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Isaac Aisemberg [1] [2] [3] (22 January 1918 – 26 December 1997) was an Argentine writer, screenwriter and dramatist. Among his most outstanding contributions is his collaboration in the adaptation for the film Hombre de la esquina rosada of Jorge Luis Borges and his novel Cuestion de dados.
Argentina, [C] officially the Argentine Republic, [A] [D] is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km 2 (1,073,500 sq mi), [ B ] making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil , the fourth-largest country in the Americas , and the eighth-largest country in the world.
Afro-Argentine man in Merlo with a masacalla, used for Argentine candombe According to the Argentine national census of 2010, 149,493 [ 60 ] [ 61 ] (0.37% of the country's overall population) identified as Afro-Argentine , although according to gene pools studies, the Argentine population with some degree of Sub-Saharan African descent would be ...
Argentores even sent a legal document requiring the correction of the closing credits. [2] As the problem continued, Argentores sent two more legal documents on February 6. [3] The theme song, "Somos familia", was composed by Argentine artist Thian, who writes theme songs for TV programs, and performed by Spanish artist Álex Ubago. [4]
These de facto dictators termed their government program the "National Reorganization Process"; and "Dirty War" (Spanish: guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (Spanish: dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina) for this period of state terrorism in Argentina [56] as part of Operation Condor.
The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Argentina) was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. [1]
The Fort of Buenos Aires was the defense of the city until 1882.. The city of Buenos Aires was first founded in 1536 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.This foundation was unsuccessful due to problems with the local indigenous peoples (mainly Querandies) and a lack of supplies, leading to the settlement being abandoned in 1541, and was later founded again in 1580 by Juan de Garay.
The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country geography and is composed of a mix of ethnic groups.Modern Argentine culture has been influenced largely by the Spanish colonial period and the 19th/20th century European immigration (mainly Italian and Spanish), and also by Amerindian culture, particularly in the fields of music and art.