The United States ambassador to Argentina is the official representative of the president of the United States to the

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Argentina had declared its independence from Spain in 1816 and there followed a series of revolutionary wars until 1861 when the nation was united. The United States recognized the government of Buenos Aires, the predecessor to Argentina, on January 27, 1823.

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was appointed as American Minister Plenipotentiary to Buenos Aires. Between 1854 and 1866, U.S. ambassadors were commissioned to the

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. Since 1867, ambassadors have been commissioned to the

Argentine Republic Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Argentina were interrupted but not severed in June 1944 when the U.S. government recalled its ambassador in a dispute with the newly appointed dictator

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. The U.S. government believed that Farrell was not committed to the defense of the Western Hemisphere against the

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. Normal relations were resumed with the appointment of a new ambassador in April 1945 when Argentina declared war against Germany. The official residence of the U.S. Ambassador in

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is the

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, listed on the State Department's Register of Culturally Significant Property.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

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United States Department of State: Background notes on Argentina
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United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for ArgentinaUnited States Department of State: ArgentinaUnited States Embassy in Buenos Aires
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