In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head of the government. The government works on a multi-party system where the two most important parties are the Partido Justicialista which was developed by Perón from the 1940s (better known as the Peronists) and the Unión Cívica Radical founded in 1890 (the Radicals). The Legislative Branch is a bicameral Congress, which consists of the Senate (72 seats), presided by the vice-president – currently Amado Boudou – and the Chamber of Deputies (257 Seats), currently presided by Julián Domínguez, deputy for the Province of Buenos Aires.
Argentine politics can be sometimes hard to understand, and reading the news is often confusing if you don’t know how the system works. The following should make things clearer and help you to better understand Argentine politics.
How does democracy work in Argentina?
In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head of the government. The government works on a multi-party system where the two most important parties are the Partido Justicialista which was developed by Perón from the 1940s (better known as the Peronists) and the Unión Cívica Radical founded in 1890 (the Radicals). The Legislative Branch is a bicameral Congress, which consists of the Senate (72 seats), presided by the vice-president – currently Amado Boudou – and the Chamber of Deputies (257 Seats), currently presided by Julián Domínguez, deputy for the Province of Buenos Aires.