* Angola has an embassy in Buenos Aires.

Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is a rugby union and former football club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The club was originally founded as a football team in 1891, with the name Buenos Aires English High School although it was obliged to change its name to Alumni Athletic Club ( the name was proposed by a former student of the English High School ) in 1901.

The team achieved good results and in 1960 the club presented a team that won the third division of the Buenos Aires league, reaching the second division.

Since then, Alumni has played at the highest level of Argentinian rugby and its rivalry with Belgrano Athletic Club is one of the fiercest local derbies in Buenos Aires.

* 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

* 1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile.

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

* 1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.

Rio de la Plata, with the vice regal capital in Buenos Aires, encompassed modern day Argentina, Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia.

* 1999 – A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.

* 1950 – Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Quilmes is the national brand of pale lager, named after the town of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, where it was first produced.

For long periods, urban areas such as Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Córdoba welcomed European immigrants, including, above all, those of Italian and Spanish descent.

Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Córdoba also serve it with fainá, which is a chick pea-flour dough placed over the piece of pizza.

The first were nearly all in the downtown of Buenos Aires ( el égido de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ), and soon Polish brewers began industrial production of beer: San Carlos in the province of Santa Fe, Río Segundo and Córdoba in the province of Córdoba, Quilmes ( Quilmes beer ) and Lavallol on the outskirts of La Plata ( in Buenos Aires Province ), San Miguel de Tucumán in the province of Tucumán and on the outskirts of the cities of Mendoza and Salta.

* Cattle were introduced to Uruguay before its independence by Hernando Arias de Saveedra, the Spanish Governor of Buenos Aires in 1603.

Federalist Buenos Aires Governor Manuel Dorrego took over the management of the foreign affairs of the Provinces, but he was executed in 1828 by Unitarian General Juan Lavalle, who commanded troops dissatisfied with the negotiations that ended the War with Brazil.

The murder of the man responsible for the treaty, Buenos Aires Governor Manuel Dorrego, itself led to a countercoup that brought with it the promise of a lasting peace ; but eventually led to destabilizing consequences.

In this time, there was no central authority, and the closest to that was the Chairman of Foreign Relations, typically the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires.

Following the FPV's loss of 4 Senators and over 20 Congressmen in the June 28, 2009 mid-term elections, however, he was replaced by Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli.

This, as well as the nation's mounting social and economic problems, helped carry de la Rúa to victory in the October 24, 1999, presidential election, handily defeating the ruling party candidate, Buenos Aires Governor Eduardo Duhalde ( despite the latter's opposition to the unpopular president ).

Elections in March 1962, ahead of which Frondizi lifted the ban on Peronists, resulted in significant victories for the latter, notably the election of Andrés Framini as Governor of Buenos Aires Province ( the nation's largest ).

Those among Frondizi's former allies who objected to this move backed the progressive former Buenos Aires Province Governor, Oscar Alende, an erstwhile Frondizi ally who ran on the UCRI ticket ( its last ) and finished second.

But he soon resigned, following conflict with the Governor of Buenos Aires, Carlos Tejedor.

Breaking his word to Alvear, President Justo orchestrated what his own party's Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires labeled " one of the most fraudulent elections in history ," and the UCR lost to Concordance Party candidate Roberto María Ortiz, the last Argentine President elected via the system of " Patriotic Fraud.

The city was founded as a fortress on 11 April 1828 by Colonel Ramón Estomba under the orders of Brigadier-General and subsequent Governor of Buenos Aires, Juan Manuel de Rosas, being named Fortaleza Protectora Argentina ( Argentine Protective Fortress ), intended to protect inhabitants from cattle rustlers, and also to protect the coast from the Brazilian navy, which had landed in the area the previous year.

Eduardo Duhalde, a Justicialist Party figure elected mayor in 1983, was elected Vice President of Argentina in 1989, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1991, and was appointed interim President of Argentina, serving in 2002-03 ; he was among the candidates for the presidency in 2011.

He was an unsuccessful Argentine Senate candidate for the UCR in 2005, and for Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province, with nominee Ricardo Alfonsín, in 2007.

Elected Governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1999, he issued the provincial Patacón bonds in August 2001 to deal with the scarcity of Argentine pesos when the 2001 Argentine economic crisis entered its most acute phase.

Eventually, he was called back and became the Governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1813.

When Rosas was deposed by Justo José de Urquiza, Alsina returned to Buenos Aires, and he was elected provincial Governor in 1852.

