Country Crossword: Argentina

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Across
  1. 5. Prehistoric cave painting depicting the outlines of numerous hands.
  2. 7. Seizing of indigenous territory in Patagonia from 1878-1884.
  3. 9. Mountain featured on the logo of the clothing brand Patagonia, located near Chile.
  4. 11. Third most populous city, major industrial center.
  5. 12. General Ongania's self-proclaimed revolt that sought to establish a permanent dictatorship.
  6. 14. City known for its wine.
  7. 16. National park where one can find fossils from the Triassic sandstone formation of the same name.
  8. 19. Epic poem about a gaucho who has to flee from the police after killing numerous people in knife fights.
  9. 24. Residence of Argentina's president.
  10. 26. 1820 battle that temporarily toppled a Centralist dictatorship, OR the 1859 one that forced Buenos Aires to remain part of Argentina.
  11. 27. First lady who campaigned for workers' and women's rights.
  12. 28. Shortbread cookie placed between dulce de leche (a sweet milk paste) and chocolate.
  13. 32. Monarchist counter-revolution that sought to reinstate the former viceroy as Argentina's authority.
  14. 33. Highest mountain outside of Asia, beating out Kilimanjaro, Denali, and Elbrus.
  15. 35. Dictator known for his human rights abuses during Operation Condor.
  16. 36. French-born pirate who led an invasion of California, the Philippines, and Peru during the War of Independence.
  17. 37. First pope from the Americas.
  18. 39. Canyon that has been used as a passage by the Incas, Spanish, and Argentines alike.
Down
  1. 1. Second most populous city in Argentina, also the name of a Spanish city.
  2. 2. Book written by a future president of Argentina that sought a path for Latin-American development.
  3. 3. Capital of Argentina
  4. 4. Cemetary where Argentina's most famous citizens are buried.
  5. 6. US backed military officer who used a coup to become president of Argentina...for three days.
  6. 8. Massive blue glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park.
  7. 10. First president of Argentina.
  8. 13. Stravinsky, Pavlova, and the New York Symphony Orchestra are only some of the big names that have played in this Neoclassical opera house.
  9. 14. An all-time football great who has played for Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and the Argentina National Team.
  10. 15. Comic centering on a six-year-old girl growing up in 1960s Argentina, written by Quino and discontinued in 1973.
  11. 17. Major figure of the Spanish American wars of Independence.
  12. 18. One of the most famous Marxists in history who was one of the leaders of the Cuban Revolution.
  13. 20. Collection of poems by Jose Luis Borges, including "The Approach to Al'Mutasim."
  14. 21. Football player nicknamed "The Golden Boy."
  15. 22. City founded by a conquistador on his way to Peru.
  16. 23. Wetlands where one can find capybaras, the largest rodents in the world. Giant otters and caimans also live here.
  17. 25. City located near the river of the same name, which means "water that has strength" in Mapuche.
  18. 29. Ham-and-cheese sandwich made with puff pastries.
  19. 30. Named after the ship that Charles Darwin sailed on, this waterway is sometimes home to pygmy right whales.
  20. 31. Street dance that originated among African Argentines; "the dance of passion."
  21. 34. One of the southernmost cities in the world, considered a gateway to Antarctica.
  22. 38. Waterfalls located on the border between Brazil and Argentina.