After the last conquests of the Argentine National Team, in 1991 and 1993, under the leadership of Alfio Basile, another ten America Cups were played in different venues. Brazil raised it five times and is the current defender of the title; they follow him Uruguay and Chile, with two crowns each; Y close the list Colombia, what went out champion on the tournament of 2001 of the one who was host. But in the middle of each of these competences, the world was rocked by news of all kinds that exceeded the frame of a playing field and the ball itself. Let’s see.
1995. The XXXVII edition of the Copa América was held in Uruguay, between July 5 and 23, 1995. La Celeste reached glory in the end by defeating Brazil. Although he had Gabriel Batistuta What scorer (4 goals), the Selection directed by Daniel Passarella came out fifth. In the meantime, on Bosnia, in one day, Serbian troops killed more than 8000 civilians in Srebrenica, including the elderly and children.
1997. Two years later, Bolivia was the host and reached the final to lose to Brazil. In the contest that was played between June 11 and 29. Argentina scratched a modest sixth place, in counterpart with José Pekerman’s U-20, what by that date would reach his second straight title in Malaysia in the category. At the same time, in London the first book was published of the successful saga the Harry Potter, by JK Rowling.
1999. The The last Copa América of the 20th century was played in Paraguay between June 29 and July 18. After eliminating the National Team led by Marcelo Bielsa in the quarterfinals, Brazil would reach the final together with Uruguay and be crowned again. Martín Palermo missed three penalties in Argentina’s fall to Colombia. The organization invited Mexico and Japan, the first non-American national team to host the contest. Two days before the defining match, transcended what John F. Kennedy Jr. (son of the late former US president and Jackie Kennedy), his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister-in-law died in a plane crash off the shores of Martha’s Vineyard, and Massachusetts.
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2001. Although the FARC carried out terrorist attacks throughout the first semester, Colombia was ratified as headquarters by Conmebol, and the coffee country became champion for the first time in the defining match before Mexico. Argentina and Canada withdrew their respective participations of the contest that took place between July 11 and 29. One day before the final, the Peruvian Alejandro Toledo became the 57th first president from that country, eight months after the scandalous removal of Alberto Fujimori.
2004. The XLI edition of the Copa América It was developed in Peru and again had the participation of the Argentina of Bielsa, what fell in the final on penalties against Brazil. The tournament, which had Mexico and Costa Rica as guests, took place between July 6 and 25. In the middle, NASA released Aura, an Earth observation satellite new generation of almost three tons dedicated to studying the processes of climate change and the Earth’s atmosphere, especially the ozone layer and the evolution of its thinning zone.
2007. Venezuela hosted the 42nd edition of the tournament, which once again had Brazil and Argentina as finalists. It was the second cycle of Coco Basile at the helm of the albiceleste, which had a devastating start, but in Maracaibo it was surpassed by the Verdeamarela, which reached its second title in a row. The contest was played between June 26 and July 15, in parallel with the Youth World Cup in Canada and a new success (against the Czech Republic) of the Sub-20, directed by Hugo Tocalli and with Sergio Agüero, top scorer with six goals. While the Copa América was taking place in torrid Venezuela, after 89 years it was snowing in Buenos Aires. In the middle, Gordon Brownof the Labor Party, he was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after the resignation of Tony Blair.
2011. Argentina was designated to be headquarters of this Copa América played between 1 ° on July 24. Costa Rica was invited in a hurry, since Mexico and Japan declined to participate, the last one as a result of the serious earthquake suffered months ago. The selected one led by Sergio Batista -what finished In the table in a poor 7th place– was eliminated in the quarters by Uruguay, what they would beat Paraguay in the final. One day before La Celeste lifted its last continental trophy, British singer Amy Winehouse died in London at the age of 27.
2015. Chile was host again of the contest that was played between June 11 and July 4 and had Mexico and Jamaica as guests. Of the twelve coaches, six were Argentine: Gerardo Martino (National selection), Jorge Sampaoli (Chile), Jose Pekerman (Colombia), Ramon Diaz (Paraguay), Ricardo Gareca (Peru) and Gustavo Quinteros (Ecuador). Argentina and Chile would reach the final, who would win a Copa América for the first time by way of penalties. During the competition, While businessman Donald Trump announced In New York his candidacy for the presidency of the United States by the Republican Party, Greece declared a bank corralito before the failure of the negotiations due to the debt crisis.
2016. Organized jointly by Conmebol and Concacaf, the Copa América Centenario was played in the United States from June 3 to 26, with the participation of Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti and Jamaica. He had a final almost traced to the previous one, with Chile led by Juan Antonio Pizzi taking the trophy in the penalty shootout, again before the Selection of Tata Martino. During the competition, while Great Britain decided by referendum to stop being a member of the European Union, on the closest elections of the Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski beat Keiko Fujimori in the presidential with 50.12% of the votes.
