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Resistencia, city in northern Argentina, capital of Chaco Province, on a tributary of the Paraná River. It is a commercial and transportation center for the sparsely inhabited frontier region to the northwest. Major manufactures include processed food, textiles, refined metal, and wood and leather products. The river port of Barranqueras is nearby. Originally called San Fernando del Río Negro, the site was settled in the 17th century as a Jesuit mission and then abandoned in the late 18th century. Following Argentina's war with Paraguay (1864-1870), the site was reestablished as an important military outpost. Its present name was adopted in 1876. Population (2001): 398,817 (metro area). Map of Argentina highlighting the province Chaco Province is in the north of Argentina, near the border of Paraguay. ... Overlooking the Paraná River from Encarnación, Paraguay. ...


Tourism

The city does not have many touristic attractions, except for the Woodcarving contest celebrated every year for one week in July. Recent editions of the contest also included works in marble and ice, the last one very rare because of the city's subtropical weather, where temperatures below 5ºC are unusual. The sculptures usually remain in the city, placed in sidewalks and parks all over the city, and that's the reason why the city is called "The city of the sculptures" (over 400 hundreds sculptures have already been placed). The city has a tax promotion which frees of taxes for one year to anyone who places a sculpture in a visible place in front of his house.


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La Resistencia somos todos (1387 words)
La Resistencia es una organización civil sin fines de lucro que se mantiene por las contribuciones de sus miembros, venta de souvenirs y las donaciones sin condición alguna de personas que encuentran nuestra causa interesante.
La Resistencia nace para enfrentar con la fuerza de la creatividad, la denuncia y la propuesta, la sistemática destrucción de la democracia, el debilitamiento de sus instituciones, la demolición de la confianza ciudadana y el deterioro de la moral y la ética, entre los peruanos.
La Resistencia tiene por objetivo principal contribuir al fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil, de sus organizaciones, de sus proyectos y propuestas, de su capacidad de convocatoria y cohesión.
Entrevista con Abdel Yabar al-Kubaysi: "El Frente Político de la resistencia será proclamado ... (7426 words)
Sin embargo, los principales componentes de la resistencia se han reunido ya y han elaborado un borrador de programa que está siendo sometido a discusión.
Por otro lado, la resistencia extenderá el fuego más allá de las fronteras de Iraq porque la ocupación de Iraq y de Palestina está dirigida directamente contra todo el mundo árabe y musulmán y es por ello una cuestión [que afecta a] todo ese mundo.
Los ocupantes temen a la resistencia y su energía se concentra en protegerse a si mismos.
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