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Argentina Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district*
(distrito federal); Buenos Aires; Catamarca; Chaco; Chubut; Cordoba;
Corrientes; Distrito Federal*; Entre Rios; Formosa; Jujuy; La Pampa; La
Rioja; Mendoza; Misiones; Neuquen; Rio Negro; Salta; San Juan; San Luis;
Santa Cruz; Santa Fe; Santiago del Estero; Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e
Islas del Atlantico Sur; Tucuman
the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica or Argentina's claims to
the Falkland Islands
Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)
1 May 1853; revised August 1994
mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
chief of state and head of government:
President Carlos Saul MENEM (since 8 July 1989); Vice President (position
vacant); election last held 14 May 1995 (next to be held NA May 1999);
results - Carlos Saul MENEM was reelected
Cabinet; appointed by the president
bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
elections last held May 1989, but provincial elections in late 1991 set the
stage for indirect elections by provincial senators for one-third of 48
seats in the national senate in May 1992; seats (48 total) - PJ 29, UCR 11,
others 7, vacant 1
elections last held 3 October 1993 ( next to be held October 1995);
elections are held every two years and half of the total membership is
elected each time for four year terms; seats - (257 total) PJ 122, UCR 83,
MODIN 7, UCD 5, other 40
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)
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Political parties and leaders:
Justicialist Party (PJ), Carlos Saul MENEM, Peronist umbrella political
organization; Radical Civic Union (UCR),Raul ALFONSIN, moderately
left-of-center party; Union of the Democratic Center (UCD), Jorge AGUADO,
conservative party; Dignity and Independence Political Party (MODIN), Aldo
RICO, right-wing party; Grand Front (Frente Grande), Carlos ALVAREZ,
center-left coalition; several provincial parties
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Other political or pressure groups:
Peronist-dominated labor movement; General Confederation of Labor (CGT;
Peronist-leaning umbrella labor organization); Argentine Industrial Union
(manufacturers' association); Argentine Rural Society (large landowners'
association); business organizations; students; the Roman Catholic Church;
the Armed Forces
AfDB, AG (observer), Australia Group, BCIE, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G- 6, G-11,
G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM,
ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, MERCOSUR, MINURSO, MTCR, NSG (observer), OAS, ONUSAL,
OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO,
UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIH, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Raul Enrique GRANILLO OCAMPO
1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
[1] (202) 939-6400 through 6403
Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San
Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador James R. CHEEK
4300 Colombia, 1425 Buenos Aires
three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue;
centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known
as the Sun of May
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