... of the treaty of Tordesillas. The Jesuits lost much land along the Uruguay River because of this treaty. With this the people of Buenos Aires wanted to seize an opportunity to increase their wealth. They had no positive feelings for the Jesuits and felt that they had kept prosperous trade ... in the seven reductions. The Gurnai were soon asked to leave their homeland and the adamantly refused. They felt this because the Portuguese in Buenos Aires were not made to their homes. Both governments sought a solution, but it became apparent that the Indians would not accept the terms of the Tr...

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Each evening, thousands of families take to the alleys and boulevards of Buenos Aires to salvage heaps of cardboard and paper. They make about 4 US cents on every kilo collected. In a country where over half the people are in poverty, this is the only ... Mercosur would be formed within the following ten years. The new governments (Menem in Argentina) and (Collor in Brazil) introduced a significant change in the treaty in 1990, signing the Buenos Aires Agreement which determined that Mercosur should be established by December 31, 1994. It also introduced a mechanism, which progressively red...

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... the ranch owners. Economic progress was also made as exports increased. To provide labor for the burgeoning industry there was a large migration from Europe to Argentina. Although this gave Buenos Aires a more European feel, the country would struggle with its national identity. On the other hand, certain aspects of Argentine society, the Pampas, the Gaucho Martin Fiero and the Tango helped ... ...

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