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The many British schools in Argentina, [27] played a role in shaping public opinion on the debate regarding the nature of England and Argentina's partnership in the early twentieth century. [28] The term "imperialist" was framed as a positive term that could be used as another way to describe democracy or liberty, and as a result, the Argentine ...
The United Kingdom had a strong economic influence in Argentina during the Victorian period. [3] However the position of English Argentines was complicated when their economic influence was finally eroded by Juan Perón 's nationalisation of many British-owned companies in the 1940s and then by the Falklands War in 1982.
During the First World War, under President Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentina adopted the policy known as "benevolent neutrality", under which Argentina remained a non-belligerent party throughout the conflict, but provided generous economic assistance to the Allies in the form of interest-free loans, particularly to Britain and France, becoming an ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a timeline of Argentine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Argentina and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Argentina. See also the ...
Here are some of the key events in Argentina's very bad year. Jan. 23: Argentina posts $8.5 billion trade deficit for 2017, compared with a surplus the year before. TIMELINE-Argentina's economy ...
[2] [3] At the same time, British influence over the Argentine economy was resented by nationalistic groups, [4] while German and Italian influence in Argentina was strong and growing mainly due to increased interwar trade and investment, and the presence of numerous immigrants from both countries, which, together with the refusal to break ...
The Land that England lost: Argentina and Britain, a special relationship (IB Tauris, 1992). Humphreys, R.A. "British Merchants and South American Independence," Proceedings of the British Academy (1965), Vol. 51, pp 151–174 online free. Hyam, Ronald. Britain's Imperial Century 1815–1914: A Study of Empire and Expansion (3rd ed. 2002)
Most of the British Argentine population consists of Anglo-Argentines in the Buenos Aires area. In the mid-1980s English Argentines were estimated at 100,000. Famous Argentines of significant or full English ancestry include Jorge Luis Borges and Olivia Hussey, the latter famous for playing Juliet in the movie Romeo and Juliet.