Argentina
The Republic of Argentina 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. Head of State: President Alberto Fernández Head of Government: President Alberto Fernández Last election: 27 October 2019 Next election: October 2023 Last election: 27 October 2019 Next election: Mid-term, October 2021 Area: 2,780,403 sq km Population (official projection, mid-2021): 45,808,747 Population density (at mid-2021): 16.5 per sq km Life expectancy (years at birth, 2018): 76.5 (males 73.1; females 79.9) GDP in current prices (World Bank estimates, 2019): US $449,663m. ($10,006 per head) Real GDP growth (2019): –2.1% Inflation (average change in consumer prices, 2019): 53.6% Currency: new peso | 

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Argentina,
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