https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1 Timeline en-us 2018-10-25 16:50:27 UTC 2018-11-01 16:45:10 UTC hello@padlet.com anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297061907 Argentina declares independence from the control of Spain. It was followed by decades of turmoil. There was attempted foreign invasion and a civil war between centralist and federalist forces.  ]]> 2018-10-25 16:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297061907 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297063702 Hipolito Yrigoyen is elected president being a part of the Radical party. He introduces minimum wage to counter the effects of inflation. He was elected in 1928.  ]]> 2018-10-25 16:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297063702 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297064349 President Yrigoyen is overthrown by a coup loyal to General José Félix Uriburu. The economy is weak due to the great depression. Civilian rule is restored in 1932, however the economy still falters.   ]]> 2018-10-25 16:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297064349 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297201601 Juan Peron wins the presidential election. He promises higher wages and social security. His wife Evita Peron is put in charge of labor relations. ]]> 2018-10-25 22:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297201601 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297204747 Armed forces seized power and launched the Dirty War. The Dirty War was a campaign by Argentina's military rulers against left-wing opponents. It mainly involved Gen Jorge Videla seizing power. ]]> 2018-10-25 22:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297204747 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297208922 A Jewish community in Buenos Aires is bombed. 86 people are dead and 200 people are injured resulting in one of the worst terrorist crimes that ever happened in Argentina. Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah allies were held responsible by prosecutors. ]]> 2018-10-25 22:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297208922 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297217113 The congress elected Peronist Senator Eduardo Duhalde in January. He was caretaker president. The government devalues the peso which ended 10 years of parity with the US dollar. ]]> 2018-10-25 23:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297217113 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297221150  A long time of negotiating occurred between Argentina and IMF. They agreed on a debt-refinancing deal. Buenos Aires would now only pay interest on its loans.]]> 2018-10-26 00:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297221150 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297223451 The Supreme Court approved repeal of the amnesty law. It had protected military officers suspected of human rights abuses during the military rule in 1976-1983. Congress voted to scrap the amnesty in 2003.]]> 2018-10-26 00:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297223451 anushi2903 https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297226676 A prominent prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found mysteriously dead. He had accused the government of covering up one of the country's worst terrorist attack. It was the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires. It had killed 86 people.]]> 2018-10-26 00:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anushi2903/3b1zsg1p0fo1/wish/297226676