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And Buenos Aires was known as "the Paris of South America". This is Avenida de Mayo looking towards Congress in 1918:

Reminder that Argentina was once one of the richest nations on Earth and a rival of the U.S. - hence the common phrase, "as rich as an Argentine". What went wrong? Some incredible facts about the Argentinian economy in the early 20th century: ✅ As rich as the U.S. per capita at the turn of the century ✅ Top 10 wealthiest nations globally per capita by 1914 ✅ GDP grew 6% annually during the 43 years to 1914 (fastest in the world) ✅ Argentinian exports peaked at ~4% of world trade during the 1920s ✅ Argentina was still as rich as much of Europe as late as 1950