Essays Tagged: "Argentina"

Introduction to sociology

behavior.I was born 21 years ago in Mar del Plata city. Mar del Plata is the first tourist city in Argentina. My father, my mother, my two older sisters and I compose my family. As soon as I was born ... ehavior, and material objects that, together, form a people's way of life " (p. 61, J.Macionis) .In Argentina the official language is Spanish. Language is a component of culture; " it is a system of ...

(4 pages) 270 2 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Festivals in Spanish speaking countries-withn 100 spanish words included- references included

n Spain and it's origins in the 'New World' and by mirando at festivals in countries such as Spain, Argentina and Costa Rica, Mexico.Christopher Columbus fue an Italian explorer who along con otros ex ... as midnight comes on Deciembre 31st a grape is eaten at every stroke for suerte for the year to comeArgentina is a Spanish speaking country in South America. In Argentina there is a festival called 'C ...

(6 pages) 83 1 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Paraguay.

located in South America and is closed in by Bolivia on the north and west, Brazil on the east, and Argentina on the south and west. Bolivia and Paraguay are the two landlocked nations of the continen ... ow most of the forest is depleted. The Paraguay river forms part of the border between Paraguay and Argentina. Dry plains and woodlands are all that is to the left of the Paraguay river, and that is w ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Essay Title: Adopt-a-Country Report: Argentina This essay is a general description of Argentina, including economy, geography, and population statistics.

The country of Argentina is located in the southern region of South America. A Spanish colony until 1816, it was to ... ong period of authoritarian rule was followed by a military junta in 1976; democracy returned 1983.3Argentina, the second-largest country in South America, lies between Chile and Uruguay, bordering on ... the USA. Its coastline is 4,989 km long, and its perimeter is 9,665 km long. 37,812,817 people call Argentina home, and it has a growth rate of 1.13%. It has a temperate climate, although the southwes ...

(4 pages) 106 1 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Film Review: "The Official Story".

lm "The Official Story" directed by Luis Puenzo in 1985 depicts the turmoil and disbelief caused by Argentina's "Dirty War". Puenzo centers the film around Alicia, the mother of a thought to be adopte ... truth behind her disappearance. Ana tells Alicia that she was taken away one night by the military-Argentina was under a military dictatorship during this time-to a place where she was beaten and pos ...

(3 pages) 75 0 2.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

¿ Cuáles fueron las desventajas y cuáles las ventajas del peronismo?

En febrero 1946, cuando Juan Domingo Perón vino al poder en la elección más democrática que Argentina había experimentado hasta entonces y hacía ya tres años que el Peronismo existía. Habà ... saría con Perón, y quien traería consecuencias profondas con respecto a la vida y a la política argentina. En este ensayo, voy a analizar las ventajas y desventajas del peronismo examinando primer ...

(9 pages) 38 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Argentina - Mining

TABLE OF CONTENTS1.0Introduction 22.0Executive Summary 33.0Argentina: A country Profile 43.1 General Information about Argentina 43.2 Political overview 4-53.3 ... has been successfully operating in Australian market and planning to other international market. An Argentina business has made a proposal to set up a joint venture with the company. As the company' s ... enture with the company. As the company' s chief executive, my task is to conduct a research on the Argentina market, conduct an environmental analysis of Argentina and the country' s involvement in r ...

(10 pages) 87 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Argentina

Argentina, one of the largest countries in South America. Their president is Nestor Kirchner and has ... esident is Nestor Kirchner and has an republic type government. It is about 1,000,000 square miles. Argentina extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andes. The country has many kinds of landscapes: Mo ... untry has many kinds of landscapes: Mountains, rain forests, beaches, glaciers, deserts and plains. Argentina's climate is usually moderate. The seasons in Argentina are opposite those in North Americ ...

(2 pages) 52 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The crisis of Argentina in 2001-2002

This assignment is about the crisis that affected Argentina in 2001. First of all, we will try to understand how this crisis occured. In a second part ... been done and what to learn from this economic disaster.After its crisis at the end of the 1980's, Argentina started to find the road to a good health on April 1rst, 1991, when Carlos Menem's governm ... e of companies and banks and a general lack of transparency in the public sector.In concrete terms, Argentina's economy went into recession in September 1998 as a consequence of the Asian and Russian ...

(6 pages) 123 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Changing the drinking age to 21

of drinking is the safest way to reduce juvenile alcohol abuse. Young people in France, Spain, and Argentina rarely abuse alcohol. They learn how to drink within the family, which sees drinking in mo ...

