In June, the country passed a new law establishing a one percent quota for transgender people employed in the public sector, which means that one percent of all public sector jobs should be held by trans people.
Argentina becomes the first large Latin American country to ditch stringent antiabortion regulations in a vote expected to boost feminist movements across the predominantly Catholic region.
The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty officially established the Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental continental union of twelve South American nations.
Initially, it was just one of the many dances, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums.
The Preliminary Peace Convention accorded independence to Uruguay in respect to Brazil and Argentina. Uruguay’s independence would be definitively sealed on 4 October of the same year when, in Montevideo, the signing nations ratified the treaty.
The Congress was inaugurated in the city ofย Tucumรยกn, with 33 deputies. The voting ended on July 9 with a declaration of independence.
The first European to discover the Falls was the Spanish Conquistadorย รยlvar Nรยบรยฑez Cabeza de Vacaย in 1541, after whom one of the falls on the Argentine side is named.
Quinoa was first domesticated by Andean peoples around 3,000 to 4,000 years ago and has been an important staple in the Andean cultures.
An important site ofย prehistoric artย in southern Argentina,ย Cueva de las Manosย is a rock shelter which is famous for its collages ofย hand stencilsย and other handprints.
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