Essays on Argentina

Argentina is located in the southeastern part of South America. Its neighboring countries are Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay. The size in square kilometers of Argentina is 2,736, 690.00. In 2012, the recorded population of people in Argentina was 41.3 million. Argentina is a federal presidential representative democratic Republic. The President of Argentina is The head of Government and Head of State. Legislative power is vested in the Argentine National Congress and the president. The Judiciary in Argentina is independent of the Legislature and the Executive. The country holds regular elections on n a multi-party system. The Head Continue reading...

Answer 1)

a) Yes, United States has an absolute advantage in production of wheat and beef. Absolute advantage takes place when one country can produce more of a good than the other country. Thus, since US can produce more wheat and beef than Argentina, it surely have an absolute advantage in the production of wheat and beef.
b) In US, the tradeoff between wheat and beef is 1/3rd of beef for every 1 unit of wheat. Thus, to produce one extra unit of wheat, US must forgo producing 1/3rd unit of a beef. Similarly, in Argentina, the opportunity cost of producing Continue reading...

In fourth June 1946, a period when Juan Domingo Peron became president of Argentina, many wishes of the people were fulfilled in education taking the central stage. His ideas and the changes that happened in his era came to be known as Peronism. The people of Argentina had gone through a series of hardships such as a coup d’états that took place in the year of 1943. The coups brought new regimes that had different goals compared to the previous rule (Rein, 4). The new government wanted to implement changes in the economic and social structures of the Continue reading...

Introduction

Argentine economic crisis is a crisis that occurred in the Argentine economy in the late 1990s - early 2000s. In terms of macroeconomic crisis began with the decrease in real GDP in 1999 and ended in 2002 with the return of GDP growth, but the reasons for the collapse of the Argentine economy and its impact on the population can be seen today. Sometimes crisis dates back only 2001-2002 years.
The first call was the crisis in Mexico in 1995, which led to the flight of capital losses in the banking system and a short recession. In 1998, the Continue reading...

Argentina is a country that is rich in Immigrants from all angles of life. For five decades, it has been on the verge of receiving foreign settlements and had over 20% of immigrants in its total population. As a result, the nation looks at itself as an ethnically diverse nation, second to the United States. It is the ultimate melting pot of the Spanish world and showcases its national identity through citizenship, as opposed to ethnicity like other countries around it. The immigrants in the country are not referred to as ethnic groups, as in countries such as the Continue reading...

Establishment

Tango is one of the most mysterious dances in the world, because it reflects the characters, the straightness of lines and unbridled naked passion at the same time. Argentine tango is a mixture of styles, directions and types of national folk dance rhythms with a touch of European and even African destinations.
It is believed that the prototype of all styles of tango was the Argentine dance for couples, which, initially, people had danced in South America. However, some sources, in particular the French scientists, argue that the first Tango appeared in Spain. They consider that the founders of Continue reading...

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Argentina has a fascinating immigration history that the period of 1870 – 1914 became the ‘belle époque’ of the country. The country became progressive characterized by fast economic growth, huge arrival of the foreign capital and enormous immigration to Argentina coming from Europe . For centuries, the country is clear immigration country, enticing the largest number of emigrants in the region. Most of its travelers come from neighboring countries such as Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Peru and Uruguay and a portion of it came from Italy and Spain. Generally, people immigrating to Argentina have mostly Continue reading...

Impact of Currency Devaluation on Argentina’s Economy

In January 2014, Argentina devalued its currency, peso, by 15 per cent against the United States dollar; this represented the sharpest decline since the 2001 devaluation when Argentina had failed to pay its foreign debt. Previously, the Argentine economy experienced current account surpluses due to high commodity prices and competitive exchange rates. Nonetheless, poorly formulated and implemented policies led to a decline in the current account balance and finally into a deficit. The devaluation of the currency will significantly lower the price of Argentine products in the international market increasing their competitiveness. In the converse, imports will be more Continue reading...

The case of Ray Cisneros highlights that cultural divide between U.S. and Argentina is the main cause of underlying conflict. Despite being Hispanic, he seems to have imbibed American norms, etiquettes and practices quite well, and it is overtly reflected in his approach towards work. He wants to have a business meeting on the very first day of his arrival. By contrast, Argentinean executives exhibited the due reluctance to meet the same day and emphasized on just exchanging pleasantries. Even after the meeting was held the same day because of Ray's insistence, they did not show any sincere approach Continue reading...

Business

Question one

The South American auto market involves three major countries that deal in the motor production;Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil. The market is characterized by fierce competition and strict government restrictions that play a role in dictation of market aspects such as entry and importation. Weak currencies and introduction of trade limitations in some of the countries have also affected the auto market outlook since it has affected profitability and manufacturing. For instance, the Brazilian currency has weakened and has affected investment and sale in the country.
The region is a steadily growing motor market with Ford standing Continue reading...

With the era of globalization in full blast today, it is necessary for international marketers to determine which countries are favorable investment locations. Although there are a lot of considerations in choosing the country to do business with, one of the main factors to be considered are the tax policies of countries. Table 1 below presents the income tax rates of some countries.

