Argentina 
Facts
Population: 40,301,927 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.9% (male 5,134,958/female 4,905,181)
15-64 years: 64.4% (male 12,979,588/female 12,967,507)
65 years and over: 10.7% (male 1,769,593/female 2,545,100) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.938% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 16.53 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.047 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.001 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.695 male(s)/female
total population: 0.974 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 14.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.32 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 80.24 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.13 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 130,000 (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,500 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Argentine(s)
adjective: Argentine.
Ethnic groups: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%.
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%.
Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.2%
male: 97.2%
female: 97.2% (2001 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $608.8 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 8.5% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $15,200 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9.5%
industry: 35.8%
services: 54.7% (2005 est.).
Labor force: 15.35 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%.
Population below poverty line: 26.9% (July-December 2006).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 35% (June 2006).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.8% (2006).
Unemployment rate: 8.7% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $52.1 billion
expenditures: $47.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.4 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock.
Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel.
Industrial production growth rate: 8.2% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 93.94 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 90.93 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 4.143 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 7.7 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $46.6 billion f.o.b. (2006).
Exports - commodities: edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles.
Exports - partners: Brazil 15.8%, US 11.4%, Chile 11.2%, China 7.9% (2005).
Imports: $31.69 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics.
Imports - partners: Brazil 35.9%, US 14.1%, China 7.8%, Germany 4.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $109 billion (30 December 2006).
Economic aid - recipient: $0 (2002).
Currency (code): Argentine peso (ARS).
Exchange rates: Argentine pesos per US dollar - 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004), 2.9006 (2003), 3.0633 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires
http://www.clarin.com/
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http://www.diariodemocracia.com/
Salta
http://www.diariosalta.com/
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world press review
The surprise resignation of Argentine Vice President Carlos “Chacho” Alvarez in early October marked a politically explosive climax to the open public feud between President Fernando de la Rúa and his second-in-command over simmering corruption scandals.
We review the Argentine press coverage of the economic crisis there.
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