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...that Argentine President Juan Perón took refuge in the Libertador Building in Buenos Aires before he was deposed and exiled in a coup d'état in 1955?
...that the Argentine philologist María Rosa Lida de Malkiel was an Arthurian-Hispanist pioneer?
...that Argentine general Lucio Norberto Mansilla died during the 1871 epidemic of yellow fever in Buenos Aires?
...that a massive general strike organized by the Argentinian F.O.I.C. meat-packers union secured the release of its jailed leadership in September 1943?
...that Mario Menéndez, who was the governor of the Falkland Islands, surrendered to the United Kingdom during the 1982 Falklands War?
...that milonguero-style tango is danced with a close embrace?
...that the battleship ARA Moreno (pictured) was the subject of multiple disputes between Argentina and the United States?
...that internet entrepreneur Silvina Moschini believes Wikipedia should allow advertising as a way of funding improved academic content?

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