Jorge Ricardo Masetti, leader of the EGP that had infiltrated into Salta province from Bolivia in 1964, is considered by some as Argentina's first disappeared after their defeat in clashes with the Argentine gendarmerie.

Argentina's performances never reached the expected heights, and the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals after a last minute 2 – 1 defeat to the Netherlands.

More recently, Bolivia beat Argentina, who were ranked sixth in the world, 6 – 1 on April 1, 2009, Argentina's heaviest defeat since 1958.

Argentina's defeat caused the collapse of the military junta.

Injury ruled him out of the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals in Spain, but he was playing some of the finest football of his career when the next manager, Bobby Robson, included him in his squad for the 1986 edition in Mexico: he played in the victory over Paraguay, but was dropped for the next game, the quarter-final defeat by Argentina's infamous ’ Hand of God ’; in total, he made 17 international appearances.

It appeared that Montevideo would finally fall when an uprising against Rosas, led by Justo José de Urquiza governor of Argentina's Entre Ríos Province began.

Chile's football federation committee, led by Carlos Dittborn and Juan Pinto Durán, toured many countries convincing various football associations about the country's ability to organize the tournament in comparison to Argentina's superior sports infrastructure and prestige.

The deposition of Rosas led to Argentina's present institutional framework, outlined in the 1853 constitution.

The large numbers of Russians in San Telmo and elsewhere in Buenos Aires led to the consecration of Argentina's first Russian Orthodox Church in 1901.

This refusal led Mosconi to evolve in favor of the nationalization of oil supplies in order to strengthen Argentina's independence.

These in turn led a doubling of YPF production to 65 million barrels ; including the private sector, Argentina's oil production thus nearly tripled to 98 million barrels by 1962, and despite higher consumption, imports fell to merely one sixth of total demand.

During the fifth meeting ( Montevideo, 1995 ) a dispute arose about the attendance of the Movimiento Bolivia Libre, which was charged, in a motion presented by ten parties, led by Argentina's Partido Obrero, of support to the repressive actions of the neoliberal government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada in Bolivia.

The dispute and discrepancies over the second goal had led to confusion over the first-ever World Cup hat-trick, as Argentina's Guillermo Stábile scored one against Mexico just two days after the USA-Paraguay game.

Moyano's rapproachment with the CGT was again strained in the year 2000, when President Fernando de la Rúa's plans to make Argentina's labour laws more flexible distanced him from the CGT leadership led by Rodolfo Daer, whose conciliatory stance led to a " Rebel " CGT led by Julio Piumato.

In an interview with Richard Burgin, Borges recalled how his interactions with Argentina's Nazi sympathisers led him to write the short story.

Policies of " free trade " and financial deregulation pursued by Argentina's last dictatorship led to a sudden, record deficit in 1980 and, by 1981, a mountain of bad debts and financial collapse.

Aguirre also came under fire for, among other things, leaving Toluca's creative midfielder Zinha out of the squad ; for cutting 20 year-old Barcelona midfielder Jonathan dos Santos ( brother of Giovani dos Santos ) at the last moment, while the team was already training abroad, and keeping veteran Adolfo Bautista on the squad ; for starting the 37 year-old Óscar Perez in goal instead of regular starter Guillermo Ochoa ; for starting the 37 year-old Cuauhtémoc Blanco in the 1 – 0 loss against Uruguay ; for rotating the captain's armband among three different players ( Rafael Márquez, Gerardo Torrado and Blanco ); for starting Bautista in the second-round match against Argentina ; for using the speedy and talented winger Pablo Barrera strictly as a replacement ; for relegating Deportivo La Coruña midfielder Andrés Guardado to the bench and replacing him in the two games he did start ; and for choosing Ricardo Osorio as a central defender over the younger Héctor Moreno ( Osorio was responsible for a crucial error in the match against Argentina that directly led to Argentina's second goal ).

But Argentina's " group of death " saw the team fall at the first hurdle, only managing a victory against Nigeria.

* Living and dying with hard pegs: the rise and fall of Argentina's currency board, De la Torre, Augusto & Levy Yeyati, Eduardo & Schmukler, Sergio L., 2003 )

Outside Italy, P2 was also active in Uruguay, Brazil and in Argentina, with Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Argentina's interim president ( between July 13, 1973 to October 12, 1973 ) during the height of the " Dirty War " among its members.

