Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is located in the southern half of South America. It is the second-largest South American country and the eighth-largest globally, covering 2,780,085 km2. Argentina is a federal state comprised of twenty-three provinces and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, which serves as its capital. It shares borders with Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay. Argentina also claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, and a portion of Antarctica.
Argentina claims 965,597 km in Antarctica, where it has the world's oldest continuous state presence, since 1904.
In 1904, the centrist newspaper La Voz del Interior was founded in Argentina.
By 1908, Argentina was the seventh wealthiest developed nation in the world.
From 1870 to 1910, Argentina's wheat exports increased to 2,500,000 t per year, while frozen beef exports increased to 365,000 t per year.
Argentina experienced periods of democracy between 1912 and 1930.
In 1912, President Roque Sáenz Peña enacted universal and secret male suffrage.
In 1913, Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world by GDP per capita.
In 1916, Hipólito Yrigoyen, leader of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), won the election.
In 1916, the National Autonomist Party's dominance ended with the elections.
In 1917, the world's first animated feature films were made and released in Argentina by cartoonist Quirino Cristiani.
In 1918, the world's first animated feature films were made and released in Argentina by cartoonist Quirino Cristiani.
On 27 August 1920, Argentina began the world's first regular radio broadcasting with Richard Wagner's Parsifal aired in Buenos Aires.
Between 1862 and 1920, Argentina's per capita income went from 67% of developed country levels to 100%.
Between 1930 and 1976, the armed forces overthrew six governments in Argentina.
In 1930, The Great Depression led to the first coup d'état led by José Félix Uriburu, beginning the "Infamous Decade".
In 1930, Yrigoyen was ousted from power by the military led by José Félix Uriburu.
The golden age of tango began around 1930 in Argentina, mirroring the popularity of jazz and swing in the United States.
After the coup in 1930, four more coups followed in 1943.
In 1943, a military coup d'état led by General Arturo Rawson toppled the democratically elected government of Ramón Castillo.
In 1944, Juan Perón was named defense minister.
In March 1945, Argentina declared war on the Axis Powers.
In 1945, Juan Perón was forced to resign and was arrested.
Argentina experienced periods of democracy between 1946 and 1955.
In 1946, Gyula Košice and others created The Madí Movement in Argentina.
In 1946, Juan Perón became president after a landslide victory over the UCR in the general election.
In 1946, the Labour Party came into power with the rise of Juan Perón to the presidency.
In 1947, Bernardo Houssay received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role of pituitary hormones in regulating glucose in animals.
In 1947, Juan Perón pushed Congress to enact women's suffrage.
In 1948, Argentina had an infant mortality rate of 70 per 1000 live births, and a life expectancy at birth of 60 years.
In 1950, the economy began to decline due in part to government expenditures and the protectionist economic policies.
In 1951, La Pampa and Chaco became provinces in Argentina.
In 1951, Perón managed to get re-elected.
In 1952, Eva Perón died of cancer.
In 1953, Misiones became provinces in Argentina.
In 1953, deaths from cardiovascular disease accounted for 20% of total deaths in Argentina, while infant deaths accounted for 19% of all deaths.
After 1955, Astor Piazzolla popularized Nuevo tango, a subtler and more intellectual trend for the genre.
After the coup in 1930, four more coups followed in 1955.
Argentina experienced periods of democracy between 1946 and 1955.
In 1955, Cipriano Reyes was arrested on charges of terrorism.
In 1955, Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz became provinces in Argentina.
In 1955, The Navy bombed the Plaza de Mayo and a few months later, during the Liberating Revolution coup, Perón was deposed and went into exile in Spain.
Individual cases of state-sponsored terrorism against Peronism and the left can be traced back to the Bombing of Plaza de Mayo in 1955.
In 1957, Argentina was the first country in Latin America to design and build a research reactor with homegrown technology, the RA-1 Enrico Fermi.
In 1958, Arturo Frondizi from the UCR won the general election.
Since 1960, Argentina's climate has been changing with regards to precipitation patterns and temperatures.
Argentina is a founding signatory and permanent consulting member of the 1961 Antarctic Treaty.
After the coup in 1930, four more coups followed in 1962.
In 1963, Arturo Illia was elected and led an increase in prosperity across the board.
After the coup in 1930, four more coups followed in 1966.
