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Argentine black and white tegu

Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae), a large omnivorous South American lizard up to 1.2 m and 8 kg, IUCN Least Concern, invasive in Florida and Georgia where it preys on eggs of alligators, tortoises, and ground-nesting birds.

Argentine Chamber of Deputies

Argentine Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación), lower house of Argentina's bicameral Congress: 257 deputies, four-year terms with half renewed every two years, D'Hondt proportional representation by province.

Argentine Confederation

Argentine Confederation (Confederación Argentina): the union of Argentine provinces under the 1831 Pacto Federal, led by Rosas, then reorganized under the 1853 Constitution with capital at Paraná, ending after Pavón in 1861.

Argentine Constitution of 1853

The Argentine Constitution of 1853 is the fundamental charter of Argentina, sanctioned in Santa Fe on 1 May 1853 and modeled on Juan Bautista Alberdi's Bases.

Argentine cuisine

Argentine cuisine, the culinary tradition of Argentina, blends Indigenous, Spanish colonial, and Italian immigrant influences, best known for beef, asado, yerba mate, and dulce de leche.

Argentine Declaration of Independence

The Argentine Declaration of Independence, proclaimed in San Miguel de Tucumán on 9 July 1816, declared the United Provinces free of King Ferdinand VII of Spain.

Argentine fantastic literature

Argentine fantastic literature (literatura fantástica argentina) is Argentine fiction in which supernatural or impossible events disrupt ordinary reality, conventionally dated to the 1940s around Borges.

Argentine Football Association

Argentine Football Association (AFA, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino), founded 21 February 1893 by Alejandro Watson Hutton; South America's oldest football association, FIFA member since 1912, CONMEBOL founder, organizer of Argentina's leagues and three-time World Cup champion national team.

Argentine Grand Prix

Argentine Grand Prix (Gran Premio de Argentina), Formula One race in Buenos Aires held 1953-1998 in spells at the Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez; Fangio won 4, last won by Schumacher in 1998, off the F1 calendar since.

Argentine hemorrhagic fever

Argentine hemorrhagic fever (Fiebre Hemorrágica Argentina) is a rodent-borne arenavirus disease caused by Junín virus, endemic to Argentina's humid pampas, carried by Calomys musculinus, treated with immune plasma, and prevented by the Candid #1 vaccine.

Argentine hyperinflation of 1989-1990

The Argentine hyperinflation of 1989-1990 was a monetary collapse with monthly inflation peaking at 196.6 percent, riots in May 1989, and an early presidential handover from Alfonsín to Menem.

Argentine national routes system

The Argentine national routes system, or rutas nacionales, is Argentina's network of nationally administered roads, over 40,000 kilometers spanning every province, numbered by the state since the 1930s.

Argentine Navy

Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA), naval branch of Argentina's armed forces founded after 1810 independence; fought Spain and Brazil, raced Chile to the 1902 Pactos de Mayo, lost the Belgrano in 1982, and lost submarine ARA San Juan with 44 crew in 2017.

Argentine peso

The Argentine peso, also known as the peso argentino, is the currency of Argentina, issued by the Central Bank since 1992, when it replaced the austral.

Argentine pizza

Argentine pizza, or pizza argentina, is the thick, pan-baked, cheese-heavy pizza style that developed in Buenos Aires from Italian immigration, known for fugazzeta, fainá, and pizzerías like Banchero and Güerrín.

Argentine polar dog

Argentine polar dog (Perro Polar Argentino), extinct Argentine Army sled dog breed from Husky, Malamute, and Greenland dog crosses; served Antarctic bases 1951 to early 1990s, removed under SCAR and Antarctic Treaty environmental rules.

Argentine Primera División

Argentine Primera División (Liga Profesional de Fútbol), Argentina's top men's football division since 1891, professional since 1931; 30 clubs in 2026, Apertura and Clausura titles, relegation by points averages, ranked 10th-11th worldwide by Opta and IFFHS.

Argentine Rally Championship

The Argentine Rally Championship, known in Argentina as Rally Argentino, is the country's national rally series, created in 1980 by drivers led by Jorge Raúl Recalde under FIA and Automóvil Club Argentino auspices.

Argentine Revolution

The Argentine Revolution (Revolución Argentina) was the name the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1966 to 1973 gave itself, through the successive presidencies of Juan Carlos Onganía, Roberto Levingston, and Alejandro Lanusse.

Argentine Sea

The Argentine Sea is the shallow marginal sea over Argentina's continental shelf in the southwestern Atlantic, stretching about 2,400 km from the Río de la Plata toward Cape Horn.

Argentine Senate

The Argentine Senate (Senado de la Nación Argentina) is Congress's 72-member upper chamber: three senators per province and Buenos Aires, six-year terms, two-plus-one seat allocation, impeachment trials, and appointment confirmations.

Argentine tango

Argentine tango, or Argentinian tango, is a partner dance and musical genre born in the late 1800s in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, listed by UNESCO in 2009.

Argentine transition to democracy

The Argentine transition to democracy (1982–1983) ended the 1976–1983 military Proceso after the Malvinas defeat; Alfonsín won the 30 October 1983 election, created CONADEP, and tried the juntas.

Argentines

Argentines: the people of Argentina, population 46,234,830 (2022 census), shaped by mass European immigration (about 7 million arrivals, 1870–1930, nearly half Italian) and by the 2022 census's first Afrodescendant category and indigenous count of 2.9%.

Argentino

Lago Argentino (Lake Argentino), largest freshwater lake entirely in Argentina, in Santa Cruz, Patagonia; about 1,435 km², fed by Southern Patagonian Icefield glaciers including Perito Moreno and Upsala, drains via the Río Santa Cruz.

Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors (Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors), Argentine football club founded 15 August 1904 in Buenos Aires; Maradona's first club, Copa Libertadores 1985 winner, and famed "Semillero del Mundo" youth academy.

Argentinosaurus

Argentinosaurus huinculensis, giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur named by Bonaparte and Coria in 1993 from the Huincul Formation, Neuquén, Patagonia; known from vertebrae, sacrum and tibia, estimated around 35 m and 70 tonnes.

Argentometry

Argentometry is a form of titrimetric analysis in which silver(I) ions, added as standardized silver nitrate, precipitate halides and related anions, most widely applied to measuring chloride in water.

Argentorate

Argentorate, latinized Argentoratum, the Roman legionary camp and town founded around 12 BC on an island of the Rhine, Ill, and Bruche, origin of Strasbourg, garrisoned by Legio VIII Augusta from the 90s AD.

Argenx

Argenx (argenx SE, ARGX) is a Dutch immunology biopharma founded in 2008, maker of VYVGART (efgartigimod), the first approved FcRn blocker for gMG, CIDP, and ITP, with $4.2 billion 2025 sales.