The New Nation - Internet Edition

Ashrafuzzaman Uzzal

Argentine people said, 'Numero Uno Argentina" before going to Latin America I was quite confused about this but after visiting five different Latin American Countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile) I can add more that is Argentina having the best looking people, the finest beef, the greatest footballers, wine, Tango dance and many M O R E ….

This is a country that loves to talk and will do so loudly at every available opportunity. In Argentina you can go out at all hours. Argentines seem to spend less time asleep than other nationalities.

Argentina is the eighth largest countries in the world, the second largest in South America after Brazil and only marginally smaller than India. More than one third of the Country's population has chosen to live in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. A wit once defined the Argentines as a nation of Italians who speak Spanish, dress as though they're France and like to think they're British.

In Argentina there are not so many Bangladeshi live in at that time (2005) they are almost 20 and now they are more than 40. But I don't know any of them before going there. I came to know only one name and he is Sadiq. He lives there since long and the first Bangladeshi name Ali who owns a restaurant in San Isdro. He had been living there since 1996. I got very good cooperation from them and through them I was invited so many Argentines peoples house. Once I went with Sadiq bahi for a dinner at midnight and after having very good dinner it was asado. The Asado is widely popular Argentine barbecue, which involves the consumption of enormous quantities of meat, sloshed down with gallons of red wine in the company of friends and family.

After the great dinner we plain to go for a disco and at 2:30 midnight we were there till morning. it was assume. We had great fun there. Unless they're behind the wheel of a car, Argentines are some of the friendliest people on earth and greetings will generally be warm and effusive. Women kiss women, men kiss women and men if they know each other well, will also kiss other men. This is usually one kiss on the cheek for both sexes. As a rule, if you enter a room you are to kiss everybody hello and as you leave you repeat the entire process and kiss everybody goodbye.

Everybody knows Che Guevara. He is an International icon. He was born in Rosario. It's the 3rd largest city in Argentina and it was 295 km from BA. Buenos Aires can be written as BA or Bs.As. Rosario was called Chicago of Argentina and there are many great rock musicians born here.

Once I was called CHE and I got confused but later on I learn. Argentines are great fans of hoisting nicknames onto everyone they meet. Even as a foreigner, you will be no exception. There is however, one universal nickname which locals and visitors to Argentina will be called all the time Che. It's practically impossible to give a literal translation of Che. It's something like "buddy" or just "hey you". Che knows no class or sex boundaries.