What do you know about my country? (Argentina)
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You guys have a football rivalry with Brazil
Capitol is Buenos Aires
Larger amount of people of European decent
You guys speak spanish
You fought and lost a war with Britian
Tango
Nuetral in WW2
... I think
Oh, located in South America and second biggest country in S. America. Other than that, not much. Where I live, I don't think anyone has a negative perspective on your country. I think.
Capitol is Buenos Aires
Larger amount of people of European decent
You guys speak spanish
You fought and lost a war with Britian
Tango
Nuetral in WW2
... I think
Oh, located in South America and second biggest country in S. America. Other than that, not much. Where I live, I don't think anyone has a negative perspective on your country. I think.
Well technically that probably should be Puma. The Argentine rugby team is the Puma's, apart from that everything I know about Argentina has been stated.LastMondaysHangover said:
Best of all time and the best current player, even if Messi did have a disappointing World Cup. Forget the hand of God, Maradonna is the best, sorry Pele. He rivals George Best for the cheekiest player of all time and he had more inherent talent than even Best. Lets just say 1986 against England running 3/4 of the pitch and scoring solo is the greatest goal of all time. Selfish? Sure, but who gives a shit, its awesome.Kortney said:
You get a bum rap for taking in Schutzstaffel refugees, and you've got a long history of Little America's Vigilante Justice undermining your government.
You also got into a quarrel with Britain over a group of islands that, in this day and age, should either be yours or independent.
And you used to encompass Bolivia and Paraguay when you were a Spanish colony.
You also got into a quarrel with Britain over a group of islands that, in this day and age, should either be yours or independent.
And you used to encompass Bolivia and Paraguay when you were a Spanish colony.
The Falkland war, of course. Your national police force looks like space marines, capital is Buenos Aires. Your flag is blue with a horizontal white stripe through the middle, with a sun. (Pretty sure). Y'all speak Castillian Spanish, which I hear has an Italian inflection more than other countries in South America. There's this city called Salta up in the northern portion where my brother will be spending the next two years, so I gather I'll learn a lot more.
Argentina has a strong influence from Italy, France, and Germany. I think yall use Ciao for hello, don't you?
I know Astor Piazzola is a badass.
Juan Peron ruled for quite some time. You had a native tank design called the Nehual, Nahual, Nahuel. Something like that...during WWII.
Juan Manuel Fangio, one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, is from your country. He drove a modified 1939 Chevy. You also had a Ford plant for a long time...at one time at least you drove on the opposite side of the road as us Americans. Your cars were RHD.
One of the coolest variations of the AMC/Rambler American was built in your country. It was called the Torino, first assembled by IKA (Industrias Kaiser de Argentina, ironically, another American transplant), then Renault bought that company and continued production. It used a Jeep OHC six cylinder. It was heavily modified from the original Rambler American, which I think is justly reflected in the conception that it is an Argentinian native vehicle. I believe the changes made make that assertion correct. Later on the engine was extensively modified by IKA, including a new block and crank design. Very cool stuff.
That's about all I know.
I know Astor Piazzola is a badass.
Juan Peron ruled for quite some time. You had a native tank design called the Nehual, Nahual, Nahuel. Something like that...during WWII.
Juan Manuel Fangio, one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, is from your country. He drove a modified 1939 Chevy. You also had a Ford plant for a long time...at one time at least you drove on the opposite side of the road as us Americans. Your cars were RHD.
One of the coolest variations of the AMC/Rambler American was built in your country. It was called the Torino, first assembled by IKA (Industrias Kaiser de Argentina, ironically, another American transplant), then Renault bought that company and continued production. It used a Jeep OHC six cylinder. It was heavily modified from the original Rambler American, which I think is justly reflected in the conception that it is an Argentinian native vehicle. I believe the changes made make that assertion correct. Later on the engine was extensively modified by IKA, including a new block and crank design. Very cool stuff.
That's about all I know.
Argentina is the only country to be named after an element of the periodic table (after Argentum, or Silver). You guys also have a pretty good Rugby team, the Pumas.
Didn't your country have a Bureaucratic Authoritarian government during the 70s-80s? Did they try to restrict free trade in favor of import substitution, or was that just Brazil? Man, International Econ and Politics of Latin America are just really letting me down here.