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1526
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Sebastion Cabot sails up the Parana and Paraguay rivers. He stays for four years and calls the area "Argentina" meaning "Of Silver"
1620
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The Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru assumes control of the Rio de la Plata region.
1819 - 1829
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A breif civil war breaks out; the next decade is plagued by political chaos in the absence of a strong central government.
1853
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A federal constitution, similar in language to that of the united states is adopted. and Argentina is established.
1862 - 1864
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After two years of war between "Buenos Aires Province" and other provinces of the Argentina Republic. A National convention elects general Bartolome Mitre to the presidency and designates the city of Buenos Aries as the national capital
1943
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A group of military officers take control of the government; general Ramirez assumes the presidency and outlaws political parties.
1992
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Argentina intoduces a new currency. the "peso" wich is pegged to the U.S, dollar.
2000
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The International Monetary fund grants Argentina an aid package of nearly $40 billion.
2001
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Public workers go on a 24 hour nationwide strike to protest gocernmental curbs on bank withdrawals and a delay in pension payouts
2010
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Argentina's governement attemps to prevent British companies from drilling for oil in the Atlantic waters off the Faulkland Islands.