2000 in Argentina

See also: 1999 in Argentina, other events of 2000, 2001 in Argentina

[edit] Events

[edit] January

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

[edit] February

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] April

[edit] May

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

[edit] 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].

[edit] July

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[edit] 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

[edit] 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]