Talk:Origin and history of the name of Argentina

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There seem to be factual errors in this article, stating that Argentina previously was the current land plus other countries.
First, I'm not aware that Bolivia was part of Argentina even under Spanish rule. Maybe a few areas, but Bolivia was known as Alto Peru (higher Peru) before independence.
Second, there was a long dispute for the southern territories with Chile (Patagonia, etc), so hardly could Argentina have the same official limits as today.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.72.215.84 (talk • contribs)

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata did include all thouse countries. The Patagonia belonged to Spanish Chile way before the Viceroyalty of Peru was splet to create the one of the Rio de la Plata, though it didn't recongised it until 1881.

Please, check History of Paraguay and History of Bolivia, and perhaps this link. Mariano(t/c) 08:20, 13 June 2006 (UTC)