In 1966, Arturo Illia was overthrown by another military coup d'état led by General Juan Carlos Onganía.
In 1969, Domingo Liotta designed and developed the first artificial heart that was successfully implanted in a human being.
In 1969, popular discontent led to two massive protests: the Cordobazo and the Rosariazo.
In 1969, trade unionists were targeted for assassination by Peronist and Marxist paramilitaries.
In 1970, Luis Leloir received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how organisms store energy converting glucose into glycogen.
In 1971, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse was appointed president by the military junta.
The Trelew massacre occurred in 1972.
In March 1973, Cámpora won the election, issued pardons for condemned guerrilla members.
In May 1973, Hector Cámpora, Perón's surrogate candidate, took office.
In July 1973, Cámpora and Vice President Vicente Solano Lima resigned, calling for new elections.
In September 1973, Perón won the election with his third wife Isabel as vice-president.
Argentina experienced periods of democracy between 1973 and 1976.
By 1991, Argentina's railway system was transporting 1,400 times less goods than it did in 1973.
The actions of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance commenced in 1973.
In July 1974, Perón died and his wife Isabel Perón succeeded him in office.
In 1974, Argentina was the first country in Latin America to put in-line a commercial nuclear power plant, Atucha I.
In 1974, President Juan Perón died, and his widow and vice president, Isabel Perón, ascended to the presidency.
In 1975, Isabel Perón's "annihilation decrees" against left-wing guerrillas occurred during Operativo Independencia (Operation Independence).
Between 1930 and 1976, the armed forces overthrew six governments in Argentina.
In 1976, Isabel Perón was ousted by the military.
In 1976, Isabel Perón was overthrown in the final coup.
By 1977, the ERP was completely subdued.
In 1978, Argentina's men's national football team won the World Cup.
In 1979, the severely weakened Montoneros launched a counterattack, which was quickly put down.
Argentina won the World Team Cup in 1980.
The Argentine team played the Davis Cup final in 1981, where they lost against the United States.
In March 1982, an Argentine force took control of the British territory of South Georgia, marking an escalation of tensions in the region.
Following a transition that began in 1983, full-scale democracy in Argentina was reestablished.
In 1983, Argentina admitted having the capability of producing weapon-grade uranium.
In 1983, Raúl Alfonsín was elected as president.
In 1983, Raúl Alfonsín won the elections, campaigning for the prosecution of those responsible for human rights violations during the Proceso.
In 1983, the Embalse nuclear power station was finished, with 30% Argentine-built components.
In 1984, César Milstein received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research in antibodies.
In 1985, Argentina won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Official Story".
In 1986, Argentina's men's national football team won the World Cup.
In 1987, the leftist newspaper Página/12 was founded in Argentina.
In 1989, Carlos Menem, a Peronist, won the election amidst a worsening economic crisis and hyperinflation, leading to Alfonsín's early resignation.
In 1990, Argentina launched LUSAT-1, an Argentine-built satellite.
In 1990, Tierra del Fuego became the Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province.
In 1990, the forest cover in Argentina was 35,204,000 hectares.
By 1991, Argentina's railway system was transporting 1,400 times less goods than it did in 1973.
In 1991, Argentina was the only South American country to send warships and cargo planes to the Gulf War under a UN mandate.
In 1991, CONAE, the Argentine space agency, was established.
In 1994, a Constitutional Amendment allowed Menem to be elected for a second term.
Since 1994, the Argentine Air Force has provided the UN Air contingent in Cyprus as part of UNFICYP, among Army and Marines troops.
In 1995, the economy began to decline, with increasing unemployment and recession.
In 1996, Argentina launched Víctor-1, an Argentine-built satellite.
In 1999, the UCR, led by Fernando de la Rúa, returned to the presidency in the elections.
Since 1999, Argentines have enjoyed the highest availability of cable and satellite television in Latin America.
In December 2001, riots in Argentina, triggered by economic crisis and capital flight, forced President De la Rúa to resign.
Argentina's democracy endured through the 2001–02 crisis.
Argentina won the World Team Cup in 2002.
By 2002, there were 260 AM and 1150 FM registered radio stations in Argentina.
By late 2002, the economic crisis in Argentina began to recede, but political unrest was caused by the assassination of two piqueteros by the police, prompting Duhalde to move elections forward.
Since 2002 the country has emphasized its key role in Latin American integration, and the Mercosur block is its first international priority.
