Jorge Mario Bergoglio: The Republic Of Argentina

The eighth largest country in the world, second largest in Latin America, subdivided into 23 provinces and one autonomous city, is home to approximately 43,417,000 Argentinians holding the world’s largest population of Italians outside of Italy and the second largest population of Jews in the Americas, outside of New York. The name Argentina comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum, and they chose this name because the original European settlers thought the country was full of silver and somehow this rumor reached Spain in 1524. Their mother tongue is a unique dialect of Spanish called Lunfardo, which is known to be derived and developed from the criminal slang in Buenos Aires. Being the world’s 5th leading producer of wine and the origin of the Tango dance, their culture is rich and comprised of refiner tastes.The workforce is 40 percent female and 30 percent of congressional seats are also held by women, so they are a land of forward-thinkers. Their political structure however, is so far reaching and deep-rooted that different political parties retain their own brands of beer, which speaks volumes about the historical diversity and varying mentalities. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a pure Argentine …show more content…
The country is considered a republic and is formally known as the Republic of Argentina. They are ruled by a constitution that was ratified in 1853 although the constitution has been suspended multiple times due to the president’s ability to suspend the constitution without consent of the senate. The president is commander in chief, and cannot be re-elected after 2 consecutive 4-year terms. The senate consists of 72 senators, 3 from each of the 23 states, and the chamber of deputies consists of 257 members. Senators have 6 year terms while deputies have 4 year terms. In comparison to the United States, the Chamber of deputies is responsible for the legislative and judicial branch