what is the political system in argentina?
Representative democracy Presidential system Federal republic Federation
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 Argentina was the first Latin American country with a gay rights group , Nuestro Mundo ( NM , or Our World ) , created in 1969 . Six mostly secret organizations concentrating on gay or lesbian issues were founded around this time , but persecution and harassment were continuous and grew worse with the dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla in 1976 , when all groups were dissolved in the Dirty War . Lesbian rights groups have gradually formed since 1986 to build a cohesive community that works to overcome philosophical differences with heterosexual women . 

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 Argentina was a fragmented nation ( since the 1852 downfall of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas ) , with the Argentine Confederation and the State of Buenos Aires each vying for supremacy . Flores approached the Buenos Aires Minister of War , Bartolomé Mitre , agreeing to throw the support of the Colorados behind Buenos Aires in exchange for subsequent Argentine assistance in their fight against the Fusionist government in Montevideo ( the Uruguayan capital ) . Flores and his Colorado units served Buenos Aires with fierce determination . They played a decisive role in the Battle of Pavón on 17 September 1861 , in which the Confederation was defeated and all Argentina was reunited under the government in Buenos Aires . 

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 According to historian Félix Luna 's Breve historia de los Argentinos ( Spanish : Brief history of the Argentines ) , one of the most important societal consequences of the May Revolution was the shift in the way the people and its rulers related . Until then , the conception of the common good prevailed : while royal authority was fully respected , if an instruction from the crown of Spain was considered detrimental to the common good of the local population , it was half @-@ met or simply ignored . With the revolution , the concept of common good gave way to that of popular sovereignty , as theorized by Moreno , Castelli and Monteagudo , among others . This idea held that , in the absence of a legitimate authority , the people had the right to appoint their own leaders . Over time , popular sovereignty would give way to the idea of majority rule . This maturation of ideas was gradual , taking many decades to crystallize into stable electoral and political systems , but it was what ultimately led to the adoption of the republican system as the form of government for Argentina . Domingo Faustino Sarmiento stated similar views in his Facundo , and noted that cities were more receptive to republican ideas , while rural areas were more resistant to them , which led to the surge of caudillos . 

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 Argentina 's divisions led to a civil war that began in 1814 . A frail agreement was reached in the early 1820s , which led to the unification of the Republic just in time to wage the Cisplatine War against the Empire of Brazil , but the relations between the Provinces reached again the point of breaking @-@ off in 1826 , when Unitarist Bernardino Rivadavia was elected president and tried to enforce a newly enacted centralist Constitution . Supporters of decentralized government challenged the Unitarist Party , leading to the outbreak of violence . Federalists Juan Facundo Quiroga and Manuel Dorrego wanted more autonomy for the provinces and were inclined to reject European culture . The Unitarists defended Rivadavia ’ s presidency , as it created educational opportunities for rural inhabitants through a European @-@ staffed university program . However , under Rivadavia 's rule , the salaries of common laborers were subjected to government wage ceilings , and the gauchos ( " cattle @-@ wrangling horsemen of the pampas " ) were either imprisoned or forced to work without pay . 

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 In 1826 , an assembly elected Bernardino Rivadavia as president of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata . This action roused the ire of the provinces , and civil war was the result . Support for a strong , centralized Argentine government was based in Buenos Aires , and gave rise to two opposing groups . The wealthy and educated of the Unitarian Party , such as Sarmiento , favored centralized government . In opposition to them were the Federalists , who were mainly based in rural areas and tended to reject European mores . Numbering figures such as Manuel Dorrego and Juan Facundo Quiroga among their ranks , they were in favor of a loose federation with more autonomy for the individual provinces . 
