In 2015, Argentina was in a period of political change. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had been in office since 2007 and the government had achieved some successes such as economic growth and improved security. See ehealthfacts for Argentina in the year of 2005.
To address these issues, the government implemented a series of reforms aimed at diversifying the economy and reducing poverty. These reforms included increased investment in infrastructure projects such as roads and hospitals which improved access for communities across the country. The government also increased foreign aid from countries like Brazil and China which helped fund job creation programs for young people in rural areas.
Despite these positive developments, unemployment remained high due to lack of job opportunities outside of the agricultural sector which accounted for nearly half of all employment in 2015. The government also faced criticism for its handling of refugees from neighbouring countries who had been arriving in Argentina since 2011. To address this issue, the government opened refugee camps throughout the country and provided humanitarian assistance to those who were displaced by war or conflict.
Yearbook 2015
Argentina. In the first round of the presidential election October 25, the candidate of the ruling party Daniel Scioli got the most votes, but the main opposition candidate Mauricio Macri, mayor of the capital Buenos Aires, came close. In the second round of voting on November 22, Macri managed to reverse the results, winning a tight victory with just over 51% of the vote against just under 49% for Scioli. The change of power was a fact. Macri did win only in eleven of Argentina’s electoral districts against 14 for Scioli, but he won in the most populous except for the province of Buenos Aires, where Scioli has been governor for eight years. The election results were regarded as extremely important. It was the first time a center-right candidate won democratic elections in the country. It also ended the twelve-year reign of “kirchnerismo”, the native name of the political dynasty Kirchner.
According to COUNTRYAAH, Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina which is located in South America. Macri promised sweeping economic reforms during the election campaign. But he was predicted to have few parliamentary difficulties since the opposition alliance Victory Front (FPV) is strong in both chambers of Congress. Macris partial alliance Change has only 91 of 257 seats in the House of Representatives, and in the Senate, FPV has its own majority with 42 out of 72 seats. Even regionally, the opposition has a strong position with half of the country’s provincial governors, while Change has only five.
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The election results should be viewed in the light of growing dissatisfaction with President Kirchner, especially in the economic field. On June 9, the union central organization CGT succeeded in virtually crippling the country’s all major cities in a general strike in protest of the government’s economic policy. Growth has been almost non-existent, productivity and creditworthiness are low, and both trade and budget deficits are large. The new Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay, former Governor of the Central Bank, will be given a difficult task.
For Kirchner’s opinion figures, the case of Alberto Nisman was devastating. He was a special prosecutor in the case of the 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, when 85 people were killed and hundreds injured. The incident was never properly investigated but Iran was designated as involved in the act. In January, Nisman returned to Argentina with extensive documentation purporting to show that the Argentine government was trying to darken the circumstances of the attack with the aim of establishing favorable trade agreements with Iran. Shortly after his arrival in Argentina, the day before he was to present his report to the congress behind closed doors, Nisman was found dead. Everything suggested suicide, but public opinion was skeptical and made suspicions of the already unpopular Kirchner. On February 18, public prosecutors, supported by several opposition leaders, organized a “march of silence” as a tribute to Nisman. Later that month, however, a federal court dismissed the allegations of darkening the affair and President Kirchner’s involvement in such a case.
General information about Argentina
The colonial conquerors of Spain and Portugal brought to South America two main languages born on the basis of Latin culture. Indeed, the term “Latin America” is well established and describes a great many countries in South America. However, in addition to Spanish and Portuguese, 500 other languages are also spoken on the continent.
The Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, is called the Paris of Latin America. Here, Europeanness is really seen and felt in both people and architecture. The boutiques of Palermo’s fine metropolitan area are contrasted with the San Telmo market and La Boca’s colorful harbor block, which also gave birth to the bar. In Buenos Aires, the visitor himself can learn the bends of the tango accompanied by a longing bandoneon, or at least watch the tango performances at a local club. A successful evening in Argentina also includes succulent steak, asado, and native Mendoza wine.
The infinite interior of the Pampa Republic opened up to agriculture two hundred years ago. Prosperity in Argentina did not grow to the great disappointment of Spanish colonial landlords of gold or silver but of black soil and cattle. Gaucho is the Latin American equivalent of a western cowboy and Pampa is his homeland. Cattle herding culture has been preserved in small towns such as San Antonio de Areco. The people of a large country of more than 40 million still secure their livestock in their economy but also their abundant mineral resources.
On the Argentine-Brazilian border, Iguassú Falls are roaring with the force of 275 individual falls over an area of more than three kilometers. The rumbling water plunges into the 90-meter Devil’s Kit. The waterfalls can be admired from both sides of the country.