Category: South America

Elementary education. – During the colonial era, first grade education was given in the family, in the colleges of religious orders, in the schools attached to the churches and in…

According to Educationvv, Argentina occupies the greater part of the temperate zone of South America, but, extending from 55 ° to 22 ° about lat. south, it also includes a…

Industries. – From what has been said we conclude that Argentina has an industrial production almost exclusively derived from agriculture and livestock, it is a country very rich in these…

In Argentina, as indeed in all of Latin America, the first literary productions are chronicles of the conquest and colonization of the region. Throughout the Baroque period, Argentine literature lived…

While the lyrics of Tejeda, Labardén, Varela, López and Luca, despite the changing times and literary addresses had remained substantially loyal to the influence of the Spanish Renaissance, Echeverría marks,…

The primitives. – The study of folklore, through which it is possible to gain direct knowledge of the ancient popular poetry of the pre-Columbian era and the early days of…

The Moderns. – The new epoch has its first prodromes at the time of the constitutional organization (1853-1862), but it is clarified and clarified only after the federalization of Buenos…

Literature. – To grasp the developments of Argentine literature in the new century, it is essential to take into consideration the historical-cultural context of the last thirty years of the…

Minerals. – Despite the enormous extension of the country and the very remarkable variety of soils, mineral products occupy a secondary place in the Argentine economy, since the most useful…

Population. A 1943 decree abolished the Los Andes territory. The four departments into which it was divided: Susques, Pastos Grandes, Antofagasta de la Sierra and San Antonio de los Cobres…

Population. – According to a 1989 estimate, the population rises to 31,903,275 residents (11 residents per km 2). The recent demographic evolution is characterized by a natural annual growth rate of…

After the presidency of R. Alfonsín, who had managed the return to democracy in Argentina without, however, being able to cope with the economic crisis of the country, nor to…

Discovery and colonial times In 1516 Juan Díaz de Solís (* around 1470, † 1516) discovered the mouth of the La Plata. In the 1830s, the Spaniards established the first…

Jesuit missions of the Guaraní (World Heritage), the ruins are a reminder of the missionary work of the Jesuits in the 17th century and their work in the land of…