Some Argentine chorizos include other types of meat, typically beef.

* 1848 – Camila O ' Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.

Argentine cuisine may be described as a cultural blending of Mediterranean influences ( such as those created by Italian and Spanish populations ) within the wide scope of livestock and agricultural products that are abundant in the country.

Such celebrations copy, in an Argentine manner, Munich's Oktoberfest, and similarly are tourist attractions.

Argentine Gauchos are well known for using it for night orientation in the vast Pampas and Patagonic regions.

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 ).

The Argentine dead are buried in the Argentine Military Cemetery west of the Darwin Settlement.

Today there are an estimated 700, 000 people of Irish ancestry in Argentina, approximately 15. 5 % of the Republic of Ireland's current population ; however, these numbers may be far higher, given that many Irish newcomers declared themselves to be British, as Ireland at the time was still part of the United Kingdom and today their descendants integrated into Argentine society with mixed bloodlines.

A sign at the Argentine-Brazilian border, translated into English, proclaims " The Falkland Islands | Falklands are Argentine " to visitors entering the country from Brazil.

* 1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships: RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.

On 5 March 1975, a Montoneros bomb detonates in the underground parking at Plaza Colón of the Argentine Army High Command and a garbage truck driver, Alberto Blas García is killed and 28 others are wounded, including four colonels and 18 other ranks. On 3 June 1975, Montoneros guerrillas murdered Raul Amelong, manager of the Acindar steel firm in Rosario, in reprisal for alleged repression against striking employes.

The South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited, though a permanently manned Argentine research station was located on Thule Island from 1976 to 1982 ( for details, see " History " section above ).

They are grilled in many Latin American cuisines, such as in the Argentine asado, and served in bread in Turkish cuisine.

Its South American versions are the southern Brazilian churrasco and the Argentine asado.

In Argentina, the most representative Carnival performed is the so called Murga, although other famous Carnival, more Brazilian stylized, are held in the Argentine Mesopotamia and the North-East.

Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls or Iguaçu Falls ( ; ; ) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of Brazilian State Paraná and Argentine Province Misiones.

Uruguayan tango and milonga are both popular styles, and folk music from along the River Plate is indistinguishable from its Argentine counterpart.

The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, in Spanish Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina, are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief ( the President ) and a civilian Minister of Defense.

In addition to the army, navy and air force, there are two forces controlled by the Interior Ministry: the Argentine National Gendarmerie, a gendarmerie used to guard borders and places of strategic importance ; and the Naval Prefecture, a coast guard used to protect internal major rivers and maritime territory.

Representatives are elected to the Argentine National Congress by party-list proportional representation.

The majority of Argentine roads, however, are two-lane national and provincial routes and, though they are spread throughout the country, less than a third of Argentina's 230, 000 km ( 145, 000 mi ) of roads are currently paved.

Argentine long distance buses are fast, affordable and comfortable ; they have become the primary means of long-distance travel since railway privatizations in the early 1990s greatly downsized Argentina's formerly ubiquitous passenger rail service.

Thus, the Argentine Commando units, normally used for deep-recce had to take on this role.

During the repairs of the Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar which is normally used to supply the base, the Argentine Air Force take over the task with airdrops by KC-130 Hercules aircraft in a non-stop flight from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego

Both superintendente and the much more common Spanish word comisario normally translate into English as superintendent, which creates some translation problems when discussing Argentine police services.

Much of the recognition the battle generated is because San Martín fought in it, as the size of the forces involved and the length of the clash would normally mean it was considered a military engagement rather than a real battle and it did not influence the development of the Argentine War of Independence.

As regards products made with sugar, Papaya ( mamón in Argentine Spanish ) jam is typical of the province of Corrientes.

Virtually all productions today, however, use the original ending, as do nearly all of the film versions of this play, including Dariush Mehrjui's Sara ( the Argentine version, made in 1943 and starring Delia Garcés, does not ; it also modernizes the story, setting it in the early 1940s ).

The Born brothers were kept in a known Argentine State Intelligence safehouse for nine months until their June 1975 release, something made possible without public suspicion of outside involvement by the agency's numerous contacts inside the Montoneros ( including the leader, Mario Firmenich ).

