars that allow the tourist to taste the various fragances and flavours of Rioja wines.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /larioja/index_i.html (325 words)

	Guido Galafassi - Argentina on fire
		Argentina is the name of a country whose elites for almost two centuries intended to shape it as a “Nation – State”, that is to say a country with a representative ‘democracy’ and a developed capitalist economy.
		Undoubtedly, Argentina is one of the major “ neoliberal peripherical experiments” planned by the International Monetary Fund” (IMF) and executed by the national and multinational corporations being assisted by traditional political parties.
		During President De La Rúa’s administration, the economic crisis worsened and the middle class, which was the main supporter of De La Rúa campaign, criticized and disengaged from government policies.
	www.democracynature.org /dn/vol8/guido_argentina.htm (2230 words)

	Encyclopedia: La Rioja, Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Its full name is "Ciudad de todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja" and it is named after the region of La Rioja in Spain.
		La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain.
		President Perón giving a speech Isabel Martínez de Perón was born Isabel Martínez on February 4, 1931, in La Rioja, Argentina.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/La-Rioja,-Argentina (270 words)

	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Patagonia and other Must See Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Argentina is without doubt the land of the immigrants.
		La Casa Rosada (The Pink House), officially known as the Palacio de Gobierno (Government Palace), is the official seat of the Executive Branch of the government of Argentina.
		La Plata attempted to be taken into the Unesco World Heritage list for its unique city layout which consists of blocks (cuadras) crossed by diagonal streets (unique in Latin America).
	www.travel-amazing-southamerica.com /argentina.html (1715 words)

	Argentina - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		It is bound by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Chile to the west, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
		The principal rivers are the Parana, Uruguay and Paraguay Rivers which drain into the Rio de la Plata Basin in northern Argentina while in the south the Colorado and Negro Rivers rise in the Andes and flow to the Atlantic Ocean.
		Argentina continued to prosper in 1993 under the framework of stability provided by the 1991 "convertibility plan".
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/argentin.htm (1229 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: La Plata (Argentina)
		The city of La Plata, capital of the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, is situated on the right bank of the Rio de la Plata, about 35 miles south-east of the city of Buenos Aires.
		Attached to the university are the library and university extension, containing 41,000 volumes, the Museo de la Plata, founded in 1877, with valuable anthropological, palaeontological, zoological, and mineral collections, and an astronomical observatory erected in 1882.
		The See of La Plata, by wish of the Argentine Government, was founded at the same time as the Sees of Santa Fe and Tucumam, by Bull of Leo XIII, "In Petri Cathedra," 15 February, 1897, and canonically established 30 May, 1897, by an edict of Archbishop Udalislao Castellano of Buenos Aires.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08798a.htm (499 words)

	Dance Magazine: Antonia Merce, "La Argentina": Flamenco and the Spanish Avant-Garde. - Review - book review
		Antonia Merce, "La Argentina": Flamenco and the Spanish Avant-Garde by Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum.
		Admittedly begun as a scholarly pursuit, the text and photographs of the dancer and feminist La Argentina cannot help but pick up some of the glamour and excitement that surrounded her life from 1888 to 1936.
		In recovering and compiling records of La Argentina's life, Bennahum has revived the memory of a vital mover and shaker of the dance community; and in so doing she also examines Merce's role as a feminist and modernist.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_3_75/ai_70926854 (279 words)

	Argentina's de la Rua: He Used to Be Boring but Clean (int'l edition)
		For de la Rua's enemies, the temptation to capitalize on such disaffection may be too powerful to resist.
		Such talk is cause for concern, since a downgrade in Argentina's sovereign ratings would severely handicap the government's efforts to raise the $19 billion it needs to pay off maturing debt and fulfill other obligations in what remains of 2000 and in 2001.
		Members of Frepaso have hinged their continued support of de la Rua on the removal of intelligence chief Fernando de Santibanes, whose agency is believed to be the source of the alleged bribes.
	www.businessweek.com /2000/00_44/b3705179.htm (793 words)

