3/14/2012

History of Argentina

Juan Diaz de Solis initially discovered Argentina in 1516. Argentina has progressed gently under Spanish colonial rule. Buenos Aires was established in 1580. The country had a flourishing cattle industry way back in 1600. Invasion by British soldiery was effectively thwarted in 1806-1807. After Napoleon occupied Spain in1808, the Argentineans founded their own government in 1810. On July 9, 1816, Argentina formally pronounced its independence.

Juan D. Perón, an army colonel, won the presidential elections of 1946 and 1951, during the post war period. Perón's political power was boosted by his second wife, Eva Duarte de Perón (Evita). The working class of Argentina adored her. She was never a part of the government, but Evita made her presence felt as de facto priest of condition and labor. Using her clout, she founded a national charitable society and doled out liberal wage hikes to the unions. The unions rewarded her with political backing for Perón.

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Growing dissent to Perón's authoritarianism resulted in a coup by the armed forces. Perón was sent to exile in 1955, three years following Evita's death. This was the commencement of military dictatorships in the country and was marked by occasional periods of constitutional government.

History of Argentina

The exiled dictator won power in 1973, and his third wife, Isabel Martínez de Perón, was designated vice president. In the aftermath of Perón's death in 1974, she assumed the position of being the first woman Chief of State. She took payment of a country that was on the threshold of economic and political disaster. Comprehensive terrorist strikes in 1975, both by left and right radical groups, resulted in the death of a large whole of people. during her regime, the cost of living shot up 355%, and strikes and agitations were rampant. This marked a principal period in Argentina's history.

History of Argentina

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