Argentina
The Argentine Republic occupies almost the whole of South America south
of the Tropic of Capricorn and east of the Andes. Throughout the 20th century
government generally alternated between military and civilian rule. The so-called
'dirty war' between the military regime and its opponents between 1976 and
1983 remained politically sensitive in the early 21st century. In 2001 economic
disaster forced Fernando de la Rúa of the Unión Cívica
Radical to resign as President. He was replaced by a succession of Presidents
prior to the election of Peronist Néstor Kirchner in 2003. He was succeeded
by his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in 2007. Peronist rule
came to an end with the election of Mauricio Macri in 2015, but the Peronists
regained the presidency in 2019. Argentina’s capital is Buenos Aires.
The language is Spanish. Area and PopulationArea: 2,780,403 sq km Population (official projection, 1 July 2020): 45,376,763 Population density (at 1 July 2020): 16.3 per sq km Life expectancy (years at birth, 2017): 76.7 (males 73.0; females 80.4) FinanceGDP in current prices (World Bank estimates, 2017): US $637,430m. ($14,398 per head) Real GDP growth (preliminary, 2018): –2.5% Inflation (average change in consumer prices, 2018): 34.3% Currency: new peso Government and PoliticsHead of State: President Mauricio Macri Head of Government: President Mauricio Macri Last election: Legislative and presidential, 27 October 2019 Next election: Legislative (mid-term), October 2021 | 

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Argentina,
in Europa World online. London, Routledge.
Retrieved 10 December 2019 from http://www.europaworld.com/pub/entry/ar
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