History of Argentina

Argentina, though first explored in 1516 by Juan Díaz de Solis, gradually got a new lease of life under the Spanish colonial rule. Buenos Aires was settled in 1580. Infesting British forces were booted out in 1806–1807, and after Napoleon conquered Spain (1808), the Argentineans established their own government in 1810. On July 9, 1816, independence was officially announced. Independence from Spain was declared on 9 July 1816.

The influx of foreign investment and immigration from Europe not only laid the foundation of modern agricultural proficiencies in Argentina but also consolidated Argentina into the threshold of world economy in the late 19th century. Argentina became one of the ten wealthiest nations from 1880 to 1930. Argentine was reigned by Conservative forces until 1916, when their time-honored rivals, the Radicals, succeeded to ascertain the government. Hipolito Yrigoyen was pulled off from power in 1930 leading to another decade of Conservative rule.

Argentina at the closing phase of World War II declared war on the Axis powers on March 27, 1945. Juan Domingo Peron, an army colonel came forth as the dictator of the post war era after winning the presidential elections of 1946 & 1951. The administration of Juan D. Peron in 1946 gave a fresh breath to Argentinian politics. His second wife Eva Duarte de Peron or Evita strengthened his political hold in Argentina. Her policies of generously rewarding the working class made her highly popular, who in turn gave their political support. The Revolucion Libertadora of 1955 deposed him and he was sent to exile.

Peron's returned to be the president of Argentina in 1973, with his third wife, Maria Estela Isabel Martinez de Peron, as Vice President. After Peron's death in 1974 his wife succeeded him in office, but a military coup removed her from office in 1976. But the economic troubles, accusations of putridness, public repugnance in the face of human rights clapperclaws and, eventually, the country's 1982 defeat in the Falklands War damaged the Argentine military regime.

Argentina returned to democracy with President Raul Alfonsin who was elected in 1983. He governed from 1983 to 1989 and belonged to the political party called "Union Civica Radical". But the 1989 election saw the restoration of peronism of under shrewd Carlos Menem.

The president got even further media hype by having public altercates with his wife, but were only equilibrated by his love for cars and women. As president, Menem did brace inflation and ameliorated the economy in his 10 years in office. He also prefaced dolarization, or nailing the peso to the US dollar at a 1 to 1 exchange rate. Alas, this later became one of the reasons for Argentina's economic crisis of 2001.

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