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  Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east.
It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast, Chile in the west and the Drake Passage in the south.
Argentina's parliament is the bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Nación, consisting of a senate (Senado) of 72 seats and a Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) of 257 members.
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 Argentina - Netencyclo, l'encyclopédie française : Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,791,810 km² (1,078,000 sq mi) between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.
Argentina's political framework is a federal presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of Argentina is both head of state and head of government, complemented by a pluriform multi-party system.
Argentina was the only country from Latin America to participate in the 1991 Gulf War under mandate of the United Nations, and in every phase of the Haiti operation.
www.netencyclo.com /en/Argentina   (6396 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Argentina Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Argentina was then marked by periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions.
Argentina's parliament is the bicameral national Congress or Congreso Nacional, consisting of a senate (Senado) of 72 seats and a Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) of 257 members.
Argentina's population is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, which is Argentina's official religion, but it also has the largest Jewish population in Latin America, about 300,000 strong, and is home to one of the largest Islamic mosques in Latin America.
www.ipedia.com /argentina.html   (1397 words)

  
 Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Argentine Republic (República Argentina) is a Spanish-speaking country in southern South America in between the Andes in the West and the South Atlantic Ocean in the East.
Argentina was then marked by periods of political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions.
Argentina's population is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic which is Argentina's official religion but also has the largest Jewish population in Latin America about 300 000 strong and is to one of the largest Islamic mosques in Latin America.
www.freeglossary.com /Argentina   (1557 words)

  
 Argentina
Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,791,810 km² (1,078,000 sq mi) between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.
The rest of the judges are appointed by the Council of Magistrates of the Nation, a secretariat composed of representatives of judges, lawyers, the Congress, and the executive.
Argentina is nearly 3,700 km long from north to south, and 1,400 km from east to west (maximum values).
www.link-ex.net /wiki_en/?title=Argentina   (6438 words)

  
 Argentina (11/06)
Argentina's population is overwhelmingly Catholic, but it also has the largest Jewish population in Latin America, estimated between 280,000 to 300,000 strong, and is home to one of the largest Islamic mosques in Latin America.
Argentina's constitution of 1853, as revised in 1994, mandates a separation of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches at the national and provincial level.
Argentina is a participant in the Three Plus One regional mechanism (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and the U.S.), which focuses on possible terrorist-related activity in the tri-border region.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/26516.htm   (5269 words)

  
 The Ultimate Argentina - American History Information Guide and Reference
Argentina is divided into 23 provinces (provincias; singular: provincia), and 1 autonomous district (formerly known as capital federal), marked with an asterisk:
Argentina has sound fundamentals and should continue to perform well in 2004, with growth projected to be 9%.
Argentina's population is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, and Roman Catholicism is economically supported by the Argentine state, without being an official religion.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Argentina   (3388 words)

  
 Informat.io on Argentina
Argentina has long claimed sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the South Shetland Islands, the South Sandwich Islands and almost 1 million km² in Antarctica, between the 25°W and the 74°W meridians and the 60°S parallel.
Argentina is a founding signatory and permanent consulting member of the Antarctic Treaty System.
Argentina claims control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and a slice of Antarctica, both of which it considers a part of its Tierra del Fuego Province (23).
www.informat.io /?title=argentina   (4312 words)

  
 ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Activists Call for Results, Not Just Words
Among the few governors who were not present at the rally was the governor of San Luis, Alberto Rodríguez Saá, who criticised the government's decision to resort to the International Court of Justice.
The document signed by the governors in Argentina expresses support for the administration's suit before The Hague and the aim to work together to make sustainable development a government policy and incorporate environmental questions into the agenda at all levels of government.
Argentina's office of the auditor general and ombudsperson's office have both warned that the Matanza River, which is known as the Riachuelo in the last eight km before it runs into the Rio de la Plata estuary, is seriously polluted.
www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=33145   (1388 words)

  
 Annual Meeting 2003- Today's News
Other governors highlighted the role of the private sector as the engine of development, and urged the IDB to strengthen its support for small- and medium-size enterprises while at the same time continuing its support for large firms.
Several IDB governors expressed their support for the MIF, while the governors of the IIC discussed a proposal for a working group that would examine how private sector operations of the IDB Group be consolidated and strengthened.
Presentations were given by the governors of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru on the social and economic situations of their countries and prospects for the future.
www.iadb.org /exr/am/2003/eng/todaysnews/march26_03.cfm   (915 words)

  
 WSJ.com
Argentina finally admitted this month it can't pay its growing interest bill, asking lenders at home and abroad to take huge write-offs on as much as $60 billion in bonds.
The deal is key for Argentina to convince creditors like the International Monetary Fund the country will balance its books for the rest of this year and next.
Argentina's current plan -- to get investors to exchange their current bonds for ones that pay less interest -- could hit legal problems if foreign creditors decide Argentina hasn't provided enough guarantees of repayment and is favoring local investors over foreign bondholders.
www.j-bradford-delong.net /macro_online/timely/news/20011116arg.html   (922 words)