Alsina, a fervent supporter of Buenos Aires Province independence, became Governor again in 1857.

Pinto served as leader of the Council of Representatives during the progressive tenure of Buenos Aires Province Governor Martín Rodríguez, from 1821 to 1824, and represented Misiones Province from 1824 to 1827.

He was again elected President of the Buenos Aires Legislature in 1833, but stepped down upon the granting of absolute power to Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, in 1835.

Meanwhile, the Governor of Montevideo Francisco Javier de Elío, appointed as a new Viceroy by the Cortes of Cádiz in 1811, declared the Buenos Aires Junta seditious.

This came after noting that the lootings often took place in Peronist-governed towns, and that the Buenos Aires Provincial Police ( which ultimately answered to Buenos Aires Governor Carlos Ruckauf, a top Peronist ) was strangely mild in restoring order.

Colonel Domingo Mercante, who was perhaps the military officer with the closest ties to labor, was elected Governor of Buenos Aires ( a key constituency ).

* 1833 – A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.

* February 3 – Battle of Caseros or Battle of Monte Caseros, Argentina: The Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeat Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel de Rosas.

* June 11 – Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.

The following year, Juan Manuel de Rosas, leader of Buenos Aires Federalists, defeated Lavalle and was elected to office by the Legislature.

Eva met Colonel Juan Perón on 22 January 1944, in Buenos Aires during a charity event at the Luna Park Stadium to benefit the victims of an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina.

The first was the Gran Premio del Norte of 1940, run from Buenos Aires to Lima and back ; it was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a much modified Chevrolet coupé.

* La Chacarita Cemetery ( or " National Cemetery "), Buenos Aires-burial site of Juan Peron ( until 2006 ), Carlos Gardel and many other notables.

Juan Manuel de Rosas forced Lavalle to leave the province, and the federals ruled Buenos Aires until 1852.

Juan Manuel de Rosas made it his mission to stabilize Argentina in a confederacy under the tutelage of Buenos Aires Province.

He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces.

He defeated former world champion Betulio González in Maracaibo, Venezuela by a decision in 15, Steve Muchoki in Copenhagen, Denmark by a knockout in 13, Ramon Neri ( a deaf-mute boxer ) by a knockout in 9 at Córdoba, Shuichi Hozumi by a knockout in 2 in Japan, Hee Sup Chin, by a knockout in one in South Korea, Juan Herrera, in a rematch at Marsala, Italy, by a decision in 15, former world champion Prudencio Cardona by a knockout in 10 in Córdoba, former two-time world Junior Flyweight champion Hilario Zapata by a decision in 15 at Buenos Aires, and Antoine Monteiro, beaten by a knockout in 11 at Paris, France.

Conversely, President Juan Jose Torres was forced to take refuge in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he was kidnapped and assassinated by right-wing death squads associated with the Videla government and with the acquiescence of Hugo Banzer.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano ( María Teresa Criscuolo ), composition ( Fermina Casanova, Juan Carlos Zorzi ) and conducting ( Mario Benzecry ) at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo.

There were once 50, 000 hectares planted with Malbec in Argentina ; now there are 25, 000 hectares in Mendoza in addition to production in La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, Catamarca and Buenos Aires.

The Mendoza region is the leading producer of Malbec in Argentina with plantings found throughout the country in places such as La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, Catamarca and Buenos Aires.

Today, the Chilean department store Falabella is one of the most prominent in the country, with branches in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, San Juan, Mendoza, and Rosario.

The regime of city management started when Fructuoso Velásquez was named by the Cabildo of Buenos Aires as Mayor of the Brethrem in 1805 ; after the regime was modified, the first city counsellor was Silvestre Cabral in 1822. after the first corporative city hall was established, with limited authority the first counsellor and president of the city hall was Juan Antonio Cascallares in 1856.

* Quejas de bandoneon composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto, performed by Aníbal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica, recorded in Buenos Aires in 1958.

* El flete composed by Gerónimo Gradito and Vicente Greco, performed by Juan D ' Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, recorded in Buenos Aires in 1936.

* Amor y celos composed by Miguel Padula & Alfredo F. Roldán, performed by Juan D ' Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, recorded in Buenos Aires in 1936.

* Pensalo bien composed by Juan Jose Visiglio, Nola Lopez & Julio Alberto, sung by Alberto Echague with the Juan D ' Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, recorded in Buenos Aires in 1938.