Claudia Beatriz Ormachea | |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina | |
Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
Constituency | Buenos Aires |
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Born | 22 January 1959 |
Political party | Frente de Todos |
Claudia Beatriz Ormachea is an Argentine politician who is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. She worked as a social pyschologist prior to her election in 2019. [1]
Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport,he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic:the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April,when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands,followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April,the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June,returning the islands to British control. In total,649 Argentine military personnel,255 British military personnel,and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities.
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María Eva Duarte de Perón,better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita,was an Argentine politician,activist,actress,and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952,as the wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974). She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos,in the Pampas,as the youngest of five children. In 1934,at the age of 15,she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage,radio,and film actress.
Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America,governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes,fjords,temperate rainforests,and glaciers in the west and deserts,tablelands and steppes to the east. Patagonia is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west,the Atlantic Ocean to the east,and many bodies of water that connect them,such as the Strait of Magellan,the Beagle Channel,and the Drake Passage to the south.
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The Rugby Championship,formerly known as the Tri Nations Series (1996–2011),is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina,Australia,New Zealand,and South Africa. These are traditionally the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere;the Six Nations is a similar tournament in the Northern Hemisphere.
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