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unusual facts about Mesopotamia, Argentina



2006 FIFA World Cup seeding

Mexico lost to Argentina, and France beat Spain, so while Spain and Mexico were eliminated earlier than the seedings would have predicted, Ukraine and Portugal went farther than the seedings predicted, Portugal going on to reach the semi-finals.

2010 FIRS Men's B-Roller Hockey World Cup

The three first classified are qualified to 2011 CIRH World Cup, in San Juan, Argentina.

9 de Julio de Río Tercero

Club Sportivo 9 de Julio, known as 9 de Julio or 9 de Julio de Río Tercero, is a sports club based in Río Tercero, Córdoba Province (Argentina).

Argentina at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Argentina at the 2006 Winter Olympics

44-year-old Colorado resident Clyde Getty represented Argentina in the men's aerials, finishing last in the field after failing to land his second jump.

Argentina–Canada relations

In October/November 2005, the II Indigenous Summit of the Americas was held in Buenos Aires and Mendoza, with the assistance of the government of Canada and organizational support from the Assembly of First Nations in Canada.

Ariel Graziani

Ariel José Graziani Lentini (born June 7, 1971 in Empalme Villa Constitución, Argentina) is a former football player.

Bloodletting

Bloodletting is one of the oldest medical techniques, having been practiced among ancient peoples including the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians, and the Greeks.

Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway

The first terminus was completed in 1885 and on 19 September 1925 a foundation stone for the rebuilding of the terminus was laid by the Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, during his official visit to Argentina.

Carlos Auyero

On 17 April 1997, Auyero participated in the programme Hora Clave on Canal 9 presented by Mariano Grondona, appearing in a panel debate with government minister Eduardo Amadeo as well as journalist Néstor Ibarra and economist Enrique Szewach.

Cayetano Alberto Silva

The march became famous in other countries over time to such an extent that it was played on June 22, 1911, during the coronations of King George V and Elizabeth II (with prior approval sought by the British government from Argentina).

César Civita

Civita diversified Editorial Abril after 1945, hiring a number of talented illustrators and cartoonists from both Argentina and Italy, among them Hugo Pratt, Mario Faustinelli, Alberto Ongaro, Ivo Pavone, Héctor Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia, Dino Battaglia, and Paul Campani.

Charles Douglas Moffatt

Charles Douglas Moffatt (London, 5 July 1870 - Buenos Aires, 1 March 1953) was an English football player, considered one of the pioneers of the sport in Argentina.

Chivito

Every summer, a Chivito Festival is held in the town of Malargüe in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.

Choya

Choya, Argentina, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province, Argentina

Claudio Velásquez

Claudio Matías Velásquez (born 18 February 1986 in Rosario) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for José Gálvez in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Daniel Brizuela

Daniel Eduardo Brizuela (born December 29, 1985 in Las Heras, Mendoza) is a male featherweight boxer from Argentina.

David Lim

He returned to mountaineering, and since 1999, has led more than 15 expeditions, including the first all-Singapore ascent of Argentina's Aconcagua (6962m), and the world's third solo of Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world (6893m).

Deportivo Español

Club Deportivo Español (commonly referred to as either Deportivo Español or simply Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires.

Diphasiastrum

The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution, in much of the Northern Hemisphere, south in mountains to South America (reaching furthest south in Jujuy Province, northwest Argentina), New Guinea and the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific Ocean, but confined to climates with high humidity for most or all of the year (or, in cool climates, protected by snow cover in winter).

Douce

Douce noir, French wine grape that is also known as Charbono in California and Bonarda in Argentina

Enzo Kalinski

Enzo Kalinski (born 10 March 1987 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who playing for San Lorenzo of the Primera División in Argentina.

Ernesto Cortázar II

Ernesto traveled to more than 25 countries and performed his original compositions for political figures such as President of Argentina Carlos Menem, Nikita Khrushchev leader of the USSR and entertained at various prestigious venues including The Kremlin (Russia) and The Mexican Presidential House.

Ethnography of Argentina

Mestizo population in Argentina, unlike in other Latin American countries, is very low, as is the Black population after being decimated by diseases and wars in the 19th century, though since the 1990s a new wave of Black immigration is arriving.

