Argentina
Republica Argentina

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LOCAL FACTS  Return to Top
Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
Form of government: President appointed by electoral college of 600
Population: 36,737,664 (86% urban)
Total area: 2,766,890 sq. km
Languages: Spanish
Religions: Roman Catholic (90%)
Per capita GDP: $8,300 p.a.
Exports: $26bn; crude petroleum, meat, wheat, oilseed
Literacy): 96.2% (1995 est.)
Life expectancy: 74.8 years (78.6f, 71.1m)
Sources
[CIA World Factbook] country data - Argentina
[Atlapedia Online] - Argentina
[Nation by Nation] country data - Argentina - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Argentina - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news and weather
[Ethnologue] Languages of Argentina - national or official languages, number and diversity of languages, literacy rates, blind population, etc
[World Skip] country data - Argentina
 
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LOCAL DIRECTORIES  Return to Top
Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
Argentina Guía (Guide to Argentina) - news, sports, culture, travel
Terra El Argentina - one of several Terra portals in Latin America and Spain (in Spanish)
 
Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
Governments on the WWW - Argentina - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc
Executive:
Presidencia de la Nación (President of Argentina)
Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros (President of the Cabinet of Ministers)
Legislature:
Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies)
Senado de la Nación (National Senate)
Ministries:
Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Medio Ambiente (Ministry of Social Development and Environment)
Ministerio de Economía (Ministry of Economy)
Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education)
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto (Ministry of External Relations, International Commerce and Worship)
Ministerio de Defensa (Ministry of Defence)
Ministerio del Interior (Ministry of the Interior)
Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos (Ministry of Justice and Human Rights)
Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health)
Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Formación de Recursos Humanos (Ministry of Labour, Employment and Formation of Human Resources)
Departments:
Secretaría de Inteligencia del Estado (Secretariat of State Intelligence)
Secretaría de Cultura y Comunicación (Secretariat of Culture & Communication)
Secretaría para la Tecnología, la Ciencia y la Innovación Productiva (Secretariat for Technology, Science and Productive Innovation)
Secretaría de Turismo (Secretariat of Tourism)
Secretaría de Programación para la Prevención de la Drogadicción y la Lucha contra el Narcotráfico
Instituto Nacional de la Administración Pública (National Institute of Public Administration)
Dirección Nacional del Antártico Argentina (National Directorate of Antarctica)
Defence:
Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Naval Academy)
Inter-Government:
Mercosur Organismo (Mercado Común del Sur) - Common Market of the South
 
Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
Environment:
EcoPortal.net El Directorio Ecológico y Natural - portal en español, a los más de 400m de personas que hablan el idioma español y que reúne sitios web de todas las partes del mundo
Human rights & civil liberties:
Movimiento Ecuménico por los Derechos Humanos (Ecumenical Movement for Human Rights)
Political parties:
Frepaso (Country in Solidarity Party)
Frente Nacional contra la Pobreza por el Trabajo y la Produccion
Partido Obrero (Workers Party)
Radical Civic Union (UCR)
Union Industrial Argentina (UIA)
Social development & assistance:
Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC)
ORT Argentina (Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training) - education and training organisation
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Argentina
 
Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
Consejo Nacional de la Mujer (National Council of Women)
Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Naval Academy) - service education
Community services:
Correo Argentino (Argentina Post) - post and telecommunications
 
Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts)
Instituto Nacional del Teatro (National Institute of Theatre)
Comisión Nacional de Museos y de Monumentos y Lugares Históricos (National Historical Monuments)
National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA)
Art Galleries:
El Espacio (Buenos Aires)
Galería Arroyo (Buenos Aires)
Galería de La Recoleta (Buenos Aires)
Ruth Benzacar Art Gallery
 
Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
Federacion Argentina de Voleibol (Argentine Volleyball Federation)
 
Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
 
 
Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Cenos (National Institute of Statistics and Census)
Essential data:
[CIA World Factbook] country data - Argentina
[U.S. State Department] [Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs] background notes - Argentina
Social development:
[OneWorld.net] country database - Argentina - news articles selected from around the world
[The Economist] country Briefing - Argentina
[UNICEF] children's health & education statistics - Argentina
[U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Argentina
Human rights:
[Human Rights Watch] Human Rights Developments 2000 - Argentia
[International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Argentina] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
Governance:
Governments on the WWW - Argentina - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc
[CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Argentina
[Political Resources] - Argentina
[World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Argentina - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
[ElectionWorld.org] election results in Argentina
 
Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
Sienta Continental AM 590 - radio station
Independent Media Centre, Argentina
Newspapers:
Brief (Buenos Aires) - Diario con resúmenes de noticias políticas, económicas, y gremiales de la Argentina
Buenos Aires Económico Diario de Negocios (Business Magazine)
Buenos Aires Herald - daily newspaper
Business News Americas - daily business news from Latin America
Cuyo Noticias (Mendoza)
Deutschsprachige Wochenzeitung - Das Neueste aus Argentinien auf Deutsch
Diario Ambito Financiero (Buenos Aires) - finance news
Diario Crónica de Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut)
Diario Castellanos (Rafaela) - daily newspaper
Diario El Argentino (Gualeguaychu)
Diario El Chubut (Patagonia)
Diario El Día (Buenos Aires)
Diario El Oeste (Cordillera)
Diario El Sol - Matutino Independiente
Diario Hoy (La Plata)
Diario Jornada (Chubut) - El Diario de la Prensa Patagonica. Renovado, confiable e independiente
Diario La Hoja (San Miguel, Buenos Aires)
Diario Judicial (Buenos Aires) - La actualidad desde el derecho
Diario Provincia 23 (Río Grande,Tierra del Fuego)
Diario Uno (Mendoza)
Ecos Diarios (Necochea)
El Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)
El Cronista (Funes)
El Comercial (Formosa)
El Civismo (Lujan) - a la vanguardia del periodismo zonal
El Consultor (Santa Fe) - Agencia de Noticias de Santa Fe
El Cordillerano (San Carlos de Bariloche)
El Cronista Regional (Santa Fe)
El Diario (Villa María)
El Diario de Bolsillo (Buenos Aires)
El Debate (Zarate) - daily newspaper
El Diario de Morón
El Diario de Paraná
El Diario del Fin del Mundo (Ushuaia)
El Eco (Tandil)
El Fuerte (Chascomus)
El Fundador (Villa Gesell)
El Heraldo (Concordia)
El Independiente (La Rioja) - un pueblo hecho noticia
El Liberal (Santiago del Estero)
El Observador del Litoral (Entre Rios)
El Litoral (Corrientes)
El Litoral (Santa Fe)
El Norte (San Nicolás)
El Nuevo Cronista (Mercedes)
El Otro Lado (Morón)
El Patagónico (C. Rivadavia)
El Popular (Olavarría, Buenos Aires)
El Pueblo (Entre Ríos)
El Sureño (Tierra del Fuego)
El Tiempo (Sunchales)
El Tiempo (Azul)
El Zonda (San Juan)
Estar Informados (Buenos Aires)
Gualeguay al Día
Hacemos Comentarios (Buenos Aires)
Ituzaingo (Buenos Aires)
La Arena (La Pampa)
La Libertad (San Andres de Giles)
La Nación Line (Buenos Aires)
La Nueva Provincia (Bahía Blanca)
La Opinión (Pergamino)
La Opinión (Rafaela)
La Opinión Austral (Río Gallegos)
La Prensa (Buenos Aires)
La Razón Internews (Buenos Aires)
La Reforma (La Pampa)
La República (San Luis)
La Voz del Chaco (Chaco)
La Voz (San Justo)
Litoral Norte (Reconquista)
Los Andes (Mendoza)
Misiones On Line (Misiones)
Noticias de Bariloche
Noticias Net (Viedma, Río Negro)
Noticias Online (Neuquén) - diario de la Región del Corredor de los Lagos
Noticias & Protagonistas (Mar del Plata)
Paralelo 32 (Crespo)
Pregon On line (Pregon, Jujuy)
Regionnet (Reconquista, Santa Fe)
Rosario-12 (Rosario)
Rosario Net (Rosario, Santa Fe)
Santa Fe Press (Santa Fe)
Semanario Analisis de la Actualidad (Parana)
Tiempo Fueguino (Río Grande)
Tiempo Online (Formosa)
Tiempo Sur (Río Gallegos)
Vox Populi (Misiones)
 
Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
Petroleum World - Latin American energy, oil & gas
Cámara de Comercio Italiana de Córdoba (Italian Chamber of Commerce in Cordoba)
Cámara de Comercio Italiana de Rosario (Italian Chamber of Commerce in Rosario)
Consolato d'Italia Mendoza (Italian Consul in Mendoza)
Fundación Export.AR
Guide to Argentine Exporters
 
Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
Banco Central de la Republica Argentina (Central Bank)
Buenos Aires Stock Exchange
Chamber of Mutual Funds Investment Managers (Camara Argentina de Fondos Comunes de Inversión) - aims to spread and strengthen knowledge of the common forms of investment, to preserve the integrity of the industry and to safeguard the confidence of investors