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2000 in Argentina

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Argentina.

Contents

January

  • 7 January: 35 years after the last expedition, an Argentine group reaches the South Pole.

    • February

  • 3 February: Murderers of José Luis Cabezas get life imprisonment sentence [1].

    • March

  • 8 March: Heavy rains cause floods in Tucumán Province, which then expand to Santiago del Estero and Córdoba [2] [3].
  • 30 March: The government announces salary cuts of 12 to 15% for state employees, following pressures of the IMF.

    • May

  • 7 May: Aníbal Ibarra is elected Head of Government (mayor) of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires [4][5].

    • June

  • 7 June: Argentine state-owned company INVAP wins a bid to construct a nuclear reactor for Australia [6].
  • 28 June: The World Bank grants Argentina a $3,000 million loan to fight poverty [7].

    • Births

  • May 14: Lucciano Pizzichini, prodigy guitarist

    • Deaths

  • February 12: Juan Carlos Thorry (b. 1908), actor. [8].
  • August 24: Rodrigo Bueno (b. 1973), singer and cuartetazo idol.
  • July 29: René Favaloro (b. 1923), cardiologist, creator of the coronary artery bypass surgery technique
  • October 28: Carlos Guastavino (b. 1912), composer
  • November 10: Aníbal Verón, bus driver and activist, piquetero icon
  • December 12: Libertad Lamarque (b. 1908), actress

    • Sports

    See worldwide 2000 in sports
  • June 21: Boca Juniors wins the Copa Libertadores 2000 after beating Palmeiras in São Paulo on penalties.
  • June 26: Huracán wins the 1999/00 second division to return to first division [9]

    • References

    2000 in Argentina Wikipedia
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