Argentina: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (Culture Smart!)

Argentina: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (Culture Smart!)

Robert Hamwee

Language: English

Pages: 91

ISBN: 2:00357817

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


The second-largest country in South America, Argentina has been through great changes in recent years. Its journey from dictatorship to democracy has left many scars, but these are largely eclipsed by the pride and resilience of the Argentinian people, who have developed a style, a language, and a joie de vivre that are all their own.

The political maelstroms the country has experienced have had a profound effect on its economy, its people, and its relationship with the rest of the world. Despite this, the generosity, warmth, and openness of the Argentinians continue to place Argentina at the top of any list of must-visit countries. Its unique geography provides a plethora of enticing and captivating destinations, from the mesmerizing wonders of the glaciers or the bucolic landscapes of the Andes valleys to the buzz and excitement of Buenos Aires, famous for its nightlife, gastronomy, and cultural life.

This new, updated edition of Culture Smart! Argentina looks at the attitudes and values of the people today and how they have adapted to the challenges and events over the last decade. From their immense pride in an Argentinian pope, to their passion for football and their constant striving for political and economic stability, this book provides a key to understanding the richness and complexity of Argentinian culture. It focuses on their attitude to life, business, and family to help you adapt to their working style and practices, so that you know how to behave appropriately and what to expect in return. It touches upon how Argentinian identity has been shaped over time and the reasons behind many of the traditions, beliefs, and norms of these complicated but amazing people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

traditions that the influence of the indigenous native peoples who inhabited Argentina at the time of colonization becomes evident. There are several musical forms, including baguala, which originated in the tribes of more advanced cultures such as the Diaguitas and Calchaquíes. These forms originated in the area of the province of Tucumán and spread to the high plains of the Andes. This is music still strongly built upon a five-note (pentatonic) scale that can vary from slow and gentle to quite

sector allows patients to make an appointment directly with a specialist rather than having to be referred by their family doctor, although the latter practice is still recommended. WHERE TO STAY Argentina has always been an attractive tourist destination, and the provision of accommodation has developed considerably over the last few years. There are options to meet all budgets, ranging from modest one- or two-star establishments to first-class international hotels. The major international

made from public telephones, telephone centers (telecentros), and telephone offices (locutorios). Calls can also be made from hotels but, as in most countries, there will be a surcharge of up to 30 percent. In the center of Buenos Aires and larger cities there is no shortage of public telephones. Most of these are card operated; cards can be obtained from telecentros or kioskos. Very few public telephones take coins. There are plenty of locutorios and telecentros in large cities. These are more

This policy led to the virtual economic isolation of Argentina by the United States, which forced Argentina’s government to reassess its position and to sever diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany in 1944. Fearing that Ramírez, under pressure from the United States, would declare war against Germany, a military junta forced him out of office. This new government, despite the change in foreign policy initiated by Ramírez, was accused by the United States of supporting Germany and of

conflict with Chile over a stretch of land in the Beagle Strait. This never happened—the fact that the Chileans were only next door and were well armed probably served as a good deterrent. Britain, on the other hand, was far away. Argentina launched an attack on the assumption that Britain, being so distant and probably unconcerned about two small islands in the South Atlantic, would not retaliate. This proved to be a costly mistake. On March 31, 1982, the people of Buenos Aires took to Plaza

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