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B. The submarine disappeared as it was sailing from the extreme southern port of Ushuaia to the east coast city of Mar del Plata on the Atlantic.
C. Buenos Aires also is Argentina’s largest city with a metropolitan area population of 17 million people. Asuncion is the capital of Paraguay which borders Argentina to the north along with Bolivia. Brasilia is the capital of Brazil to the northeast. Santiago is the capital of Argentina’s western neighbor Chile. The nation is bordered to the east by Uruguay and the Atlantic.
A. The 10-week Falklands War began in 1982 when Argentina’s military rulers invaded and occupied the British Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island and South Sandwich Islands. Britain retook the islands in fighting that killed 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders. It also led to the end of military rule in Argentina.
B. The English-language name of the passage comes from privateer Sir Francis Drake who was blown into the area in 1578 after passing through the Strait of Magellan (named after a Portuguese explorer). But, that happened about a half century after a Spanish navigator also was blown toward the passage. It was a Dutch sailor who was the first recorded to actually sail through the passage in 1616.