Top Ten Things Argentina Is Known For
The Top Ten
1 Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is played with a spherical ball. The objective is to score the ball in the other teams goal.
2 Steak
3 Patagonia
The beautiful region in the southern portion of Argentina. There are great mountain views and penguins.
4 Buenos Aires
A.K.A the capital city in Argentina. There are great places to see there.
5 Drugs
6 Poverty
7 Iguazu Falls
The falls which is in 3 countries. Argentina is one of them along with Brazil and Paraguay.
Beautiful waterfalls!
8 Tango
Argentina is known for tango dancers and tango shows.
9 Empanadas
10 Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi was born on June 24, 1987. He is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for the American club, Inter Miami CF, in the MLS. Messi is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. His birthplace is Rosario, Argentina.
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11 Ushuaia
Argentina is known for having the most southern city in the world (which is Ushaia).
12 Wine
13 Evita Peron
María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually referred to as Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.
14 Juan Perón
15 Argentine Flag
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered... read more
16 Corruption
17 Crime
18 Losing The Falklands War
Legend has it, many Argentines are still butthurt about those islands to this day.
19 Pope Francis
Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City.
20 Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (October 30, 1960 - November 25, 2020) was an Argentine professional footballer. 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. Maradona was given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy"). He was known for the "Goal of the Century" and the "Hand of God" goal... read more
21 Slums
22 Criminals
23 Art
Are you an art person? Well, Argentina has amazing art galleries and elegant architecture.
24 Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist.
He was captured in 1967.
Guevara was tied up and taken to a dilapidated mud schoolhouse in the nearby village of La Higuera on the evening of 8 October. For the next half-day, he refused to be interrogated by Bolivian... read more
He was captured in 1967.
Guevara was tied up and taken to a dilapidated mud schoolhouse in the nearby village of La Higuera on the evening of 8 October. For the next half-day, he refused to be interrogated by Bolivian... read more
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