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Jul 2003Number of presidents Argentina has had in the past two years: 6
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Embassy of Argentina (Washington)

Nov 2002Percentage of Argentineans who say they have "no" or "little" confidence in their nation's political parties: 95
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Latinobarometro (Santiago, Chile)

Oct 2002Number of Argentines who have applied to be on a new job-search game show since April: 6,500
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Canal Trece (Buenos Aires)

Aug 2002Number of Argentines who belong to at least one of their country's 5,000 bartering clubs: 2,500,000
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Nueva Mayoria (Buenos Aires)

Apr 2002Number of Argentina's 17 presidents since 1958 who have completed a full term: 1
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Embassy of Argentina (Washington)

July 1, 2007Cristina Kirchner, the first lady of Argentina, will run for president instead of her husband.
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BBCnews.com

May 28, 2007 Argentine researchers used Viagra to treat jet lag in hamsters.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Wichita Eagle

January 29, 2007An Argentine soccer fan who asked for a tattoo of his team's logo received instead a tattoo of a large penis.
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TheDenverChannel.com

November 21, 2006 President Bush's daughter Barbara was robbed in Argentina.
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ABC News

November 4, 2005President George W. Bush visited Argentina, where tens of thousands of people protested his presence and policies.
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Reuters

April 29, 2005The Museum of Foreign Debt opened in Argentina. The museum includes a doll-sized play kitchen to represent the financial “recipes” of the International Monetary Fund. "Look,” said the museum's designer. “We open the freezer and the oven and there is no food.”
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Reuters

March 11, 2005Paul Schaefer, a former member of the Luftwaffe who emigrated to Chile, founded a cult, provided torture facilities for Pinochet, and molested many children, was captured in Argentina.
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Inter-press Service News Agency

January 1, 2005One hundred seventy-five people died in a Buenos Aires nightclub that burned down after fireworks were lit inside,
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New York Times

September 6, 2004 Argentine researchers discovered that smoking and drinking are bad for men's semen.
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Reuters

November 1, 2003 Argentina's presidential jet was grounded, forcing President Néstor Kirchner to take a commercial flight, after two of his three pilots were removed as part of a crackdown on corruption.
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Reuters

January 21, 2003The International Monetary Fund agreed to postpone Argentina's scheduled $1 billion debt payment.
December 25, 2001There was a coup attempt in Haiti, and Argentina's president resigned.
December 4, 2001Prime Minister Sharon said he wanted to see a million new Jewish immigrants, particularly from Argentina, France, and South Africa.
May 15, 2001 Argentina recalled its ambassador to Cuba after Fidel Castro denounced the current Argentine government as “bootlickers of the Yankees.”
August 15, 2000After an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease, America and Argentina called a halt to the beef trade.

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