Since 2002, there was improvement in income distribution.
On May 26, 2003, Néstor Kirchner was sworn in as the new president of Argentina.
By 2004, Buenos Aires, all provincial capitals except Ushuaia, and all medium-sized towns were interconnected by 69,412 km of paved roads.
In January 2024, Argentina's poverty rate reached 57.4%, the highest poverty rate since 2004.
In 2005, deaths from cardiovascular disease increased to 23% of the total in Argentina, while infant deaths fell to 3% of all deaths.
In 2006, Argentina ranked fourth in Latin America in terms of healthcare.
Argentina won the World Team Cup in 2007.
In 2007, Argentina launched PEHUENSAT-1, an Argentine-built satellite.
In 2007, Argentina sent a contingent, including helicopters, boats, and water purification plants, to assist Bolivia with its worst floods in decades.
In 2007, Cristina Kirchner won the elections, succeeding her husband as president.
In 2007, Los Pumas achieved their highest-ever result in the Rugby World Cup, coming in third place.
According to a 2008 CONICET poll, 76.5% of Argentines were Catholic, 11.3% were Agnostics and Atheists, 9% were Evangelical Protestants, 1.2% were Jehovah's Witnesses, and 0.9% were Mormons.
In 2008, Argentina had 36,966 km of operating railway lines, part of a larger network of almost 48,000 km.
In June 2009, Argentina secured an agreement with the European Space Agency for the installation of a 35-m diameter antenna at the Pierre Auger Observatory.
As of 2009, Víctor Galíndez held the record for consecutive world light heavyweight title defences.
In 2009, Argentina won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Secret in Their Eyes".
In 2009, Argentina's infant mortality rate decreased to 12.1 per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy at birth increased to 76 years.
Since 2009, the Jaguares have competed in the Americas Rugby Championship.
Argentina won the World Team Cup in 2010.
From 1960-2010, the highest increases in precipitation have occurred in the eastern parts of Argentina.
In 2010, 7.1% of people over age 20 in Argentina had graduated from university.
In 2010, Argentina legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Latin America, the second in the Americas, and the tenth worldwide to do so.
In 2010, Argentina's population was counted as 40,117,096 inhabitants.
In 2010, a genetic study revealed that the average genetic ancestry of Argentines is 79% European, 18% indigenous, and 4.3% African.
In 2010, the Argentine Armed Forces participated in humanitarian responses in Haiti and Chile following their respective earthquakes.
By 2011, approximately 67% of Argentina's population had internet access and the ratio of mobile phone subscriptions to population was 137.2%.
In 2011 Argentina's defence budget was only about 0.74% of GDP, a historical minimum, below the Latin American average.
In 2011, Argentina's manufacturing sector experienced a 6.5% production growth rate.
In 2011, Argentine French actress Bérénice Bejo received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2011, Cristina Kirchner won the elections again, securing a second term as president.
In 2011, the Atucha II reactor finished with 40% Argentine-built components.
In 2012 Argentina was elected again to a two-year non-permanent position on the United Nations Security Council.
In 2012, Argentina had about 11,000 km of waterways, mostly comprising the La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay rivers.
In 2012, Revenues from international tourists reached US$4.89 billion.
In 2012, manufacturing accounted for 20.3% of Argentina's GDP, becoming the largest sector in the nation's economy. The leading sectors by volume included: food processing, beverages and tobacco products; motor vehicles and auto parts; textiles and leather; refinery products and biodiesel; chemicals and pharmaceuticals; steel, aluminium and iron; industrial and farm machinery; home appliances and furniture; plastics and tires; glass and cement; and recording and print media.
Since 2012, Los Pumas have competed in The Rugby Championship against Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
On 13 March 2013, Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, taking the name "Francis".
As of 2013, Argentina had 314 industrial parks.
In 2013, Argentina had 161 airports with paved runways out of more than a thousand.
In 2013, Argentina had 5.57 million visitors, making it the top destination in South America and second in Latin America for international tourist arrivals. Revenues reached US$4.41 billion in 2013.
In 2013, approximately 100 full-length motion pictures were being created annually in Argentina.
In 2013, the Up-River port region accounted for 50% of Argentina's exports.
In 2013, there were 47 national public universities and 46 private universities across Argentina.