  
 Argentina History | iExplore.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Between the mid-19th century and 1946, Argentina swung from civilian to military rule and from radical to conservative policies.
The UCR was successful in negotiating the transition to civilian rule and restoring the credibility of the country’s civilian polity; a considerable achievement given the continuous rumble of dissatisfaction from the military and discontent from a population seeking improvement in their economic circumstances and retribution for years of repression.
Argentina is rich in natural resources and also has a large and profitable agricultural sector; the country is one of the world’s major exporters of wheat and also produces maize, oilseeds, sorghum, soya beans and sugar.
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 Argentina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,766,890  km² (1,078,000 sq mi) between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.
Although not globally acknowledged, Argentina claims the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), which are controlled by the UK, and a slice of Antarctica, both of which it considers a part of its Tierra del Fuego Province (23).
Argentina is divided into twenty-three provinces (provincias; singular provincia), and one autonomous city (commonly known as the capital federal, but officially Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires):
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argentina   (6342 words)

  
 Finance & Development, September 2005 - Book Reviews
The main mistakes, however, were those made by Argentina, and the first one was made a full decade before the onset of the crisis.
The IMF called repeatedly for fiscal reform, including reform of the strange arrangements that allowed the governors of Argentina’s provinces to hijack the tax revenues of the central government, but borrowing was easier than fiscal reform.
And when, in the end, Argentina couldn’t issue additional debt, it adopted a draconian fiscal policy, cutting public sector wages as well as old-age pensions, at a time when the economy was contracting sharply.
www.imf.org /external/pubs/ft/fandd/2005/09/books.htm   (1604 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Argentine governors strive for IMF deal
The statement followed the support of most of Argentina's 24 provincial governors to a 12-point plan aimed at boosting long-standing negotiations with the IMF.
The governors' plan urges measures including good management of the country's foreign currency reserves, and the end of some tax breaks opposed by the Fund.
Argentina paid lees than $80m of an $805m payment due to the World Bank.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/2493255.stm   (331 words)

  
 Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Spanish further integrated Argentina into their empire by establishing the Vice Royalty of Río de la Plata in 1776, and Buenos Aires became a flourishing port.
Rodríguez Saa announced immediately that Argentina would default on its international debt obligations, but expressed his commitment to maintain the currency board and the peso's 1-to-1 peg to the dollar.
Argentina has sound fundamentals and should continue to perform well in 2004, with growth projected to be in the 6%-8% range.
www.info-pedia.net /about/argentina   (3238 words)

  
 How the independence of central banks affects policy outcomes
The other three are indicators of independence: the rate of turnover of central bank governors, an index based on a questionnaire answered by specialists in 23 countries, and an aggregation of the legal index and the rate of turnover.
The average actual term of office of the governors in Argentina was about one year from 1950 to 1989.
Rates of turnover of central bank governors were low in all the industrial countries, and turnover was not associated with inflation within that subsample.
www.worldbank.org /html/dec/Publications/Bulletins/PRBvol3no5.html   (2532 words)

  
 COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Argentina's race clouded by Duhalde's meddling (MiamiHerald) (04/24/03) - Andres Oppenheimer Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde's reckless interventions in his country's electoral process to help his troubled candidate are casting a shadow over Sunday's elections.
Argentina's Tax Revenue May Rise 73% in April, Ambito Reports (Bloomberg) (04/25/03) Argentina's tax revenue may soar 73 percent in April from a year ago as Argentines met a deadline for personal wealth tax payments and as value-added tax collection rose, Ambito Financiero said.
The Argentina Action Group provides companies that have been affected by the crisis in Argentina with the opportunity to share information, to develop common solutions to common problems, and to leverage their individual interests in front of the Argentina and U.S. government.
www.americas-society.org /coa/publications/ArgentinaPage.html   (2192 words)

  
 Argentina's Provincial Profligates (int'l edition)
De la Rua, as part of his bid for IMF aid, has extracted a hard-won pledge from Argentina's 23 governors to freeze expenditures for five years.
Concluded in a flurry of backroom negotiations at the end of November, the agreement is one of the cornerstones of the de la Rua administration's efforts to rein in a pernicious fiscal deficit now running at $6.7 billion, or 2.3% of gross domestic product.
The stand-alone province is home to one-third of Argentina's population of 36 million and boasts an annual GDP greater than that of Colombia.
www.businessweek.com /@@34KSA2cQKXiNfAYA/2001/01_05/b3717153.htm   (763 words)

  
 Argentina's Seeks Escape from Anarchy - Worldpress.org
The crisis in Argentina is as much a crisis of faith in politicians as it is in the country's finances.
Although Argentina's future economic policy is still under discussion, most observers now say that Rodríguez Saá will likely remove the peso from its peg against the dollar.
In addition to confronting Argentina's formidable economic problems, President Duhalde must restore the population's confidence in the integrity and efficacy of the government.
www.worldpress.org /Americas/366.cfm   (1591 words)

  
 Reports on the International Financial Architecture by the G22 Working Group on Transparency and Accountability, ...
Ministers and Governors identified three key areas where action is needed: enhancing transparency and accountability; strengthening national financial systems; and managing international financial crises.
The importance of these efforts was first given prominence in 1995 at the Halifax summit of heads of state and government of G-7 countries, and progress since has benefited from the involvement of finance ministries and central banks from both developed and emerging market economies.
In their discussions, Ministers and Governors stressed the importance of strengthening the international financial system through action in three key areas: enhancing transparency and accountability; strengthening domestic financial systems; and managing international financial crises.
www.imf.org /external/np/g22/index.htm   (1545 words)

  
 Argentina
Governors of Buenos Aires, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
Governor of Santa Fe, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
Governor of Entre Ríos, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
www.worldstatesmen.org /Argentina.html   (2203 words)

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