{"id":3269,"date":"2002-08-08T13:49:38","date_gmt":"2002-08-08T17:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2008-10-10T14:46:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T18:46:26","slug":"countries-in-comparison-us-v-argentina-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/countries-in-comparison-us-v-argentina-politics\/3269\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><TABLE WIDTH=\"600\" BORDER=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" CELLSPACING=\"0\"><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"2\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>UNITED STATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/politics_pic1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/politics_pic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"politics_pic1\" width=\"246\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Political System:<\/b><br \/>\tLiberal democracy<\/p>\n<p><b>Administrative Divisions:<\/b><br \/> 50 states and one federal district (Washington, D.C.) <\/p>\n<p><b>Political Parties:<\/b><br \/>\tDemocratic Party, liberal center; Republican Party, right of center; Reform Party, pro-democratic<\/p>\n<p><b>Government Structure:<\/b><br \/> President and vice president elected by universal suffrage (but through an electoral college) for four-year terms, renewable once. Legislative branch consists of the House of Representatives with 435 members distributed proportionately among the states (where they are elected in congressional districts for two-year terms) and the Senate, comprised of two members per state, elected for six-year terms.<\/p>\n<p><b>National Anthem:<\/b><br \/>\t&#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>ARGENTINE REPUBLIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/politics_pic2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/politics_pic2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"politics_pic2\" width=\"247\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Political System:<\/b><br \/>\nLiberal democracy<\/p>\n<p><b>Administrative Divisions:<\/b><br \/>\n23 provinces and one federal district (Buenos Aires)<\/p>\n<p><b>Political Parties:<\/b><br \/>\nRadical Civic Union Party (UCR), moderate centrist; Justicialist Party (PJ), Peronist (right-wing); Movement for Dignity and Independence (Modin), right wing; Front for a Country in Solidarity (Frepaso), left of center.<\/p>\n<p><b>Government Structure:<\/b><br \/>\nPresident and vice president elected  by direct universal suffrage for four-year terms, renewable once.  Legislature consists of a senate, with 69 members elected by provincial legislatures for nine-year terms, and a directly elected 259-member chamber of deputies.  Each province has one governor and a legislature.<\/p>\n<p><b>National Anthem:<\/b><br \/>\n\t&#8220;Here, O Mortals, the Sacred Cry of Liberty&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: Facts on File (2001). photos: REUTERS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED STATES Political System: Liberal democracy Administrative Divisions: 50 states and one federal district (Washington, D.C.) Political Parties: Democratic Party, liberal center; Republican Party, right of center; Reform Party, pro-democratic Government Structure: President and vice president elected by universal suffrage (but through an electoral college) for four-year terms, renewable once. 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