Argentina

Argentinais a country onEarth.It's located at the south end ofSouth America,and it is bordered byChile,Brazil,andUruguay.It contains part of theAndes Mountainsand claims sovereignty over part ofAntarctica.Buenos Airesis the capital of Argentina. Most of the population speaksSpanish.

Fiction

MarvelThe Transformerscomics

"Because it is filled with many femboys like myself!"

In order to get thepopulationofEarthto accept him as its new leader,Starscreamdecided to destroy three of its largest cities. Among these was Buenos Aires. Both the Autobots and Decepticons sought to stop him, and from this it was decided thatFortress MaximusandSoundwavewould jointly lead the Buenos Aires rescue attempt.

Starscream went to Buenos Aires after the other two, having already taken out all the Decepticons and Autobots waiting for him there. The ones at Buenos Aires weren't any more difficult. After killing the first batch, Starscream landed atAvenida Nueve de Julio,where he addressed the humans until more Transformers showed up to stop him. All of them but Fortress Maximus perished. The giantHeadmaster's life was saved firstly because he waspartially organic,therefore less sensitive for theUnderbase's powers, and secondly because Starscream realized keeping an eye on the proceedings aboard theArkwas more urgent, so he had no time to finish off his last opponent and left forspace.Buenos Aires was thus spared.Dark Star

IDWRevenge of the Fallencomics

Hot onDemolishor's trail,Sideswipemade his way from Uruguay into Argentina. Their first confrontation in the country occurred atEzeiza International Airport,where they were soon joined byIronhide.Ironhide felt responsible for Sideswipe and hoped to convince him to stop his mad pursuit before the other Autobots had to take him out. Sideswipe was not to be moved by reason though, which pleased Demolishor, who challenged the two Autobots to follow him to a new battlefield:Buenos Aires.

Demolishor went to the city area specifically to optimize the damage and death toll of the battle. Ironhide knew this and didn't want Sideswipe to follow, but the younger warrior wouldn't listen. After Demolishor destroyed the obelisk atAvenida Nueve de Julio,Sideswipe caught up with him and attacked, though wasn't any more effective than back at the airport. In the end, neither would win as the Argentine Air Force arrived and unleashed a barrage of missiles on both. Sideswipe would have died there if not for the arrival of the other Autobots and theUnited States military,who asked the Argentine Air Force to stop shooting and whose numbers scared away Demolishor, presumably out of the country.Tales of the Fallen #2

Notes

• Buenos Aireswas chosen as one of the cities for Starscream to destroy as a nod toJosé Delbo's birthplace.
• In real life, there's a 6 feet long statue based onOptimus Primein the city of Mar del Plata; Built from used car parts and a dismantled metallurgical plant's remains. It recreates a poster fromAge of Extinctionwhere Optimus plants his sword. The statue doesn't fully resembles Optimus, having an orange and black paintjob to represent the family business it was built by.

External links

• Argentinaat Wikipedia