In Argentina and Uruguay, both asado ( beef roasted on a fire ) and steak a la parrilla ( beefsteak cooked on traditional grill ) are staple dishes and even hailed as national specialities.

In Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the traditional asado is often made along with several offal types ( called " Achuras "), like chinchulines and tripa gorda ( chitterlings ), mollejas ( sweetbreads ) and riñón ( cow's kidney ).

The asado developed from the horsemen and cattle culture of the region, more specifically from the gauchos of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay ( and southern Chile ) and the huasos of Chile.

Uruguayans rival only neighboring Argentina in their consumption of beef, primarily at gatherings known in the continent as the asado.

In South America, notably Argentina, a brasero is a small grill attached to a box with coals used to serve sizzling hot meats at an asado.

Chivito ( the diminutive of chivo, " goat ") is the grilled meat of a young goat eaten in Argentina, sometimes as part of an asado.

* 1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.

Spanish settlers came to Argentina in 1536.

A traditional drink of Argentina is an infusion called mate ( in Spanish, mate, with the accent on the first syllable ).

* The Marshall T. Meyer Latin American Rabbinical Seminary ( Spanish: Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano Marshall T. Meyer ), in Buenos Aires, Argentina ; and

He also contributed to film magazines from all around the world, including Spanish speaking La Cosa: Cine Fantástico magazine, from Argentina, where he had a monthly column for over four years.

In Argentina and Uruguay the Spanish standard is based on the local dialects of Buenos Aires and Montevideo ( Rioplatense Spanish ).

File: SantaCruz-CuevaManos-P2210651b. jpg | Cueva de las Manos ( Spanish for Cave of the Hands ) in the Santa Cruz province in Argentina, c. 550 BC

Italian is the second most spoken language in Argentina after the official language of Spanish, with 1. 5 million speaking it natively and Italian has also heavily influenced the dialect of Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay, Rioplatense Spanish.

Rioplatense Spanish, and particularly the speech of the city of Buenos Aires, has intonation patterns that resemble those of Italian languages, because Argentina has had a continuous large influx of Italian settlers since the second half of the nineteenth century: initially primarily from northern Italy ; then, since the beginning of the twentieth century, mostly from southern Italy.

The first Spanish film stars came from the musical genre: Imperio Argentina, Estrellita Castro, Florián Rey ( director ) and, later, Lola Flores, Sara Montiel and Carmen Sevilla.

To make matters worse, the porteño government agitated for Paraguayan military assistance against the Spanish in Uruguay and, disregarding the Treaty of October 11, for unification of Paraguay with Argentina.

Migrants also arrived from neighboring Spanish American countries, especially Argentina.

* 23-Imperio Argentina, 96, Spanish singer and actress.

* 1529 – The Spanish fort Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.

** Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing South Common Market ( Mercosur its acronym in Spanish )

Chile was retaken by Spain in 1814, but lost permanently in 1817 when an army under José de San Martín, for the first time in history, crossed the Andes Mountains from Argentina to Chile, and went on to defeat Spanish royalist forces at the Battle of Chacabuco in 1817.

* April 16 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.

* The Congress of the Argentine Nation ( Spanish: Congreso de la Nación Argentina ) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina.

People depend less on seeds for foods in Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina, where extensive grazing lands support sheep or cattle, and the consumption of meat is high.

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

There are many artisanally produced liqueurs ( distilled, flavored alcoholic beverages ) in Argentina, for example those flavored with orange, egg, anise, coffee, cherry and, inevitably, dulce de leche.

Among these, mate has long been the most widely enjoyed ; in 2006, over 700, 000 metric tons were harvested in Argentina, mostly for domestic consumption.

Most major powers repudiated Cold War assassination tactics, though many allege that this was merely a smokescreen for political benefit and that covert and illegal training of assassins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U. S., Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such operations.

According to Capp, who loved to relate the story, Kelly's two perfectly logical reasons for doing so were: a. to cement diplomatic relations between Argentina and the United States, and b. " Because you can't play the piano, anyway!

The Ministries of Defense of Germany, Argentina, Chile, Spain, USA, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Portugal had been chosen for deepened analysis because they had some type of identification with Brazil, as territorial extension, population, cash of the Armed Forces, amongst others.

In 1936, the four-quartered badge returned for the tour to Argentina and has remained on the kits ever since.

In 1927 a short nine-game series took place in Argentina, with the Lions winning all nine encounters ; the tour did however become a financial success for Argentine rugby.

In 1936 the Lions visited Argentina for the second time, winning all ten of their matches and only conceding nine points in the whole tour.

In June 2009 the British media reported that Argentina were lobbying for the 2013 British and Irish Lions Tour to Australia to incorporate a series of games in Argentina.

His goal in the 3 – 1 group win over Argentina was his 25th for England in just 38 appearances, but his individual success could not be replicated by that of the team, which was eliminated in the quarter final by Brazil, who went on to win the tournament.

Bunge & Born was founded in 1884 by Ernesto Bunge, a German Argentine whose uncle, Carl Bunge, had been Consul General in Argentina for both the Netherlands and Prussia, and his brother-in-law, Jorge Born, who had recently arrived from Antwerp.

Chile has an inequality-adjusted human development index of 0. 652, compared to 0. 654, 0. 641 and 0. 519 for neighbouring Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, respectively.

The Global Competitiveness Report for 2009-2010 ranks Chile as being the 30th most competitive country in the world and the first in Latin America, well above from Brazil ( 56th ), Mexico ( 60th ) and Argentina which ranks 85th.

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 ).

In countries where holders of the first law degree traditionally use the title of doctor ( for example, Peru, Brazil, Macau, Portugal, Argentina, and Italy ), J. D.

The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup, losing 2 – 1 to Argentina in a game made famous by two goals by Maradona for very contrasting reasons, before losing every match at the Euro 88 tournament.

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities and his successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament — the 1998 World Cup — in which England were eliminated in the second round again by Argentina and again on penalties ( after a 2 – 2 draw ).

When English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, one of the ships belonging to Thomas Cavendish's second expedition to the New World, separated from Cavendish off the coast of what is now southern Argentina, he decided to make for the Strait of Magellan in order to find Cavendish.

In 2007, Argentina withdrew from a 1995 agreement that set terms for exploitation of offshore resources.

Buenos Aires refused permission for charter flights from Chile that served cruise ships to fly over Argentina to reach the islands.