2000 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Fernando de la Rúa
• Vice President: Carlos Álvarez, vacant thereafter

  Events

January

• 7 January: 35 years after the last expedition, an Argentine group reaches the South Pole.

  February

• 3 February: Murderers of José Luis Cabezas get life imprisonment sentence .

  March

• 8 March: Heavy rains cause floods in Tucumán Province, which then expand to Santiago del Estero and Córdoba .
• 30 March: The government announces salary cuts of 12 to 15% for state employees, following pressures of the IMF.

  April

May

• 7 May: Aníbal Ibarra is elected Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires .

  June

• 7 June: Argentine state-owned company INVAP wins a bid to construct a nuclear reactor for Australia .
• 28 June: The World Bank grants Argentina a $3,000 million loan to fight poverty .

  July

August

September

October

November

December

Births

• May 14: Lucciano Pizzichini, prodigy guitarist

  Deaths

• February 12: Juan Carlos Thorry, actor. .
• August 24: Rodrigo Bueno, singer and cuartetazo idol.
• July 29: René Favaloro, cardiologist, creator of the coronary artery bypass surgery technique
• October 28: Carlos Guastavino, composer
• November 10: Aníbal Verón, bus driver and activist, piquetero icon
• December 12: Libertad Lamarque, actress

  Sports

• June 21: Boca Juniors wins the Copa Libertadores 2000 after beating Palmeiras in São Paulo on penalties.
• June 26: Huracán wins the 1999/00 second division to return to first division