Chapter 9. Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord

 

  1. Timeline for Argentina, 1776-Present
  2. Argentine Heads of State
  3. Argentine Profiles and Personalities: 
    1. Juan Manuel de Rosas
    2. Eva Perón
    3. Juan Domingo Perón
    4. Carlos Menem
    5. Néstor Kirchner
    6. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
  4. Moments and Events in Argentinia:
    1. Essay #20: “Jewish Immigration to Argentina,” by Sophie Elsner
    2. Essay #21: ”Disappeared Writers: The Dictatorship’s Effect on Literature,” by Ivan Tomic
    1. Essay #22: “The Role of the Church in Argentina,” by Pierre-Louis Le Goff
    2. Essay #23: “Understanding Argentina’s Dirty War Through Memoir,” by Ivan Tomic
    3. Essay #24: “The Challenge of Burying the Ley de Caducidad in Uruguay,” by Pierre-Louis Le Goff
  5. Travels in Argentina:
    1. Travelogue #13: Theodore Child. The Spanish-American Republics (1891)
      1. Accompanying Analysis: “Beneath the Facade of Wealth,” by Cameron Parsons
  6. Primary Documents:
    1. Document #24: “What is Perónism?” (1948) || “The Twenty Truths of Perónist Justicialism,” Juan Domingo Perón (1950)
    2. Document #25: Statement by the military upon taking power (1976)
    3. Document #26: “Nobel Prize Acceptance speech,” Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1980)
    4. Document #27: “Speech at a Dinner with the Council of Americas in New York,” Néstor Kirchner (2006)
  7. Discussion Questions
  8. Further Reading