Argentina is located in southern South America, bordered on the north by Bolivia and Paraguay; on the east by Brazil, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and Chile; and on the west by Chile. Argentina’s official name is Republica Argentina. Its capital city is Buenos Aries. Other main cities are Cordoba, Rosario, and La Plata. Argentina is 1,065,189 sq. miles. Its monetary unit is the Peso. It is at …showed first 75 words of 1771 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1771 total…term from six to four years and allows the president to seek a second consecutive term. In 1994 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay signed a treaty that created the Southern Cone Common Market. The agreement took effect on January 1, 1995, allowing 90 percent of trade between member countries to proceed duty free. This agreement, combined with the privatization of state industries, helped Argentina to continue its economic recovery. In May 1995 Carlos Saul Menem won a second presidential term.