Several members of the Argentine military junta have been found to be P2 members, such as Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Argentina's interim president from July 13, 1973 until October 12, 1973, Emilio Massera, part of Jorge Videla's military junta from 1976 to 1978, and José López Rega, the infamous founder of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (" Triple A ").

International indebtedness became a notable problem, as most recently illustrated by Argentina's default in the early 21st century.

The coalition that supported his candidature became the Partido Autonomista Nacional, Argentina's first national party ; all the presidents until 1916 would come from this party.

This controversy notwithstanding, upon Argentina's return to democracy in December 1983, he became a close economic advisor to Peronist politician José Manuel de la Sota and was elected as a Peronist deputy for Córdoba Province in the 1987 mid-term polls.

The Instituto Aerotécnico later became Argentina's military aeroplane factory, the Fábrica Militar de Aviones.

He provided leadership in saving Argentina's arbitration treaty with Italy, which almost foundered in 1907-1908, and eventually became the unofficial adviser to both the legislature and the foreign office on the analysis and implications of proposed foreign treaties.

The development of Argentina's sizable petroleum reserves had played a key role in Argentine politics since the formation of the state oil concern YPF in 1922 and, as well as becoming critical to industrialization, it soon became a tool to foster nationalism among voters.

Frigerio became a significant shareholder in Argentina's largest newsdaily, Clarín, following a 1971 deal made with the newsdaily's owner, Ernestina Herrera de Noble, whose late husband ( Clarín founder Roberto Noble ), had supported Frondizi.

Even so, by being a part of the squad, he became the only player to feature in both Argentina's World Cup-winning teams.

In the NBA, John Stockton, the league's all-time leader in assists and steals, eventually became a steal with the 16th overall draft pick in 1984, and Manu Ginóbili, a key contributor to three San Antonio Spurs championships in the 2000s and centerpiece of Argentina's Olympic gold medal team in 2004, was the next-to-last pick in the 1999 draft.

Oil nationalization became an important theme of Yrigoyen's electoral campaign of 1928, although the Yrigoyenistas focused their criticism on Standard Oil of New Jersey, abstaining themselves from attacking British Empire interests, to which Argentina's economy was closely linked ( in particular Royal Dutch Shell ).

In 1991 he was appointed Argentine Ambassador to South Africa by President Carlos Menem, and in 1994 became Argentina's Minister for Sport.

* De La V subsequently played small roles in many telenovelas and variety shows for Argentina's Telefe, but the show that made her an internationally known star has arguably been Los Roldán ( 2004 ), a sitcom that became a hit across South America and among digital television viewers in the United States.

Castaña's career declined during the 1990s, but resurged after 2003, and he became active in Argentina's stage and festival circuit.

In the 1979 Metropolitano Diego became the youngest topscorer in the history of Argentine football with 14 goals, he went on to become top scorer in the following three tournaments, matching José Sanfilippo's record of being Argentina's topscorer on four consecutive occasions.

She became an award-winning producer of Panorama in 1986, and co-authored The Disappeared: Voices from a Secret War with the BBC's diplomatic editor John Simpson about the actions of Argentina's military government in the same year.

He became inspired by the work that actor Ernesto Blanco did on the play, and decided to take acting seriously, becoming a student at the prestigious Conservatorio de Arte Dramatico, where some of Argentina's most famous actors have also graduated from.

After that war, the Army became involved in Argentina's Conquista del Desierto (" Conquest of the Desert "): the campaign to occupy Patagonia and root out the natives, who conducted looting raids throughout the country.

When Pumpido was injured in Argentina's second group game against the Soviet Union, Goycochea became the goalkeeper in the penalty shootout of the quarterfinal game against the Yugoslavian team.

He was part of the Argentine team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico ( he scored Argentina's second goal in their 3 – 2 victory over West Germany ), a starter for Spanish giant Real Madrid, and later became sporting director of the Spanish club.

She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's Norma Nolan in 1962.

In 2002 he became the third golfer to receive Argentina's highest sports award, the Olimpia de Oro (" Golden Olympia ").

Mandl became a leading member of Argentina's social circles.

La Plata was a planned city, intended as the capital of the province after the city of Buenos Aires became the Argentina's Federal Capital.

The surrounding area became Argentina's first National Park in 1903