miércoles, 20 de febrero de 2008

Summary of "Argentina - Europe at a third of the price whether you are thinking about relocating or just investing…now is the time to act By Kathleen

In a first place, in an article the author said that Argentina suffered for a long time a difficult situation with their economy. But the government decided to devalue the currency. After this Argentina’s economy was changed creeping.

Later, Peddicord began with other topic, the Argentine culture. She said of three representative things to Argentina: tango, the gaucho, and yerba mate. But she began speaking of the tango. Tango is compound with different forms: instrumental, vocal, dance, or any combination thereof. She explains that Tango is an artistic expression of love and passion, and beautiful melody. Argentina recognized by the world thanks to the tango, for example in Las Vegas an important and famous person is Señor Tango. He has a big company (orchestra) compose by singers and dancers, treat audiences to a century of tango styles. When the author told about Gaucho, she simply explain that the gaucho is a personification of the pioneer spirit of Argentina - courageous and independent. And the last icon of Argentina is yerba mate. This dink is a habit for people en this country. Besides yerba mate has a very defined form to consume it. cups have covers with integrated straws so the herb doesn’t leave your cup.



In the other hand, Peddicord told about the architecture. She mentions that the architecture is eclectic and is very similar to European style. One typically apartment in Argentina is compose by three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large kitchen, sitting room, dining room, and maid’s quarters.


Finitely, in the article mentions the important tourist place, Iguazú Falls. The Iguazú falls create a deafening roar and mist the surrounding lush subtropical forests. It is higher Victoria Falls and wider than Niagara Falls. Te better moment to see it, is April to October, because it has less humidity.

martes, 19 de febrero de 2008

WELCOME TO ARGENTINA

Argentina is located at the southern tip of America. Its territory is divided into 23 provinces and autonomous town: Buenos Aires, capital of the nation and seat of the federal government. In this country living close to 40 million people, which have some human development indices, a percentage of globalization, GDP per capita level of economic growth and quality of life, which are among the highest in Latin America.

His American mainland, which covers much of the Southern Cone, bounded on the north by Bolivia and Paraguay, Brazil to the northeast, west and south by Chile and Uruguay, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

The Argentine continental territory is located between the Andes Mountains, the South Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic continent. The country can be divided into three broad geographic areas: The central and northern plains; The area south of Patagonian plateau; The western, mountainous of the Andes, on the border with Chile and with its highest peak located in the Aconcagua, in the province of Mendoza.

Overall, the climate is mild but extends to a subtropical climate in the north and sub-polar in the far south. The north of the country is characterized by very warm and humid summers with mild winters and dry, to be subject to periodic droughts. The center of the country has warm summers with rain, storms, thunder (producing hail in the west), and cool winters. The southern regions have hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall, especially in mountainous areas. The hot and humid climates of northern g

ive temperatures ranging from 27 ° C in January and 12 ° C in July and abundant rainfall in the province of Misiones with 1500mm descended westward with 600 mm. The temperate climate are in the Pampas with an average temperature of 15 ° C and rainfall ranging from 900 mm to 500 mm east to west.

In the other hand, in Argentina there is a very wide freedom of religion guaranteed by article 15 of the National Constitution, but the state recognizes a pre-eminent character to the Catholic Church which has a distinct legal status with respect to the remaining churches and confessions. According to studies commissioned by the Argentine Episcopal Conference, 88% of Argentines have been baptized as Catholics, of whom 18.5% are practitioners, but 35% do not attend church. In addition The 1853 Constitution established a system of representative government, republican and federal levels, which has been maintained by all the constitutional reforms undertaken since then. Argentina is formed by the federal union of the provinces that emerged after the dissolution of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate and the incorporation of those were forming from the National Territories. The provinces are autonomous, which is explicit in Article 121 of the National Constitution: “The provinces retain all the powers not delegated by the Constitution to the Federal Government, and which have been specifically reserved for special events at the time of its incorporation. ”The Constitution currently in force is the text of which is established by the Constitutional Convention of 1994.”
In conclusion, Argentina offers a great opportunity for Latin Americans as much as its climate conditions policies are easy to access work or study. In addition to being a beautiful country with great flora and fauna to know


http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#Gobierno_y_pol.C3.ADtica