(2 pages) 32 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Cry for Argentina

Only way to survive is exchanging his goods with food. He cannot see his future; moreover nobody in Argentina can hope anything and nobody can plan their future.It is sure that Domingo is not the only ... can hope anything and nobody can plan their future.It is sure that Domingo is not the only the one. Argentina, whose economy was the tenth biggest in the world and who were the seventh biggest exporte ...

(9 pages) 75 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Crisis Argentina, CONVERTIBILIDAD: La experiencia Argentina.

Facultad de CienciasEconómicas y AdministrativasCONVERTIBILIDAD:La experiencia ArgentinaAlumna: Francisca PérezProfesor: Patricio MujicaI N D I C EI.- INTRODUCCIÓN ... 5 2.3. El Ciclo Económico de Argentina. 6III.- DESEMPEÑO FISCAL ... específicamente, se analizará el régimen de convertibilidad que adoptó Argentina en 1991, y su terrible desenlace a fines del 2001.Fueron los trabajos de Fleming, Mundell ...

(39 pages) 37 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Argentina - about general information, demographics,Government and economy, People, Customs, Celebrations/holidays, Foods, and other.

General Information:The country of Argentina second-largest country in South America, or The Argentine Republic, is located in the sout ... nd Uruguay, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean. Slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US, Argentina is 2,766,890 square kilometers in area. Argentina borders Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay ... livia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The capital, Buenos Aires, lies in the eastern part of Argentina, slightly northwest from Uruguay. The currency is Argentine pesos (ARS) and one Argentine ...

(3 pages) 56 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Argentina

Argentina is the second largest country in South America after Brazil. Argentina has a population of ... ountry in South America after Brazil. Argentina has a population of 39,144,753, about 85 percent of Argentina's population is of European origin and most of the other immigrants are from Paraguay and ... ia with most of the population living in urban areas like Buenos Aires which is the biggest city in ArgentinaArgentina is one of the world's leading cattle and grain-producing nations. But sense the 8 ...

(1 pages) 37 1 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Argentina Through The Years

Argentina Through The YearsArgentina lies between the Andes and the Atlantic. Chile bound her histor ... t by Paraguay, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean. Its total area is about 2,951,000 square kilometers. Argentina's debt crisis can be studied as a problem in epidemiology. This is a powerful virus that c ... t.Chaotic government finances and the consequent resort to printing money have been at the heart of Argentina's problems. Although the public-sector deficit was much reduced in 1982-86, the improvemen ...

(4 pages) 40 0 3.5 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

On Politics and Identity in Latin American Cinema In regards to the films of Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Cuba

dramatic political upheaval and huge gaps in the welfare of the people in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Cuba create feeling of frustration that is often reflected in their films.Films such ... often reflected in their films.Films such as Terra em Trance (Brazil), The Official Story, Camilla (Argentina), Memories of Underdevelopment (Cuba), and The Green Wall (Peru) are characterized by the ...

(5 pages) 50 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Comparison of democratic consolidation in Argentina and Kenya

Bertelsmann Stiftung. 2005, Argentina, Bertlemans Transformation Index, Viewed 12 Mei 2005, < http://www.bertelsmann-transfor ...

(1 pages) 26 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The Falkland Islands War: Two Bald Men Fighting For a Comb

throughout the Spanish speaking world, are a chain of islands almost 500 kilometers off the cost of Argentina . Over the course of history the islands have been the subject of many disputes; first bet ... ted official British colonial status. Starting around 1933 a strong sense of nationalism emerged in Argentina and many felt that Argentina should control the islands. In 1965, the United Nations force ...

(8 pages) 33 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The Argentine Financial Crisis

p in understanding why the crisis happened, and would help prevent it from happening again. In 1990 Argentina was in a recession. To solve this problem the Argentine government implemented the Convert ... economy continued to grow until 2004. In 2005 the Tequila crisis in Mexico triggered a recession in Argentina; however, the country rebounded fast thanks to help from the IMF. Another, smaller growth ...

(10 pages) 115 0 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Submarino.Com: The Challenges of B2C E-Commerce in Latin America.

Electronics (TVs, DVD Players, etc.). The company is headquartered in Brazil with virtual stores in Argentina, Mexico, Spain and Portugal. Submarino.com was launched in June 1999 by Antonio Bonchristi ... ss model. Between November 1999 and September 2000, Submarino.com launched online stores in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Spain and Portugal.Submarino.com is challenged with achieving aggressive sales ta ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce