Two centuries later, school opens in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES – A school in Argentina’s northern Jujuy province is set to open this week, nearly 200 years after a wealthy patron set aside funds for its construction.

Manuel Belgrano, one of the leaders of Argentina’s independence movement, donated some 40 000 pesos for the construction of four study centres across the country in 1813. Belgrano, who also designed Argentina’s flag, donated the funds as a act of gratitude for Argentina’s military victory against its former colonial master, Spain.Now, the last of the four facilities in the Argentine city of San Salvador just outside Buenos Aires is finally to open – after a nearly two-century delay.The last of the four schools, which was to house some 900 students, had cost some 600,000 pesos, (about US$200 000) to build, officials said.- Nampa-AFPBelgrano, who also designed Argentina’s flag, donated the funds as a act of gratitude for Argentina’s military victory against its former colonial master, Spain.Now, the last of the four facilities in the Argentine city of San Salvador just outside Buenos Aires is finally to open – after a nearly two-century delay.The last of the four schools, which was to house some 900 students, had cost some 600,000 pesos, (about US$200 000) to build, officials said.- Nampa-AFP