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       election results: Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA%;

       seats by bloc or party - PJ 40, UCR 24, provincial parties 6,

       Frepaso 1, ARI 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or

       party - NA%; seats by bloc or party - PJ 113, UCR 74, provincial

       parties 27, Frepaso 17, ARI 17, AR 9

       elections: Senate - last held 14 October 2001 (next to be held

       intermittently by province before December 2003); Chamber of

       Deputies - last held 14 October 2001 (next to be held intermittently

       by province before December 2003)

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court judges are

       appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Action for the Republic or AR [Domingo CAVALLO]; Alternative for a

       Republic of Equals or ARI [Elisa CARRIO]; Front for a Country in

       Solidarity or Frepaso (a four-party coalition) [Dario Pedro

       ALESSANDRO]; Justicialist Party or PJ [Carlos Saul MENEM] (Peronist

       umbrella political organization); Radical Civic Union or UCR [Angel

       ROZAS]; Federal Recreate Movement [Ricardo LOPEZ MURPHY]; several

       provincial parties

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       Argentine Association of Pharmaceutical Labs (CILFA); Argentine

       Industrial Union (manufacturers' association); Argentine Rural

       Society (large landowners' association); business organizations;

       General Confederation of Labor or CGT (Peronist-leaning umbrella

       labor organization); Peronist-dominated labor movement; Roman

       Catholic Church; students

      International organization participation:

       AfDB, Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, ECLAC, FAO, G-6, G-15, G-19,

       G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,

       IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,

       LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MINURSO, MIPONUH, MONUC, MTCR, NSG, OAS,

       OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO,

       UNIKOM, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOVIC, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL,

       WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador Jose Octavio BORDON

       chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

       consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,

       New York

       FAX: [1] (202) 332–3171

       telephone: [1] (202) 238–6400

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador James D. WALSH; note - Lino GUTIERREZ is designated to replace Ambassador WALSH embassy: Avenida Colombia 4300, C1425GMN Buenos Aires mailing address: international mail: use street address; APO address: Unit 4334, APO AA 34034 telephone: [54] (11) 5777–4533 FAX: [54] (11) 5777–4240

      Flag description:

       three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light

       blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a

       human face known as the Sun of May

      Economy Argentina

      Economy - overview:

       Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate

       population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a

       diversified industrial base. Over the past decade, however, the

       country has suffered recurring economic problems of inflation,

       external debt, capital flight, and budget deficits. Growth in 2000

       was a negative 0.8%, as both domestic and foreign investors remained

       skeptical of the government's ability to pay debts and maintain the

       peso's fixed exchange rate with the US dollar. The economic

       situation worsened in 2001 with the widening of spreads on Argentine

       bonds, massive withdrawals from the banks, and a further decline in

       consumer and investor confidence. Government efforts to achieve a

       "zero deficit," to stabilize the banking system, and to restore

       economic growth proved inadequate in the face of the mounting

       economic problems. The peso's peg to the dollar was abandoned in

       January 2002, and the peso was floated in February; the exchange

       rate plunged and inflation picked up rapidly, but by mid-2002 the

       economy had stabilized, albeit at a lower level. Strong demand for

       the peso compelled the Central Bank to intervene in foreign exchange

       markets to curb its appreciation in early 2003. Led by record

       exports, the economy began to recover with output up 5.5% in 2003,

       unemployment falling, and inflation sliced to 4.2% at year-end.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $403.8 billion (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       −10.9% (2002 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $10,500 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5% industry: 28% services: 66% (2000 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       37% (2001 est.)

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