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<b>A Journey into the Past</b><br>
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<a href="his11ing.htm" target="_top"><b>The Beginning:</b></a><br>
When the colonizers came to the South<br>
In 1502, there was the first encounter of the <b>Spaniards</b> with the lands
which would later become the<b> Argentine territory</b>. Twenty five years
later, <b>the first Spanish settlement</b> took place, which was finally dismantled
by the Indians. From then on, there was a succession of different "governors"
and settlements, all of them under the rule of the <b>Spanish royalty</b>.
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<a href="his40ing.htm" target="_top"><b>Argentina before becaming
a Nation-State</b></a><br>
In <b>1776</b>, the<i> <b>Virreinato del Río de la Plata</b></i> was
created, and thanks to the <b>port of Buenos Aire</b>s, from which leather,
tallow and wool were exported, economic activities centered in Buenos Aires.
From then on, the city became an attractive target for the great European
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<a href="his20ing.htm" target="_top"><b>The formation of the
Argentine State</b></a><br>
After the crisis which the Napoleonic invasion provoked in Spain, a revolutionary
wave shattered the order of the colony which was still ruled by the <i>Virreinato
del Río de la Plata </i>(<b>Viceroyalty of Plata River</b>). This culminated
in the establishment of a new and<b> independent State</b> which was named
<i><b>Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata </b></i><b>(United Provinces
of Plata River).</b>
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<a href="his30ing.htm" target="_top"><b>Modernization</b></a><br>
This stage was characterized by the appearance of the first <b>democratic
governments</b>. However, several coups d'état marked the fate of the
country. In 1983 democracy could be recovered and today it is still in force.
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