Fabio Vázquez

Fabio Francisco Vázquez (Viedma, 19 February 1994) is an Argentinian professional football player who currently plays for Argentinos Juniors.

First International Conference of American States

To oppose the U.S. arbitration plan the Latin delegations supported a joint proposal drafted by Argentina's Sáenz Peña and co-sponsored by Brazil.

Gabriele Oriali

He was also part of the team that defeated the strong teams of Argentina and Brazil, and defeated Poland in the semi-final.

George Mayer

Jorge Mayer (1915–2010), Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Gustavo Lillo

Gustavo Alejandro Lillo (born August 8, 1973 in Mendoza) is a retired Argentine professional footballer.

Hugo Rafael Soto

Hugo Rafael Soto (born 16 August 1967 in Catamarca, Argentina) is a former professional boxer.

Human trafficking in Bolivia

The government continued to operate four specialized anti-trafficking police units in La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba, and made preparations to open an additional six units along the frontiers with Brazil, Argentina, and Peru in 2010 with the support of a foreign government.

Inga and Anush Arshakyan

This was followed by invitations to appear on stage with the same program in New York, Toronto, Argentina and Paris.

Jorge Giannoni

Shortly thereafter the University of Buenos Aires was pressured by the government of Isabel Perón to close the Institute, and he had to leave the country for Peru, and then Cuba, where he resided until his return to Argentina in 1983.

José Sarney

Sarney and the president of Argentina Raúl Alfonsín started the process of the creation of a common market between the two nations in 1985.

José Villalobos

He was a member of Costa Rica U23 team who competed at 2004 Summer Olympics, playing the full 90 minutes in all matches as Costa Rica lost to Argentina on the quarterfinals and scoring in the group stage match against Portugal.

Leo Maslíah

The Konex Foundation of Argentina awarded him "Merit for humour in literature" in 1994.

Mario Gerosa

He was called for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, playing two games and scoring a try in 31-25 win over Argentina, at 4 June 1995, in East London.

Maurice Seynaeve

Maurice Seynaeve (Heule (near Kortrijk) Belgium, 31 January 1907 - Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Argentina, 28 November 1998) was a Belgian Cyclo-cross rider in the years 1928-1940.

Michelle Engelsman

Michelle Engelsman (born December 9, 1979 in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina) is a retired Australian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.

Minute Maid

In Argentina, a traditional juice manufacturer, Cepita, that came to bankrupt in 2001, was purchased by the Coca Cola Company and became operational again.

Nicolás Freire

Nicolás Freire (born 18 February 1994 in Santa Lucía) is an Argentinian professional football player who currently plays for Argentinos Juniors.

Nimotuzumab

in Argentina, EL KENDI Pharmaceutical in Algeria and Laboratorios PiSA in Mexico.

Pais

Ampelographers believe that along with the Criolla Grande grape of Argentina and Mission grape of California, that the Pais grape is descended by the Spanish "common black grape" brought to Mexico in 1520 by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.

Parides bunichus

Parides bunichus damocrates (Guenée, 1872) (Argentina, Uruguay) Much paler; the head and palpi are black, and the submarginal spots on the upper surface of the hindwing are not bright red.

Pro Moves Soccer

Fictional players player for each team (nations range from Argentina to Jamaica and Russia).

Proto-Elamite

The Mesopotamian civilization emerged during the period 3700–2900 BC amid the development of technological innovations such as the plough, sailing boats and copper metal working.

Roller Hockey South American Club Championship

The current holders of the South American Club Championship are Sport Recife, who beat San Lorenzo by a score of 5–4 in Huracán, Argentina.

Saladillo

Saladillo Stream, a stream of the Paraná River, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

Sportivo Dock Sud

Club Sportivo Dock Sud (familiarly called Docke by fans) is an Argentine football club based in the Dock Sud district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires.

Uki Goñi

He is also the author of two previous books in Spanish, El infiltrado, la verdadera historia de Alfredo Astiz (Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1996), regarding crimes committed by Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship, and Perón y los alemanes (Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1998), on wartime links between Berlin and Buenos Aires.


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