South American cuisine pizza, being closer to calzones. Pasta and polenta are common in Argentina and on the Pampas generally. Empanadas and choripán are very popular fast food in Argentina and Uruguay. Churros, ensaïmada, alfajor, Spanish tortillas with potato, meatballs, sopa de mondongo, and puchero are Spanish derived Pampas cuisine. Mate is also found on the Pampas. Early South American restaurants in the United States included Caso do Brazil in Reseda, California, which opened in 1955, and the Machu Picchu nightclub in Miami, Florida, which opened in 1963, serving Peruvian dishes such as ceviche and anticuchos. South American foods are increasingly imported into
Football in South America held for Central and South American countries to determine participation in the world's largest tournaments. The relatively lesser number of countries in the CONMEBOL region qualify without group play, as this is the system in Central America. Rivalry between any two countries at international match level is most intense between Argentina and Brazil. This duel, which has taken place more than hundred times, has not occurred more than the Argentina vs Uruguay, encounter, but now it is the most intense in South America. This is not owing to past political conflicts, but because these countries are regarded as being the