(Dakota's school project)(I have a copy of this to)
107 English Lake Ct.
Weatherford, Texas 76088 February 24, 2009 Mrs. Rebecca Shoemaker
President
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500 Dear Madame President: As you ordered I flew to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Upon arrival I went to their president, Mrs. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. In order to find out a few details about the country I sat down and had a conversation with her. After about forty-five minutes I had learned many things like their main religion is Roman Catholic, their official language is spanish, and how their free market economy works. Before I left her office she recommended that I should visit four of the major cities in Argentina, Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, and Mar del Plata. So I made my next stop in Córdoba. When I arrived at Córdoba I learned that it was on the Suquía River, a 200 km. river. What I planned on discovering here is the type of industry they do in the city. Here they mainly worked with machinery and such. They mostly build aircraft, motorized vehicles, and railways. But they also have textile, heavy, and chemical industry along with a few agribusinesses. I was now ready to leave with all my necessary information but before I did I went sight seeing to see the historical monuments and fascinating architecture like the Cathedral of Córdoba. My next stop was at Rosario, the second city Mrs. Kirchner recommended for me. This city was fascinating with the breath-taking architecture and busy port. The port makes it the third most important city as it exports wheat, flour, hay, linseed, corn, sugar, lumber, meats, and hides and imports machinery, metal manufacturers, chemicals, plastics, and more. Another important part of Rosario is the agricultural production which supplies most of the exports and feeds the city. The food consists of wheat, corn, lemons, soy beans, etc. I had finished my trip into Rosario and was now on my way to Mendoza. Mendoza is a big tourism area for Argentina as it lies to the east of the Andes and is right next door to Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the world outside Asia. This brings many people to the city as a stop before they go to climb Aconcagua, and it brings those who wish to hike, raft, ski, or go horseback riding. To add on to this terrific city, last year it was named one of the top 10 historical destinations by National Geographic. Eventually I was ready to leave to my final destination of Mar del Plata. Mar del Plata is a major fishing port and the biggest seaside port in Argentina. Just like Mendoza it is a big tourism place for Argentina. In 2006 they had over seven million tourists. I was now ready to get out of Argentina but before I did I had to finish a little more research. For my research I visited http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107288.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina. I found out that out of their 40,677,000 population 97% are Spanish and Italian. The other 3% is Mestizo, Amerindian, and other non-white groups. Their literacy rate is 97% and their life expectancy is about 76.5 years. Before I officially left Argentina I wanted to learn of their early history, and this is what I found. In 1516, the Spanish explorer Juan Díaz de Solis discovered Argentina. In 1580, Buenos Aires was founded and the cattle industry began to thrive. When British forces tried to invade Spanish Argentina in 1806, the British were expelled within a year. Then when Napoléon conquered Spain the Argentinians decided to set up their own government in 1810. On July 9, 1816, Argentina formally declared independence. In conclusion, yes I do believe we should make a trade agreement with Argentina as they have many resources that we can use and we have many things that they would enjoy having such as their variety of foods and machinery, and our supplies that they need to create their products. Another thing that we could greatly use from them is there vast supply of oil. Not only that, but they are a republic therefore, I do not believe any wars would ever be started between us.
Author: USMarineCorps8 Keywords: Argentina Added: February 22, 2009
