country_of_citizenship marcelo birmajer
___MASK5___ , officially the Argentine Republic , is a federal republic in the southern half of South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west , the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north , Brazil to the northeast , Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Drake Passage to the south . With a mainland area of , ___MASK5___ is the eighth - largest country in the world , the second largest in Latin America , and the largest Spanish - speaking one . The country is subdivided into twenty - three provinces ( singular " provincia ") and one autonomous city (" ciudad autónoma "), Buenos Aires , which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress . The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions , but exist under a federal system . Marcelo Birmajer ( born November 29 , 1966 in Buenos Aires ) is an ___MASK91___ Jewish author . The grandson of Romanian , Polish , Lithuanian and Syrian immigrants . Best known for writing the script for the 2004 film El abrazo partido . Birmajer ' s work usually revolves around the Porteño neighbourhood of Once and its colorful inhabitants . Most stories feature Jewish characters , and he frequently uses for them the names Javier , or Mordejai ( Hebrew :   ) depending on the character ' s level of religious observance . He also addresses Jewish issues such as synagogue attendance , Bar Mitzvahs , and the ever present alternative to immigrate to Israel . Other recurrent subjects are married life , especially in his series `` Stories of married men '' ( Spanish : Historias de hombres casados ) , and the ___MASK91___ society and its crisis . Many of Birmajer ' s works have clear autobiographical lines , presenting a main character who is himself a writer . An important part of his bibliography , specially in his beginnings , is youth literature . Birmajer is a frequent contributor to one or two newspapers throughout the Spanish - speaking world . His brother , Rabbi Eduardo Birmajer , was assassinated by Palestinian terrorists in Jerusalem on 23 December 2015 . Buenos Aires is the capital and most populous city of ___MASK5___ . The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata , on the South American continent ' s southeastern coast . " Buenos aires " can be translated as " fair winds " or " good airs ", but the first one was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century , by the use of the original name " Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre ". The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation , which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts , constitutes the fourth - most populous metropolitan area in the Americas , with a population of around 17 million . Lithuanians ( singular " lietuvis / lietuv ") are a Baltic ethnic group , native to Lithuania , where they number around 2 , 561 , 300 people . Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora , largely found in countries such as the United States , ___MASK5___ , Brazil , Canada , Colombia , Russia , United Kingdom and Ireland . Their native language is Lithuanian , one of only two surviving members of the Baltic language family . According to the census conducted in 2001 , 83 . 45 % of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians , 6 . 74 % as Poles , 6 . 31 % as Russians , 1 . 23 % as Belarusians , and 2 . 27 % as members of other ethnic groups . Most Lithuanians belong to the Roman Catholic Church , while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part of East Prussia prior to World War II , were mostly Evangelical Lutherans . The Río de la Plata (" River of Silver ")  rendered River Plate in ___MASK83___ English and the Commonwealth and La Plata River ( occasionally Plata River ) in other English - speaking countries  is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and the Paraná rivers . It empties into the Atlantic Ocean , forming a funnel - shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America . Lithuania ( UK and US : ), officially the Republic of Lithuania , is a country in Northern Europe . One of the three Baltic states , it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea , to the east of Sweden and Denmark . It is bordered by Latvia to the north , Belarus to the east and south , Poland to the south , and Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) to the southwest . Lithuania has an estimated population of 2 . 9 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius . Lithuanians are a Baltic people . The official language , Lithuanian , along with Latvian , is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo - European language family . The Americas , also collectively called America , encompass the totality of the continents of North America and South America . Together they make up most of ___MASK26___ ' s western hemisphere and comprise the " New World ".