	Argentina Country Analysis Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Argentina's natural gas consumption has increased annually in the past decade and is now the country’s dominant fuel source, accounting for 45% of primary energy consumption in 2002.
		Argentina is Chile’s sole source of natural gas imports, and the continued supply disruptions have created considerable tension between the two countries.
		Argentina has very limited coal resources, and coal is not a major component of the country's fuel mix.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/argentna.html (3104 words)

	Argentina Travel Guide - La Boca, Buenos Aires Sights and Highlights
		La Boca is the oldest, most colorful, and most authentic neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
		La Boca is partly an artist colony, and mostly a working-class neighborhood.
		The most famous street in La Boca is called Caminito(little path), and is the center of tourist activity in the area.
	www.allaboutar.com /ba_sights_boca.htm (286 words)

	Argentina's De La Rua Is Skipping the Honeymoon (int'l edition)
		De la Rua might call it ''rational inexuberance.'' He knows he will have to skip the honeymoon and move directly to the task ministering to the ailing economy.
		De la Rua is also under pressure to deliver a prescription for reining in the budget deficit without driving the country deeper into recession.
		De la Rua, who prides himself on being a consensus builder, will not risk alienating his opponents too early in his four-year term.
	www.businessweek.com /1999/99_45/b3654245.htm (742 words)

	La Argentina -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		More results on "La Argentina" when you join.
		Although Juan Perón of Argentina was one of the more remarkable and charismatic Latin American politicians of the 20th century, he may eventually be remembered because of his marriage to the talented and shrewd Eva Duarte.
		La Prensa became well known for offering social services, library facilities, free evening schools in commerce and music, free medical and legal aid, and a free chemical laboratory.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009371?&query=argentina&ct= (882 words)

	La Argentina - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		As a result of the parents' lifestyle, La Argentina's entire life was mainly focused on dance.
		When La Argentina was nine years old she debuted at the Royal Opera Theatre in Madrid, Spain.
		Prior to World War I, La Argentina was extremely admired in Paris, where she accepted invitations to dance at the Moulin Rouge, The Theatres des Champs-Elysees, and other important locations.
	education.music.us /L/La-Argentina.htm (522 words)

	Monumento Nacional a la Bandera, Argentina
		It’s tempting to call this colossal homage to the Argentine flag a monumental failure or even a shrine to kitsch, as the outline of architect Angel Guido’s design represents a ship on whose symbolic mast is a 78-meter tower on its bow.
		Across Avenida Belgrano, the Parque Nacional de la Bandera stretches several blocks along the floodplain in an area that still houses part of Rosario’s port facilities.
		0341/448-3784) exhibits Bible-themed sculptures from one of the contributors to the Monumento a la Bandera.
	www.moon.com /planner/argentina/mustsee/mn_bandera.html (1658 words)

	La Falda, Argentina
		La Falda Dam provides one with the ideal place to practise sport fishing or water sports such as windsurfing, water skiing or jet skiiing.
		La Falda city owns attractive views or excursions like the Saint Church of the Sacrament from where one can contemplate the whole imposing region.
		La Falda has an important infrastructure of hotels and restaurants that provide the tourist with tranquility, peace and hospitality inviting him to go on endless tours.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /lafalda/index_i.html (186 words)

	IJA631
		Argentina's crisis was triggered when demonstrators rejected austerity measures put forward by the previous non-Peronist government after the IMF refused a fresh loan of $1.3bn last month.
		Argentina's government has begun crucial financial talks in Washington, as forecasts show the economy is set to contract sharply this year despite the devaluation of the peso.
		Argentina's new government was poised on Sunday 03.02.2002 to unveil an economic crisis strategy that it said would include partially lifting a freeze on bank accounts that has triggered public outrage and bloody riots.
	www.anarchy.no /ija631.html (17770 words)

	COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Argentina's race clouded by Duhalde's meddling (MiamiHerald) (04/24/03) - Andres Oppenheimer Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde's reckless interventions in his country's electoral process to help his troubled candidate are casting a shadow over Sunday's elections.
		Argentina's Tax Revenue May Rise 73% in April, Ambito Reports (Bloomberg) (04/25/03) Argentina's tax revenue may soar 73 percent in April from a year ago as Argentines met a deadline for personal wealth tax payments and as value-added tax collection rose, Ambito Financiero said.
		The Argentina Action Group provides companies that have been affected by the crisis in Argentina with the opportunity to share information, to develop common solutions to common problems, and to leverage their individual interests in front of the Argentina and U.S. government.
	www.americas-society.org /coa/publications/ArgentinaPage.html (2192 words)

	La Plata, Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		It is situated on the wide La Plata, here an estuary of the ocean, about twenty-four miles southeast of Buenos Ayres.
		When the capital of Argentina was located definitely in Buenos Ayres, then the seat of the province of that name, the local legislature of the province decided to found a new city for a provincial capital which should be independent of the national capital.
		The streets were laid off in squares, intersected by diagonals, after the manner of Washington, D. Forty million dollars were expended in provincial buildings.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol3/la-plata-argentina.htm (166 words)

	A Virtual Travel to Argentina - República Argentina - South America - Argentina Tourism
		A virtual destination guide to Argentina, this page is about many aspects of "the land of the six continents".
		Argentina is the second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); its people are a fusion of diverse national and ethnic groups, with descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants predominant.
		Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/argentina.htm (689 words)

	Argentina history
		Argentina at Independence--Geographical Issues Interesting article on the role of geography in the formation of the new state.
		Argentina and South America: La Argentina frente a la América del Sur, 1881-1930.
		Argentina and the United States: Trade, 1914-45 By Donald J.Mabry in the HTS.
	www.casahistoria.net /argentina.htm (1854 words)

	La Argentina -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Alliance (composed of de la Rúa's Radical Civic Union [UCR], the Front for a Country in Solidarity [Frepaso], and several smaller parties) held a plurality of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies but remained a minority in the Senate,...
		Fernando de la Rúa under mounting political and social pressure.
		It lies between 10,650 and 13,250 feet (3,250 and 4,040 meters) above sea level in a deep gorge cut in the Altiplano (a high plain) by the Río de La Paz.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009371 (882 words)

	vacaciones en la argentina
		The landscape is, to a degree, quite reminiscent of that in certain parts of Britain, although this similarity is aided by the biting cold breeze currently being swept up from the glacial regions in the Southernmost tip of the country.
		La tierra es, mas o menos, similar a la tierra en partes de Gran Bretaña, y ahora hay un clima muy similar tambien, con un viento muy frio de los glaciares en el sur.
		We travelled about 150km south from the city finding ourselves surrounded by astonishingly flat, serene, and silent fields and lakes - a real contrast to the hustle and bustle of the city life.
	ourholidays.blogspot.com (356 words)

	Spanish school La Montaña - study spanish in Argentina - learn spanish in one of the spanish language schools of ...
		At La Montaña Spanish School, you can learn Spanish in the heart of Patagonia - a region with beautiful scenery, friendly people and lots to do.
		We make it easy for you to combine formal study with outdoor activities and plenty of interaction with the local people, including an optional stay with a Patagonian family and many fun activities.
		Bariloche, also called "the port to one of the most beautiful parts of the world", is a wonderful place in Argentina to learn Spanish.
	www.lamontana.com (351 words)

	Cementerio de la Recoleta, Argentina
		Many, if not most, go to visit the crypt of Eva Perón, who overcame her humble origins with a relentless ambition that brought her to the pinnacle of political power with her husband, General and President Juan Perón, before her painful death from cancer in 1952.
		Even Juan Perón, who lived until 1974 but spent most of his post-Evita years in exile, failed to qualify for Recoleta; he lies across town in the Cementerio de la Chacarita.
		Municipal authorities, recognizing its importance to tourism, have intensified overdue repairs to sidewalks and the most significant sculptures, but still face budget problems.
	www.moon.com /planner/argentina/mustsee/cementario_recoleta.html (361 words)

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