2000 in Argentina

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See also:	Other events of 2000 List of years in Argentina

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Argentina.

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.

May

• 7 May: Aníbal Ibarra is elected Head of Government (mayor) 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 .

Births

• May 14: Lucciano Pizzichini, prodigy guitarist

Deaths

• February 12: Juan Carlos Thorry (b. 1908), actor. .
• August 24: Rodrigo Bueno (b. 1973), singer and cuartetazo idol.
• July 29: René Favaloro (b. 1923), cardiologist, creator of the coronary artery bypass surgery technique
• October 28: Carlos Guastavino (b. 1912), composer
• November 10: Aníbal Verón, bus driver and activist, piquetero icon
• December 12: Libertad Lamarque (b. 1908), actress

Sports

See worldwide 2000 in 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