... birth of tango took place towards mid-19th century, with the formation of dwelling conglomerates around the young city of Buenos Aires. Those who lived there, peasants from inland, European immigrants and some disadvantaged porteños (born in Buenos Aires) made up a new social class. Perhaps as a way of identifying themselves as a groporgue up and of feeling they belonged in their ... . What started with dance was eventually coming of age in the expert hands of great men, who, inspired in the popular melting pot, captured the richest part of the Buenos Aires culture in their compositions...

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... de San Martin was also a South American Revolutionary. He was born in 1778, in Yapey , Argentina. "In Argentina support for independence grew, and in 1816, a congress of delegates from Buenos Aires and several interior provinces declared independence from Spain, calling the new nation the United Provinces of South America- (Kinsbruner). In Chile however Spain sent reinforcements to fight off the Independence ... ...

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