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Agustin Pedro Justo Agustin Pedro Justo
Agustín Pedro Justo , 1876-1943, president of Argentina (1932-38). An army general, he rose to prominence (1922) as minister of war under Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and later participated in the conservative revolution that overthrew Hipólito Irigoyen (1930). As president he became a... Read more
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham , 1852-1936, British politician and author. He lived as a cattle rancher in Argentina and traveled widely in Latin America, Morocco, and Spain. He served (1886-90) as a Liberal member of Parliament from Scotland, took part in early labor politics, and, with James... Read more
Lucio Fontana Lucio Fontana
Fontana, Lucio (1899–1968). Italian painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, born in Argentina, the son of an Italian sculptor, Luigi Fontana, and an Argentinian mother. In 1905 his family moved to Milan, where he studied sculpture, first with his father and then (after spending several years in... Read more
Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann , 1906-62, German National Socialist official. A member of the Austrian Nazi party, he headed the Austrian office for Jewish emigration (1938). His zeal in deporting Jews brought him promotion (1939) to chief of the Gestapo's Jewish section. Eichmann promoted the use of gas chambers... Read more
Horacio Quiroga Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Quiroga Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937) was a Uruguayan writer. His short stories are ranked among the best to emerge from Latin America. Horacio Quiroga was born on December 31, 1878, in Salto, Uruguay, and died on February 19, 1937, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Though born and raised in... Read more
Vicente Fidel Lopez Vicente Fidel Lopez
Vicente Fidel López , 1815-1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes . A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he sought refuge in Chile (1840-52), where he founded a political review and aided the... Read more
Posadas Posadas
Posadas , city (1991 pop. 211,297), capital of Misiones prov., NE Argentina, a port on the upper Paraná River. Its industries include woodworking and metallurgy. It is a point of departure for visits to Iguaçu Falls and to the nearby ruins of 17th-century Jesuit missions. The city was... Read more
Juan Martinez de Rozas Juan Martinez de Rozas
Juan Martínez de Rozas , 1759-1813, Chilean revolutionist, b. Mendoza, Argentina. A lawyer and scholar, he was a leading instigator of revolutionary ideas. In 1810 he headed the junta that deposed the Spanish governor, but the next year he was forced out because his ideas were too radical for... Read more
Hipolito Irigoyen Hipolito Irigoyen
Hipólito Irigoyen Hipólito Irigoyen (ca. 1850-1933) was an Argentine president. As leader of the Radical party, he united the country behind him in opposition to the landholding oligarchy; but unable to cope with Argentina's economic problems, he was deposed by Conservatives. ... Read more
South Georgia South Georgia
South Georgia island, c.1,450 sq mi (3,760 sq km), S Atlantic Ocean, c.1,200 mi (1,930 km) E of Cape Horn. A dependency of the Falkland Islands from 1908 to 1985 (along with the South Sandwich Islands, a group of nine small, volcanic islets c.450 mi/724 km SE of South Georgia), it and the South... Read more

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