Argentina is located at the southern tip of South America and is surrounded by Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay. It has a population of over 41 million people, mostly of European descent. The capital and largest city is Buenos Aires. Argentina has a GDP of $51 billion and a republican form of government led by a president and vice president. Traditional occupations include gauchos, who work as cowboys on farms known as estancias. In 1982 Argentina went to war with Britain over the Falkland Islands, surrendering after 74 days.

1. Argentina

2. Argentina
 Argentina is located at
the tip of South America
and is surrounded by
Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay,
Brazil and Uruguay.
 It is constituted by 23
provinces, Buenos Aires
being the capital federal.

3. Buenos Aires

4. Economy and Population
 GDP 51 billion dollars as of August 2010.
 Pop 41.770 million people
 Ethnic group: 97% European descent, mostly Spanish
and Italian.
 Other non white 3%.

5. Government
and La Casa Rosada
 President: Cristina
Fernandez
 Vice-President: Julio
Cobos
 Type of Government:
Republican
 Chief of Cabinet: Anibal
Fernadez

6. Traditional clothing and customs
 Gauchos are the
Argentines cowboys,
they ride their
horses in estancias
which are sort of as
farms with cattle,
sheep and take care
of them. Their
traditional clothes
are a hat, poncho
and loose pants
tucked in their
boots.

7. Agriculture
 Trade: Exports ($68.5
billion)
 oilseed by-products,
vegetable oils, , fuels,
grains.

8. The two largest companies

9. Tango
 http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=bXhQNRsH
3uc

10. Traditional Food
 cd

11. Natural Resources
 Fertile plains of La
Pampa
 Lead
 Zinc
 Tin
 Copper
 Iron
 Petroleum
 Uranium

12. Environmental Issues
 Due to the
industrializing economy
the results are
deforestation, soil
degradation,
desertification, air
pollution, and water
pollution

13. Major Breakthroughs
 Domingo Liotta was the
first person who
developed the first
artificial heart
 Rene Favaloro was the
first doctor who
performed the first
coronary bypass heart
surgery.

14. Historical Event
 In 1982, Argentina went to war against Britain because
of the fact of wanting to reclaim the Falkland Islands.
Argentine’s navy and Argentine air force were
established there originally but later Britain army
forces occupied the islands and wanted to reclaim that
it was theirs. Therefore, Argentina and Britain went on
a war that lasted 74 days. Argentina surrounded on 14
June 1982. This was the only external war that
Argentina had since the 80s.