1997 in Argentina

Events from the year 1997 in Argentina

Incumbents

• Presidents: Carlos Menem^[1]
• Vice president: Carlos Ruckauf

Events

• 13 April - The 1997 Argentine Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires, and is won by Jacques Villeneuve.^[2]
• 14 September - The 1997 Buenos Aires Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez and won by Gabriel Furlan.
• 26 October - The Argentine legislative election is dominated by the Justicialist Party, who win 119 seats. The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education, with a larger share of the vote, wins only 110 seats. The results anticipate the end of President Menem's dominance of Argentine politics.^[3][4]
• date unknown - La Voz del Interior, the leading daily newspaper of Córdoba, is acquired by the Clarín Group.

Deaths

• 29 January - Osvaldo Soriano, journalist and writer (born 1943)^[5]

See also

• List of Argentine films of 1997

References

1. Mendelevich, Pablo (2010). El Final (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones B. pp. 247–262. ISBN 978-987-627-166-0.
2. "1997 Argentine GP". Chicane F1. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
3. Todo Argentina: 1996
4. Todo Argentina: 1997
5. Osvaldo Soriano at the Internet Movie Database.

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