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The Estadio Malvinas Argentinas is a stadium, in the city of Mendoza, Argentina, at General San Martín Park. It was built in 1976 in preparation... for the 1978 World Cup. It has capacity for 45,000 spectators, although it doesn't provide seating for all of them, not many Argentine stadiums do. The stadium used to be named Ciudad de Mendoza , but was later renamed after the events of the Falklands War of 1982. The new name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands , and could be translated as "Argentine Falklands Stadium". After the arrival of Godoy Cruz to the Argentine Football First Division, the stadium will start having a wider use, because, until 2006, no football team from Mendoza had ever reached that level, although some have played in the Torneo Nacional, which was the top national tournament between 1967–1985 and Argentinos Juniors used it for a season as their home court. The stadium played host to Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on October 14, 1988.
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Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino is an Argentine cartoonist. His comic strip Mafalda is very popular in Latin... America and many parts of Europe. Quino was born in Guaymallén, Mendoza Province to Spanish parents. He attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Mendoza, hoping to work for the Argentine comic Rico Tipo, but left the school in 1945. In 1950, he sold his first cartoon to a silk shop, but found no success when he visited Buenos Aires for three weeks. When he finished his obligatory military service, he returned to Buenos Aires in 1954, hoping to make living as a graphic artist. Esto Es was the first periodical to publish Quino's work, which was later picked up by many other Buenos Aires-based newspapers and magazines. Some of his cartoons and editorials were then picked up by North American and European periodicals, leading to some international success. In 1963, Quino found a publisher for his first book, a collection of silent comics titled Mundo Quino. Quino's daily newspaper strip Mafalda was his most successful cartooning venture. Mafalda ran from 1964 to 1973.
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