Although the British discovered the presence of the Argentine base in 1978, protested and tried to resolve the issue by diplomatic means, no effort was made to remove them by force until after the Falklands War.

In 2001-02, Argentine citizens made massive withdrawals of dollars deposited in Uruguayan banks after bank deposits in Argentina were frozen, which led to a plunge in the Uruguayan peso, a banking crisis, and a sharp economic contraction.

Caution eventually destroys or incapacitates it by telling it a riddle that involves something Alpha 60 can not comprehend: poetry ( although many of its lines are actually quotations from the Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges ; the opening line of the film, along with others, is an extract of Borges's essay " Forms of a Legend " and other references throughout the movie are made by Alpha 60 to Borges's " A New Refutation of Time ").

Between 1829 and 1833, Percival Norton Johnson was the first man to refine cupronickel on the British Isles ; he became a wealthy man producing in excess of 16. 5 tonnes per year, mainly made into cutlery by the Birmingham firm William Hutton and sold under the trade-name " Argentine ".

This album made them the first Argentine group and third Argentine artist to sign with a US company.

Guastavino's stylistic isolation from the modernist and avant-garde movements going on around him, and the self-consciously nationalist content of his songs made him a model for Argentine popular and folk musicians in the 1960s.

As the Argentine wine industry discovered the unique quality of wine that could be made from the grape, Malbec arose to greater prominence and is today the most widely planted red grape variety in the country.

This automatically made Kirchner president of Argentina, despite having secured only 22 % of the votes in the election, the lowest percentage gained by the eventual winner of an Argentine presidential election.

Shortly after coming into office, Kirchner made changes to the Argentine Supreme Court.

He was one of the speakers in a demonstration made next to the Argentine National Congress supporting a law project on the matter, that would be voted the following day.

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle staff critic, lauded the film and the courage of director Potter, and wrote, " British director Sally Potter stuck her neck out when she made The Tango Lesson, a fictionalized account of her relationship with Argentine tango master Pablo Veron ... Potter takes what seemed like a recipe for embarrassment and excess and delivers a film that's sweet and understated and devoid of diva posturing ... film is smoothly directed, nicely written and falters only in the performance that Potter was able to squeeze out of herself while performing her multiple tasks.

Eithne made a stop in the city of Mar del Plata, where they visited Plazoleta Almirante Brown ( Admiral Brown's Square ) and pay tribute to the Irish naval hero along with their colleagues of the Argentine Navy.

The Governments of Peru and Ecuador, desiring to settle the boundary dispute which, over a long period of time, has separated them, and taking into consideration the offer that was made to them by the Governments of the United States of America, of the Argentine Republic, of the United States of Brazil, and of Chile, of their friendly services to seek a prompt and honorable solution to the program, and moved by the American spirit that prevails in the Third Consultative Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, have resolved to conclude a protocol of peace, friendship, and boundaries in the presence of the representatives of those four friendly Governments.

These rectifications shall be made with the collaboration of the representatives of the United States of America, the Argentine Republic, Brazil, and Chile.

The formation of his force of volunteers in Uruguay, his mastery of the techniques of guerilla warfare, his opposition to the Emperor of Brazil and Argentine territorial ambitions ( perceived by liberals as also imperialist ), and his victories in the battles of Cerro and Sant ' Antonio in 1846 that assured the independence of Uruguay, made Garibaldi and his followers heroes in Italy and Europe.

During his imprisonment, San Martín organized an army in Mendoza, made up of mainly African slaves and Argentine soldiers, and a token few Chilean irregulars.

Another common misconception is that the Argentine forces made no attempt to use the airfield at Port Stanley as a base for high-performance jets.

This situation was to be improved during 2006 with the delivery made by France of the first of the LPD Ouragans but the whole operation was placed in stand by the Argentine Government due to asbestos concerns.

She was made a member of the Argentine Academy of Letters in 1976 ( the first woman ever admitted to the Academy ; she formally took her seat on June 23, 1977 ).

In 2009, Argentine authorities in Comodoro Rivadavia ratified a decision made by authorities in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego ( which, according to Argentina, have authority over the islands ) charging 70 officers and NCOs with inhumane treatment of conscript soldiers during the war.