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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-President ­
  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  between ­
  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