Portal:Latin America/Did you know

• ... that Uruguay was the first winner of the FIFA World Cup, in 1930?

• ... that the cinema of Argentina is one of the most important in the Spanish-speaking world, has had six Academy Award nominations, and has won twice?

• ... that the cinema of Argentina is one of the most important in the Spanish-speaking world, has had six Academy Award nominations, and has won twice?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/1

• ... that an unrecognized state called The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia was established in the 19th century by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/2

• ... that despite 65% of Bolivians being ethnically indigenous, the first leader of that nation to come from this group was Evo Morales in 2005?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/3

• ... that Uruguay was the first winner of the FIFA World Cup, in 1930?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/4

• ... that Frida Kahlo was bisexual, and had affairs with both men and women, including Josephine Baker?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/5

• ... that Guinea pigs are so important to Andean cuisine that a painting of the Last Supper in Cusco shows Jesus eating one?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/6

• ... that seven currencies of Latin America are named "peso"?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/7

• ... that the cinema of Argentina is one of the most important in the Spanish-speaking world, has had six Academy Award nominations, and has won twice?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/8

• ... Juan Vucetich, an Argentine chief police officier, created the first method of recording the fingerprints of individuals on file?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/9

• ... that the Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave rebellion in history?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/10

• ... that the Mexican–American War caused Mexico to lose more than half its pre-war territory?

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Portal:Latin America/Did you know/11

• ... that Guatemala City is the largest in Central America?

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