ARGENTINE 
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thoroughly defeated, some of the English 
battle flags which were captured still being 
exhibited in Buenos Aires. 
The government of the Argentine Nation 
is patterned after that of the United States 
of America, and has a constitution similar in 
its important features. There are three 
branches of government, executive, legislative 
and judicial; the legislative power being 
vested in a Congress composed of a Senate 
and a House of Deputies. The executive 
power is vested in a President and Vice-Presi 
dent elected as those of the United States, each 
holding office for the period of six years. Of 
late the Government has been very stable and 
there have been less tendencies to overthrow 
the authorized power than in most Latin 
American countries. By a treaty with Chile 
in 1881, the great territory of Patagonia, to 
the south of the Argentine, was divided be 
tween these two nations. 
Argentine covers an area of 1,153,418 square 
miles, or about one-third as large as the 
United States. To be more specific it is as