However, these claims were given up in about 1870 during the War of the Pacific between Chile, the allied Bolivia and Peru, in a diplomatic deal to keep Argentina out of the war.

The islands are located from the Isla de los Estados in Argentina ( and from the Argentine mainland ); from Chile ; west of the Shag Rocks ( South Georgia ) and north of the British Antarctic Territory ( which overlaps with the Argentine and Chilean claims to Antarctica in that region ).

During the 1940s Chile and Argentina formulated their Antarctic claims, and governments realized the key role of Tierra del Fuego's geographical proximity in backing their claims as well as to supply their Antarctic bases.

In the 1960s and 1970s sovereignty claims by Argentina over Picton, Lennox and Nueva Islands in Tierra del Fuego led the two countries to the brink of war in December 1978.

Uruguay won its independence between 1811 – 28 following a three-way struggle among the claims of Spain, Argentina and Brazil.

* 2, 766, 889 km < sup > 2 </ sup > -- Argentina ( country ranked 8th by area ) ( without claims on Antarctica and the Falklands )

Argentina claims a section of Antarctica ( Argentine Antarctica ) but has agreed to suspend sovereignty disputes in the region as a signatory to the Antarctic Treaty.

Argentina also asserts claims to several South Atlantic islands administered by the United Kingdom.

Argentina claims part of Antarctica as Argentine Antarctica, an area delimited by the 25 ° West and 74 ° West meridians and the 60 ° South parallel.

Argentina also claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands () and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

** A press release from Argentina claims that their Huemul Project had produced controlled nuclear fusion.

The Economist stated in January 2011 that Big Mac index " does support claims that Argentina ’ s government is cooking the books.

The sea is contained within the two overlapping Antarctic territorial claims of Argentina, ( Argentine Antarctica ) and Britain ( British Antarctic Territory ), and also resides partially within the territorial claim of Chile ( Antarctic Chilean Territory ).

The reaction from some Trotskyists in Britain was to give such support to Argentina when war broke out, ignoring historical claims to the islands or the question of who began the war.

Although claim and counter-claim are invariably difficult to reconcile, figures released for an official publication, Crónica de la subversión en la Argentina ( Buenos Aires: Ediciones Depalma ) at least give an indication of the kind of guerrilla activity undertaken, with claims the rural guerrillas occupied 52 towns, robbed 166 banks and took US $ 76 million in ransoms for the kidnappings of 185 people.

Argentina, which claims the islands in its constitution and invaded and briefly occupied a number of the islands in 1982, agreed in 1995 to no longer seek settlement by force.

The peninsula forms part of disputed and overlapping claims by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom.

The 1950s saw a marked increase in the number of research bases as Britain, Chile and Argentina competed to make claims over the same area.

This is the basis for the position advanced by Chile and Argentina for their territorial claims.

There is some dispute as to the outcome of the attack, modern Argentina claims the settlement was destroyed whilst Duncan's log describes spiking the guns of the settlement and destroying the powder store.

Evangelical churches have been gaining a foothold since the 1980s with approximately 9 % of the total population, Pentecostal churches and traditional Protestant denominations are present in most communities and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims 330, 000 followers in Argentina ( their seventh-largest congregation in the world ).

Chile ( like Argentina and Great Britain ) regards all of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands as part of that country's territory, however the terms of the Antarctic Treaty allow Chile to colonize the Fildes Peninsula without overtly pursuing its territorial claims.

It is located within the Antarctic claims of Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom.

The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat headquarters have been located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since September 2004.

It mostly uses seaports in eastern Argentina and Uruguay for international trade because its diplomatic relations with Chile have been suspended since 1978.

About 15 % of the population is foreign, most of them immigrants from Argentina, Ecuador, and Colombia who have arrived in the previous 10 years.

With the announcement of the 2013 schedule and home nation tours to other countries in non-Lions Tour years, it looks extremely unlikely that the British and Irish Lions will have the opportunity to tour Argentina before the 2017 tour of New Zealand.

Community Currencies have recently proven valuable in meeting the needs of people living in various South American nations, particularly Argentina, that recently suffered as a result of the collapse of the Argentinian national currency.

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified-( 20 ) Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay

The " strong "-" weak " categorization is not the same as " Western "-" non-Western ", as some Latin American states like Argentina and Brazil and Middle Eastern states like Egypt and Israel are considered to have " strong " administrative structures and economic infrastructure.

The Mapuche of Argentina do not have a word for music, but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms ( kantun ), European and non-Mapuche music ( kantun winka ), ceremonial songs ( öl ), and tayil ( Robertson 1976, 39 ).

The Masorti movements in Argentina, Hungary, and the United Kingdom have indicated that they will not admit or ordain homosexual rabbinical students.

Fish-eating killer whales in Alaska and Norway have resident-like social structures, while mammal-eating killer whales in Argentina and the Crozet Islands behave more like transients.

" Killer " and " Murder One " were believed to have been destroyed in Argentina when all the other equipment was stolen but this was later proven to be untrue.

In Argentina, Merlot plantings have been increasing in the Mendoza region with the grape showing an affinity to the Tupungato region of the Uco Valley.

According to different sources, 8, 000 to 30, 000 people, are estimated to have disappeared and died during the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

CANDU PHWRs have been built in Canada, Argentina, China, India, Pakistan, Romania, and South Korea.

Some economic experts have argued that the development gap between China and other emerging economies such as Brazil, Argentina and India can be attributed to a large extent to China's early focus on ambitious infrastructure projects, notably mass transport and transit related projects.

However, crackdowns by the governments of Brazil and Argentina have stemmed the flow of shoppers travelling to Paraguay looking for trafficable items.

Argentina also have a popular stock series, called Turismo Carretera.

In the rest of Latin America, the situation is similar to that of Mexico, with many suburbs being built, most notably in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, which have experienced a boom in the construction of suburbs since the late 70s and early 80s.

As the growth of middle-class and upper-class suburbs increased, low-class squatter areas have increased, most notably " lost cities " in Mexico, barriadas in Peru, villa miserias in Argentina, asentamientos in Guatemala and favelas of Brazil.

Argentina thus argues that, in the case of the Falkland Islands, the principle of territorial integrity should have precedence over self-determination.

Some conferences have sent missionaries to other nations including Malawi, Fiji and Argentina.

Some of the few remaining Yaghans have settled in Villa Ukika in Navarino Island, others have scattered across Chile and Argentina.

Other areas of the world that have frequent tornadoes include South Africa, parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil, as well as portions of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and far eastern Asia.