Argentin A Country Located On The South Side Of South America

The country of Argentina is one rich in history and complex in culture. It is located in the far reaches of South America, inhabiting 1,068,302 square miles of the southeastern region of the continent, and over 39,000,000 people populate it. Those people make up the identity of a culture, a society of Argentinians that inhabit a unique place amongst not only the Latin-American region, but also the world as a whole.

Argentina is a country that is located within the continent known as South America. It is widely known for its captivating culture, which almost anyone could be enticed by. Argentina falls into the ranks of being one of the largest countries worldwide with it being “… the second largest country of South America after Brazil” (Wikipedia.org). While Argentina holds many alluring sites, its history is what intrigues me the most. The history behind Argentina consists of a lot of loss, but they have a lot more to gain.

Chile is a South American country that contains a population of around 18 million people. Chile 's population is composed predominantly of mestizos, who are descended from marriage between the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous people. Out of those 18 million people, 11 million are just consisted of women population. Ever since, Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to set foot on what is now called Chile, women have been neglected of many of their rights. Facing domestic violence and gender-based violence, there are only a few things that the government “approves” Chilean women doing. Chileans have experienced a leftist government of Salvador Allende to a military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet also known as General Pinochet. With all these different types of changes in the government, why haven 't women be able to fight back and relieve some of the sexism that is faced on a daily basis? What do women do to fight back and what does it mean having a women president in office for all the oppressed Chilean women. All these apparent disconnects reflect on the tensions and contradictions that frame the lives of many women in Chile today.

Reading the first chapters of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed brought to my mind part of the history of Latin America, which I consider, is vital to understand the context where Paulo Freire lived which shaped his beliefs about education as an emancipatory force.

While Argentina reported commendable economic growth and development in the early 20th century, it faces significant economic challenges due to increased disparities in income inequality. In fact, evidence shows that Argentina was one of the richest countries on the globe, with low poverty rates and high per capita income. Although the current economic status of Latin America is well-off compared to many regions of the world, the income inequality witnessed in many countries in the area has been instrumental in exacerbating the already heightened poverty levels. According to UNDP report, Argentina has managed to register unique human development

During its history, Argentina has been a country of immigration. After its independence, (the 9th of July, 1816), Argentina was receiving lots of immigrants, especially from Spain and Italy. Later, in the 1950s, the new laws from the military dictatorship (related to immigration), had reduced the number of

Paraguay is a South American country. It borders the two South American giant states of Brazil and Argentina. Paraguay is a country that actually lies around the infamous Paraguay River that runs north to south in the continent. It is around the center of South America. Paraguay has a rich history before the arrival of the Spanish who conquered in the 16th Century.

The so-called period of Independence was developed from the deposition of the Spanish governor in 1810 to the exile of the Liberator Bernardo O’Higgins in 1823. It was marked by various battles against the royalists, who managed to briefly reconquer the country and also was marked by the problems in his government. Once the country’s independence was achieved, it followed a period of organization of the Chilean state, between 1823 and 1830, which saw three events of rulers and two constitutions.

Argentina is the largest Spanish speaking country located in southern South America that is filled with 43,761,541 people, with 39,608,040 native Spanish speakers (Argentina Population). Argentina is bordered by Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Argentina is a Republic style Government with leader Mauricio Macri (Moore). The currency of Argentina is the Argentine Peso that is 14.3164 pesos to equal one U.S. dollar (The Worlds).

Bolivia is in the west-central portion of South America. Bolivia is said to be a landlocked country and has been this way since it lost its’ Pacific Coast territory to Chile in the War of the Pacific between 1879-1884.2 Thankfully some of Bolivia’s neighboring countries have granted Bolivia access to the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Those neighboring countries that border Bolivia include: Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and finally Peru to the northwest.3 Much of Bolivia is said to be considered highland country. This means that elevated mountainous plateaus, hills, and

[CIA], 2014, “As the largest country it share borders with the Atlantic Ocean and every South American

Latin America is filled with countries that have such great richness in environmental, agricultural and cultural goods but unfortunately it is also the place where the majority of the countries have high levels of poverty and social inequalities. Latin America is the place where we find many natural wonders like the Amazon rainforest, the Andes, the Iguazu Falls and many other natural resources. However, the economic situation is one of the poorest in the world. According to the article, The Politics of Economic adjustment policy in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico: Experiences in the 1980’s and challenges for the future, Latin American countries underwent the worst economic recession during the 1980’s. The distribution of incomes after the

In 1502 European sailors arrived ashore the Argentinean land during the Amerigo Vespucci voyage in 1502. A Spanish navigator named Juan Diaz de Solias visited Argentina during the year of 1516. The Spanish people created a permanent colony on the site of Buenos Aires in 1580, which was built overland and greatly resembled those built in Peru. From this established colony the regions of Rio de la Plata and Buenos Aires become the center of trade in Central America and throughout Europe. In the year of 1816 on July 9th the region of Buenos Aires would declare for their independence from Spanish opposition. After their victory over the Spanish, two groups would embark in lengthy conflicts between one another on who would/should control the region of Buenos Aires, and the two groups being the centralists and the federalists. These two groups thus combine to create the nation known to this day as Argentina finally establishing in the late 19th century finally agreeing on views. Foreigners investing into Argentina’s trade would add to a contribution of an economic revolution all throughout Argentina leading to the production of railroads and mass amounts of trade ports spreading all throughout the land of Argentina with the British being their primary and significant investor’s. Ever since these momentous events have occurred Argentina has grown to be one of the world’s top 10 richest and prosperous countries based off of their fast development of their agriculture and

Argentina’s turbulent history of economic crisis are often attributable to government mismanagement and fluctuating commodities prices, which have resulted in the millions to live below the poverty line. Repeated recessions of the 1970s and 1980s, the hyperinflation of 1989-90, the economic crisis of 2001. Argentina is a long way from the turmoil of 2001, but today’s mix of rising prices, wage pressures and the mistrust of the peso have prompted Argentineans to become overrun by a sense of nostalgia.1

Before beginning the discussion, it is necessary to explain why many of the examples presented in this paper are from Latin American countries—in particular Chile and Argentina. To provide some basic background, those two countries exhibit an interesting dichotomy of