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Argentina |
Argentina: Historical Dates
| 1516 |
Juan Díaz de Solís landed
on the shores of the Río de la Plata. |
| 1776 |
Buenos Aires thrived as
the capital and trade center of the newly declared Spanish Viceroyalty
of Río de la Plata. |
| 1816 |
Argentina declared its
independence from Spain. |
| 1817 |
José de San Martín
secured Argentina's independence by defeating Spanish forces in
neighboring Chile. |
| 1853 |
The Constitution of 1853
proclaimed a confederation of Argentine states, but Buenos Aires did not
join until 1862. |
| 1877 |
Argentina began exporting
farm products to Europe. The money from these exports made Argentina one
of the world's richest countries by the 1920s, and attracted many
immigrants. |
| 1946 |
Promising higher wages
for workers, Colonel Juan Perón was elected president. |
| 1955 |
Perón fled to Spain as
the military took power. |
| 1973 |
Perón was returned to
power in the hopes of reviving Argentina's economy. He died the next
year and was succeeded by his wife, Isabel, who was vice president. |
| 1976-1983 |
The military again seized
power. Thousands of leftist opposition supporters were illegally
imprisoned, tortured, and executed in what became known as the Dirty
War. |
| 1982 |
In April, Argentina
invaded the British-held Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). Great
Britain recaptured the islands a few weeks later. |
| 1983 |
Argentina returned to
civilian rule. Over the next few years many former military officers
were convicted of involvement in the Dirty War. |
| 1989 |
Rising inflation forced
newly elected President Carlos Saúl Menem to adopt emergency economic
measures |
| 1995 |
With inflation under
control and the economy growing, Argentina joined Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay in founding the Southern Cone Common Market, a free-trade
organization. |
| 1996 |
Budgetary shortfalls
induced Congress to grant President Menem emergency economic powers
allowing him to raise and impose taxes without congressional approval |
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