A report on Buenos Aires and Supreme Court of Argentina

Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department

The Palace of Justice, site of the Supreme Court.

Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.

Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.

Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.

Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.

Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.

Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.

Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.

Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.

The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo

Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City

The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.

Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires

The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.

Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.

Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.

Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo

The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.

Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.

The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.

Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.

A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI

A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.

University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta

A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station

Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network

200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.

Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay

Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline

La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.

The Supreme Court of Argentina is headquartered in the Palacio de Justicia, in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of San Nicolás (the surrounding area is commonly known as "Tribunales" due to the palace's location).

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In June 1996, shortly before the city's first Executive elections were held, the Argentine National Congress issued the National Law 24.588 (known as Ley Cafiero, after the Senator who advanced the project) by which the authority over the 25,000-strong Argentine Federal Police and the responsibility over the federal institutions residing at the city (e.g., National Supreme Court of Justice buildings) would not be transferred from the National Government to the Autonomous City Government until a new consensus could be reached at the National Congress.

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Argentina

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Country in the southern half of South America.

The surrender of Beresford to Santiago de Liniers during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata

Portrait of General José de San Martin, Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru.

People gathered in front of the Buenos Aires Cabildo during the May Revolution

Julio Argentino Roca was a major figure of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the "Conquest of the Desert". During his two terms as President many changes occurred, particularly major infrastructure projects of railroads; large-scale immigration from Europe and laicizing legislation strengthening state power.

Official presidential portrait of Juan Perón and his wife Eva Perón, 1948

Admiral Emilio Massera, Lieutenant General Jorge Videla and Brigadier General Orlando Agosti (from left to right) – observing the Independence Day military parade on Avenida del Libertador, 9 July 1978.

Two members of the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers guarding the Constitution of the Argentine Nation inside the Palace of the Congress.

Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia, at 6960.8 m, and the highest point in the Southern Hemisphere.

The national animal of Argentina is the Rufous hornero, a small songbird native to South America

Argentina features geographical locations such as this glacier, known as the Perito Moreno Glacier

The National Congress composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

G 20 leaders gathered in Argentina for the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.

Argentine destroyer ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)

A proportional representation of Argentina exports, 2019

The Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies.

Atucha Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear power plant in Latin America. The electricity comes from 3 operational nuclear reactors: The Embalse Nuclear Power Station, the Atucha I and II.

Buenos Aires Underground is the oldest underground railway in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere and the Spanish speaking world.

"Estudio País 24, the Program of the Argentines" in Channel 7, the first television station in the country

SAC-D is an Argentine earth science satellite built by INVAP and launched in 2011.

President Macri in the INVAP with the SAOCOM A and B, two planned Earth observation satellite constellation of Argentine Space Agency CONAE. the scheduled launch dates for 1A and 1B were further pushed back to 2018 and 2020.

The cacique Qom Félix Díaz meets with then president Mauricio Macri.

Over 25 million Argentines have at least one Italian immigrant ancestor.

Dialectal variants of the Spanish language in Argentina

Francis, the first pope from the Americas, was born and raised in Argentina.

Argentina has historically been placed high in the global rankings of literacy, with rates similar to those of developed countries.

The University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, alma mater to many of the country's 3,000 medical graduates, annually

El Ateneo Grand Splendid was named the second most beautiful bookshop in the world by The Guardian.

Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813

Four of the most influential Argentine writers. Top-left to bottom-right: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares

Martha Argerich, widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century

Andy Muschietti, director of It, the highest-grossing horror film of all-time.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical centre. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts, and modernist architecture.

Diego Maradona, one of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century

Lionel Messi, seven times Ballon d'Or winner, is the current captain of the Argentina national football team.

Argentine beef as asado, a traditional dish

The Cave of the Hands in Santa Cruz province, with artwork dating from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago.

Carlos Gardel, the most prominent figure in the history of tango

Civilian casualties after the air attack and massacre on Plaza de Mayo, June 1955

Juan Perón and his wife Isabel Perón, 1973

Argentinians soldiers during the Falklands War

Néstor Kirchner and his wife and political successor, Cristina Kirchner

Argentina map of Köppen climate classification

Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk operated by the Argentine Air Force

Argentine provinces by population (2010)

Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires

Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires.

The Judicial branch includes the Supreme Court and lower federal courts interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.

Bernardino Rivadavia, the first president of the Argentine Republic

President of Argentina

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Both head of state and head of government of Argentina.

By the May Revolution of 25 May 1810, the first Argentine autonomous government, known as the Primera Junta, was formed in Buenos Aires.

It provides that the executive power must be temporarily exercised (without assuming the title of president) by the provisional president of the Senate; in his or her absence, by the president of the Chamber of Deputies; and in the absence of both, by the president of the Supreme Court.

Argentine Chamber of Deputies

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Lower house of the Argentine National Congress (Congreso de la Nación).

It is made up of 257 national deputies who are elected in multi-member constituencies corresponding with the territories of the 23 provinces of Argentina (plus the Federal Capital) by party list proportional representation.

The Chamber holds exclusive rights to levy taxes; to draft troops; and to accuse the President, cabinet ministers, and members of the Supreme Court before the Senate.

National Reorganization Process

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The military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, in which it was supported by the United States until 1982.

The "first military junta" – Admiral Emilio Massera, Lieutenant General Jorge Videla and Brigadier General Orlando Agosti (from left to right) – observing the Independence Day military parade on Avenida del Libertador, 9 July 1978.

Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla swearing the Oath as he becomes the President of Argentina.

Videla met with US President Jimmy Carter at the White House on 9 September 1977.

Viola met with Ronald Reagan and Argentine Ambassador Jorge A. Aja Espil at the White House on March 17, 1981.

Argentines commemorate victims of military dictatorship, 24 March 2017

As part of the agreement, two-hundred Guatemalan officers were dispatched to Buenos Aires to undergo advanced military intelligence training, which included instruction in interrogation.

The Argentine Supreme Court declared amnesty laws unconstitutional in 2005.