The country of Argentina is located in the southern region of South America. A Spanish colony until 1816, it was torn by interior political conflict between civilian, liberal, conservative, and military factions. After WWII, a long period of authoritarian rule was followed by a military junta in 1976; democracy returned 1983.3 Argentina, the second-largest country in South America, lies between Chile and Uruguay, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. It has 2,736,690 sq km of land, is the eighth largest …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

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