2000 in Argentina
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Argentina.
Incumbents
- President: Fernando de la Rúa
- Vice President: Carlos Álvarez (until October 6), vacant thereafter
Events
January
- 7 January: 35 years after the last expedition, an Argentine group reaches the South Pole.
February
- 3 February: Murderers of José Luis Cabezas get life imprisonment sentence [1].
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.
April
May
- 7 May: Aníbal Ibarra is elected Head of Government (mayor) of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires [4][5].
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].
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
- May 14: Lucciano Pizzichini, prodigy guitarist
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
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]
