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| Gobierno
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| Tipo de Gobierno: |
República
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| Capital: |
Buenos Aires
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| División Política: |
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, Antartica e Islas del Atlantico Sur; Tucuman
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| Independencia: |
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
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| Día de fiesta nacional |
Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)
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| Constitución: |
1 May 1853; revised August 1994
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| Sistema Legal: |
mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
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| Edad de votar: |
18 years of age; universal
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| Presidente: |
President Fernando DE LA RUA (since 10 December 1999); Vice President Carlos Alberto ALVAREZ (since 10 December 1999); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
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| Gabinete: |
Cabinet appointed by the president
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| Poder Legislativo |
bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate (72 seats; formerly, three members appointed by each of the provincial legislatures; presently transitioning to one-third of the members being elected every two years to six-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; one-half of the members elected every two years to four-year terms) elections: Senate - transition phase will begin in 2001 elections when all seats will be fully contested; winners will randomly draw to determine whether they will serve a two-year, four-year, or full six-year term, beginning a rotating cycle renovating a third of the body every two years; Chamber of Deputies - last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA October 2001)
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| Poder Judicial |
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), the nine Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate
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| Partidos Políticos |
Action for the Republic or AR [Domingo CAVALLO]; Alliance (UCR, Frepaso and others) [leader NA]; Front for a Country in Solidarity or Frepaso (a four-party coalition) [Carlos ALVAREZ]; Justicialist Party or PJ [Carlos Saul MENEM] (Peronist umbrella political organization); Radical Civic Union or UCR [Raul ALFONSIN]; several provincial parties
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