Lapataja Bay Waters

Tierra del Fuego - Argentina

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March 25th 2007
The World's Southernmost City Ushuaia was a convict settlement set up by the Argentinean government to resist the Chileans claiming this strategic land at the bottom of the continent. The Beagle conflict fought between the two nations was a series of skirmishes which resulted in the borderline being drawn down the centre of the Beagle Channel then following the geological features of ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more