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Amerigo Vespucci was the first outsider to come in 1502 but was killed by indigenous people. Pedro de Mendoza founded Bueno Aires in 1536.
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The Argentine civil war started in 1814 and ended in 1876. It was the Federal party aganist the Unitary party.
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Argentina declared it independence from Spain on July 9, 1816.
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Argentina has been a constituional democracy since it gained independence from Spain in 1816
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Since Argentina declared independence in 1816 their neighbors have been Chile, Brazil, Paraguy, Uruaguay, Bolivia
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The war lasted 3 years and ended in 1828. They were fighting Brazil ansd it was a tie in the end
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In 1842 the french was the domininating power in the Ivory Coast and in 1893 it was officially named a french colony.
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In 1893 when they were named a french territory, they made the eastern boundary with Ghana and the western border with Liberia.
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When the french just got there a warrior chief named Samory opposed the french. He started a uprising but was defeated in 1898.
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Argentina became a member of the United Nation on October 24, 1945. They are also a memeber of the Union of the South American Nation
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The french granted Ivory Coast its independence on August 7, 1960.
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Ivory Coast joined the United Nations on September 20, 1960. They are also a member of the African Union.
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In the 1980's Ivory Coast saw a series of labor strikes because of economic declinement.
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Argentina and Chile have been disputing over the islnads Picton, Lennox and Nueva. On November 29, 1984 the both signed a treaty saying that the islands went to Chile but, the maritime goes to Argentina.
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They are a republic with a multi-party democracy with a strong executive branch in May 1990 this was adopted. The first multi-party election was on October 28, 1990.
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In 2010 Ivory Coast petitioned to the UN to complete the demarcation of the Ivorian maritime boundary with Ghana. Ivory Coast were accused pf wanting Ghana's oil fields.
