Argentina or something

By Chocolate Big Mac McThicc

  • Becoming a country

  • Buenos Aires Reintegrated

  • Start of Increase in Population

  • Per Capita

    Argentina has seventh highest per capita income in the world

  • Hipolito Yrigoyen

    Hipolito Yrigoyen of the Radical party is elected president and introduces a minimum wage to counter the effects of inflation

  • Armed Forces

    Armed forces coup ousts President Yrigoyen amid sharp economic downturn caused by Great Depression. Civilian rule is restored in 1932, but economic decline continues

  • Argentina declares war on Germany and Japan

  • Juan Peron

    Juan Peron wins presidential election on a promise of higher wages and social security

  • New Constitution

    A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. Opponents are imprisoned, independent newspapers are suppressed

  • President Peron to Resign

    Violent military uprisings drive President Peron to resign and go into exile

  • The Peronist Party Wins

    The Peronist party wins elections in March, Peron becomes president in September

  • Peron dies in July. His third wife, Isabel, succeeds him. Terrorism from right and left escalates, leaving hundreds dead amid strikes, protests and rampant inflation