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Buenos Aires Wilton Hotel
The Buenos
Aires Wilton Hotel In Buenos Aires, Argentina Is
Ideally Located For Both The Business Traveler
And Leisure Guest. The Hotel Is Less Than A
Block From Santa Fe Avenue, A Popular Commercial
Street With Restaurants, Pubs And Shopping. The
Buenos Aires Wilton Is Also Five Minutes From
The National Museum Of Arts, Malba, Recoleta
Cultural Center, Plaza Francia
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NIDO DEL CONDOR RESORT & SPA
San Carlos De Barilo, Argentina
The Nido Del Cóndor Resort
& Spa Is Located In The Town Of San Carlos De Bariloche In
Patagonia, Argentina, On The Shores Of Nahuel Huapi Lake
With The Most Impressive View Of The Islands. Set On Smooth
Slopes In Landscaped Gardens, It Affords A Scenic View Of A
Cypress-tree Forest Against An Andean Backdrop,
Covered With
Eternal Snow.
The Nido Del Cóndor Is Close To Ski Resorts, |
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Argentina
Find a premier Hotel & Resort at
Hilton Hotels.
or book
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
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Sheraton Iguazu Resort
Parque Nacional Iguazu - Iguazu, Argentina
Resting High Above A
Network Of Natural Rapids, And Waterfalls, Sheraton's Iguazu
Resort Is Located Inside The Iguazu National Park,
Less Than One Mile From Devil's Gorge.
The Park Is An Ecological Reserve Activities Such As Bird Watching,
Hiking, Rafting And Horse Riding. Guests Feel
Surge Of Adrenaline
Iguassu Falls
Foz Do Iguacu - Brazil |
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History
Main article: History of Argentina
The area of present Argentina was relatively
sparsely populated until it was colonised by
Europeans. The Diaguita lived in northwestern
Argentina on the edge of the expanding Inca
Empire; the Guaraní lived farther east.
Europeans arrived in 1502. Spain established a
permanent colony on the site of Buenos Aires in
1580, and the Viceroyalty of the River Plate in
1776. Independence from Spain was declared on 9
July 1816. Centralist and federationist groups
were in conflict, until national unity was
established and the constitution promulgated in
1853.
Foreign investment and immigration from Europe
aided the introduction of modern agricultural
techniques and integration of Argentina into the
world economy in the late 19th century. In the
1880s the "Conquest of the Desert" subdued or
exterminated the remaining native tribes of
Patagonia.
From 1880 to 1930 Argentina became one of the
ten wealthiest nations. Conservative forces
dominated Argentine politics until 1916, when
their traditional rivals, the Radicals, won
control of the government. The military forced
Hipólito Yrigoyen from power in 1930 leading to
another decade of Conservative rule.
Argentina including its claims on the Falkland
Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands, and the Antarctica, that overlaps both
Chilean and British claims, though all three are
signatory to the Antarctic TreatyPolitical
change led to the presidency of Juan Perón in
1946, who aimed at empowering the working class
and greatly expanded the number of unionised
workers. The Revolución Libertadora of 1955
deposed him.
In the 1950s and 1960s, military and civilian
administrations traded power. When military
governments failed to revive the economy and
suppress escalating terrorism in the late 1960s
and early 1970s, the way was open for Perón's
return to the presidency in 1973, with his third
wife, María Estela Isabel Martínez de Perón, as
Vice President. During this period, extremists
on the left and right carried out terrorist acts
with a frequency that threatened public order.
Perón died in 1974. His wife succeeded him in
office, but a military coup removed her from
office in 1976, and the armed forces formally
exercised power through a junta in charge of the
self-appointed National Reorganisation Process,
until 1983. The armed forces repressed
opposition using harsh illegal measures (the
"Dirty War"); thousands of dissidents were
"disappeared".
Economic problems, charges of corruption, public
revulsion in the face of human rights abuses
and, finally, the country's 1982 defeat in the
Falklands War discredited the Argentine military
regime.
Democracy was restored in 1983. Raúl Alfonsín's
Radical government took steps intending to
account for the "disappeared", establishing
civilian control of the armed forces and
consolidating democratic institutions. Failure
to resolve endemic economic problems and an
inability to maintain public confidence caused
his early departure.
President Carlos Menem imposed peso-dollar fixed
exchange rate in 1991 to stop hyperinflation,
and adopted far-reaching market-based policies,
dismantling protectionist barriers and business
regulations, and implementing a privatisation
program. These reforms contributed to
significant increases in investment and growth
with stable prices through most of the 1990s.
The Menem and de la Rúa administrations faced
diminished competitiveness of exports, massive
imports which damaged national industry and
reduced employment, chronic fiscal and trade
deficits, and the contagion of several economic
crises. The Asian financial crisis in 1998
precipitated an outflow of capital that
mushroomed into a recession, which led to a
total freezing of the bank accounts (the
corralito), and culminated in a financial panic
in November 2001. Next month, amidst bloody
riots, President de la Rúa resigned.
Several new presidents followed in quick
succession. Argentina defaulted on its
international debt obligations. The peso's
almost 12-year-old link with the dollar was
abandoned, resulting in massive currency
depreciation and inflation, in turn triggering a
spike in unemployment and poverty. In 2003,
Néstor Kirchner became the president, and
started implementing new policies based on re-industrialisation,
import substitution, increased exports,
consistent fiscal surplus, and high exchange
rate.
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Background:
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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced
periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and
liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World
War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule and
interference in subsequent governments was followed by a
military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in
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Location:
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Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,
between Chile and Uruguay |
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Ethnic groups:
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white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo, Amerindian, or
other nonwhite groups 3% |
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Religions:
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nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),
Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
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Languages:
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Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French |
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Currency:
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Argentine peso (ARS)
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Currency code:
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ARS |
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Exchange rates:
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Argentine pesos per US dollar - 1.33325 (January 2002), 1.000
(1997-2001); note - fixed rate pegged to the US dollar was
abandoned in January 2002; peso now floats |
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