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__1949__ - A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. Congress - dominated by Péron's supporters - passes legislation providing jail terms for anyone showing disrespect for the government. Regime opponents are subsequently imprisoned, independent newspapers are suppressed.======

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__1955__ September - Coup by all three branches of the armed forces succeeds after three days of fighting, during which thousands are killed. Peron resigns and takes refuge on a Paraguayan gunboat. He subsequently goes into exile in Paraguay, and later in Spain. The federal constitution of 1853, based on that of the United States, is restored.======

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__1973__ - The Peronist party wins elections in March. Hector Campora is inaugurated president. Argentina is wracked by terrorist violence. Péron returns to Buenos Aires in June. Campora resigns and Peron becomes president in September.======

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__1976__ - A military junta under General Jorge Videla seizes power. Parliament is dissolved. Opponents of the regime are rounded up in the 'Dirty War', which is to see thousands of people 'disappear'.======

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__1982__ April - Argentine forces occupy the British-held Falkland Islands, which Argentina calls Islas Malvinas and over which it had long claimed sovereignty. The United Kingdom dispatches a force to re-take the islands, which it does in June. More than 700 Argentines are killed in the fighting. Galtieri is replaced by General Reynaldo Bignone.======

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__1997__ - A judge in Spain issues orders for the arrest of former Argentine military officers on charges of participating in the kidnapping and killing of Spanish citizens during the 'Dirty War'. Argentine amnesty laws protect the accused.======

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__2000__ - Strikes and fuel tax protests. Beef exports slump after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soya exports suffer from concerns over the use of genetically modified varieties. The IMF grants Argentina an aid package of nearly 40 billion dollars.======

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__2001__ - February - Argentina recalls its ambassador to Cuba after President Castro accuses Argentina of 'licking the Yankee boot'. Castro made the remarks in an apparent reference to Argentina's support for US condemnation of Cuba's record on human rights.======

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__2001__ - July - Former president Carlos Menem is charged with heading and illicit organization' that violated international arms embargoes against Croatia and Ecuador in the early 1990s. A court throws out all arms trafficking charges against Menem, freeing him after five months of house arrest.======

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// August - Congress, Senate vote to scrap laws protecting former military officers from prosecution over human rights abuses during military regime. // ======

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__2006__ - May - Citing environmental concerns, Argentina files a complaint against the construction of two pulp mills in neighboring Uruguay at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The court rules in July that the project can continue.======

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__2007__ - December - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sworn in as president. ======

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__2008__ - November - Lower house of parliament approves government's controversial plan to nationalize pension funds. President Fernandez says the move is necessary to protect pensioners' assets during the global financial crisis.======

OUTLINE OF SECTION IN TEXTBOOK ABOUT ARGENTINA: [[file:section 4 chapter 33 outline for carl proj argentina.doc]]
More Notes: - In WWII and WWI Argentina was neutral until March 27, 1945, when they claimed war on Axis Powers. - There was a terrorist attack in 1975 that killed around 700 people: this was not good for her presidency - Over 2,300 murders - 10,000 political arrests - and the disappearances of 20 to 30,000 people - it ended in 1981 when General Leopold Galtieri came into power - This was a failed attempt, the British won and 3 days after agreeing to surrender, Galteiri resigned
 * This is when Juan Péron emerged as a leader
 * He won the presidential elections in 1946
 * Opposition to Péron's authoritarianism led to a political coup and the exile of Péron in 1995
 * Péron returned to Power in 1973, making his 3rd wife, Isabel Péron vp.
 * When Péron died in 1974 his wife became president
 * In 1976 the military began the "dirty war" to regain military power and control. During this war:
 * Under him, Argentina invaded the British Falkland Islands to gain popularity with his people

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