As of 2014 ten provinces have just five deputies while the Buenos Aires Province has 70 in the Chamber of Deputies.
As of 2014, 87.4% of Argentine households had cable and satellite television.
In 2014, Armando Bó and Nicolás Giacobone shared in the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In 2017, Argentina ranked 85th out of 180 countries in the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, an improvement of 22 positions over its 2014 rankings.
In April 2015, the Argentine Senate passed a law re-creating Ferrocarriles Argentinos, effectively re-nationalizing the country's railways.
On 22 November 2015, Mauricio Macri won the first ballotage in Argentina's history.
On 10 December 2015, Mauricio Macri took office as president, inheriting an economy with a high inflation rate and in a poor shape.
In 2015, 0% of the forest area was reported to be under public ownership, 4% private ownership and 96% with ownership listed as other or unknown.
In April 2016, the Macri government introduced neoliberal austerity measures intended to tackle inflation and overblown public deficits.
In 2016, Argentina settled its long-standing debt default crisis with the so-called vulture funds, allowing Argentina to enter capital markets.
As of 2017, Argentina's men's national rugby team, Los Pumas, had competed at the Rugby World Cup each time it was held.
Data recorded in 2017 indicated that Catholics made up 66% of the population in Argentina, and the nonreligious stood at 21%.
In 2017, Argentina ranked 85th out of 180 countries in the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
In 2017, Argentina's annual inflation rate reached 24.8%.
In 2017, the accidental loss of the Argentine submarine San Juan occurred.
In 2018 Argentina had a Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 7.21/10.
In December 2019, Alberto Fernández and vice president Cristina Kirchner took office.
In 2019, Alberto Fernández won the election, defeating Mauricio Macri.
In 2019, Argentina was the 4th world producer of beef with 3 million tons, the 4th world producer of honey, and the 10th world producer of wool.
On May 22, 2020, Argentina defaulted on its debt by failing to pay a $500 million bill to its creditors.
In 2020, more than 60% of Argentina's electricity came from non-renewable sources, with the remainder from hydropower (27%), wind and solar energy (7.3%), and nuclear energy (4.4%).
In 2020, the forest cover in Argentina was approximately 10% of the total land area, equivalent to 28,573,000 hectares.
In November 2021, the ruling Peronist party, Frente de Todos, lost its majority in Congress in midterm legislative elections for the first time in almost 40 years.
At the end of 2021 Argentina was the 21st country in the world in terms of installed hydroelectric power (11.3 GW), the 26th country in the world in terms of installed wind energy (3.2 GW) and the 43rd country in the world in terms of installed solar energy (1.0 GW).
In 2021, Argentina had about 2,800 km of dual carriageways, mostly leaving the capital Buenos Aires, linking it with cities such as Rosario and Córdoba, Santa Fe, Mar del Plata and Paso de los Libres (in border with Brazil), there are also dual carriageways leaving from Mendoza towards the capital, and between Córdoba and Santa Fé, among other locations.
Since January 2022 Argentina is an OECD candidate country.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more than 18,500 Russians immigrated to Argentina by July 2023.
In 2022, Argentina's census conducted by INDEC counted 46,044,703 inhabitants, an increase from 40,117,096 in 2010.
In 2022, Argentina's men's national football team won the World Cup.
In April 2023, Fernández announced that he would not seek re-election in the next presidential election.
As of July 2023, more than 18,500 Russians have arrived in Argentina following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In November 2023, Javier Milei won the election run-off with 55.7% of the vote.
On 10 December 2023, Milei's presidency began.
According to the V-Dem Democracy indices, Argentina in 2023 was the second most electoral democratic country in Latin America.
In 2023, Argentina's inflation rate reached 102.5%, ranking among the highest in the world, with approximately 43% of the population living below the poverty line.
Poverty in Argentina was 41.7 percent at the end of the second half of 2023. The annual inflation rate, which was 211% in 2023, is expected to be below 30% in 2025.
In January 2024, Argentina's poverty rate reached 57.4%, the highest rate since 2004.
In November 2024, Argentina's monthly inflation rate slowed to 2.4%, the lowest in over four years.
Argentina was ranked 76th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024.
Favourable results and normalization in Argentina’s economy are expected to continue in 2025. Economic activity has also begun to recover after the severe recession at the beginning of 2024. The economy is expected to expand by more than 4% in 2025.
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