2. Maté
• An herbal fusion tea-like drink infamously drunk by the
South American Gauchos
• “The gaucho diet was composed almost entirely of beef
while on the range, supplemented by yerba mate, an herbal
tea-like drink rich in caffeine and nutrients.”
• Drunken via gourd and bombilla (metal
straw/strainer)
• Nutritional benefits: ‘yerba mate contains
"practically all of the vitamins necessary
to sustain life.“’
3. Literature
(1850’s)
José Hernández Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• Wrote gaucho epic: Martin • Wrote Facundo
Fíerro • Unitarian
• Federalist • Support of immigration;
• Opposed modern, western European
centralizing, modernizing, a influence, thus more
nd Europeanizing prosperous
tendencies
4. Architecture
• Reached splendor in the
18th century, consisting of
simple preserved baroque
style buildings from Spanish
colonization
• Began adapting French
Neo-classical
architecture in the
second-half of the 20th
century