Note: From “Tax Rates Around the World 2013” by www.worldwide-tax.com, 2013.
Based on Table 1 above, one can conclude that on an after-tax basis, it is advantageous for companies to set up a business in Bulgaria Continue reading...

In her article, ‘From Pariah State to Global Protagonist: Argentina and the Struggle for Human Rights’, Kathryn Sikkink provides a luminous illustration on the role that Argentina has played in shaping the human rights discourse in the world. Sikkink’s main point is that most of the human rights practices and conventions of the world trace their roots to the Argentina. She notes that while many would naturally expect practices to flow from the more powerful countries to the less powerful countries, this has not necessarily been the case as far as the field of human rights is concerned. Continue reading...

Faustino Sarmiento was born in the early 1811 to become one of the greatest Argentine Latin America writers. Sarmiento was a political leader as well as a renowned writer of the late 18th century. Ideally, he burned the line cutting between writing and politics to create a blend of two forces and humanitarian values. Apart from major literary contributions, Sarmiento was also the seventh president of Argentina (Buckley, 24). He had a variety of achievements in the education areas, as well as modernization angles. These, he was able to achieve through his intellect and activist nature tied into a Continue reading...

The Official Story (La historia oficial), the 1985 film, marks a splendid point of withdrawal for the study of the recent culture of Argentina. Perhaps that is a staple in many Latin American culture courses throughout Europe and the United States, as a result of which its relevance has remained intact in this decade.
Although it may seem that the film has a tragic ending, it is arguable that there are signs that point toward hopeful, positive changes in the future of Latin American women. Alicia’s insistent demonstrations and the push for change in the streets can be Continue reading...

Cultural Analysis

Introduction
Cultural analysis in marketing is a close examination on how culture influence hat human purchase. It looks at the interconnection between humans and their environment, institutions and hoe these relations determine their way of life. In business, marketing is influenced by the cultural factors if the product being marketed is perceived as cultural illegal. Marketing analysis on a cultural view will consider factors such as, social institutions, living conditions, language, religion and the geographical setting

Brief discussion of the country’s relevant history

The argentine republic is located in southeastern South America. It is the eighth biggest nation in the world and the second largest in Continue reading...

1.Who was Gen. Augusto Pinochet and what did he do on Sept. 11, 1973?
He was an army general in Chile and on Sept. 11, 1973 successfully staged a coup of Chile.
2. Who filmed this documentary and how did they gain access to Pinochet's Prisons?
A European film crew talked their way into the concentration camps. They filmed many things that they were not supposed to, resulting in some of the only recorded records of what was happening.2. Who were people detained and on what grounds?
People were detained if they were perceived to have even the remotest Continue reading...

Introduction

In this article titled “Five Expected Outcomes from Global Business Cultural Analysis on Argentina’’, the author presents a series of expected outcomes from an analytical process of global business culture in Argentina that he conducted when he was back in school. The author states that this was particularly a very demanding project but that by the end of the paper, he was able a lot about Argentina and globalization.
The first thing that article explores is how countries such as Argentina that are already in possession of vast natural resources can leverage some of those resources to encourage business Continue reading...

Affiliated School

 As an employee of the World Bank, you have been asked to research 1 economic concern in a South American country and write a report on your findings. Select a South American country to research. Select one of the following economic concerns to research:
Argentina is one of the greatest countries in South America, this is not only because it has people who are greatly talented in Football like Maradona, it is a country rich in culture that is ever attracting people to go there for vacation. Full of nice and wonderful people who are friendly, Argentina is a Continue reading...

QUESTION 1

Latin America is a region that includes the Caribbean. This region was a creation of the Latin European colonists. This term was coined by a French Geographer in the 19th century. It included about twenty three colonies such as Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti among others. These nations were colonial territories of the France, Spain and Portugal. Their language is not English but Romance and the European languages dominate the region. Most of the people inhabiting the Latin American region are Roman Catholic followers.
Latin America started by the coming of the Portuguese and Spanish as colonialists to the Continue reading...

for Argentina and Hungary
Olomoze’s products would be aggregated in the group or category where tea milk and bubble tea are also classified. From the industry or macroeconomic perspective, while they may be differentiated, these products are considered as alternatives or substitutes to each other . Instead of using dairy or ice cream industry data (which comprise a bigger industry), Taiwan’s aggregated demand for tea milk and similar products are used for demand estimation.
Taiwan’s consumption of or demand for these products is estimated at about 1.5 billion cups a year. Each cup is about 8 ounces, Continue reading...

Olomoze is choosing between Argentina and Hungary to expand its operations and fanchises. Among other things, demand estimation was done by relationship analysis based on certain assumptions. Olomoze’s products are food items purchased and consumed by individual persons. So the estimation is done on the basis of the population of the countries considered.
Quantitative market research information are not available at this point which could provide an estimate of how much of a country’s population consume the products. Assumptions were thus made to get some comparative figures between the two countries.

Argentina

The World Bank classifies Argentina as Continue reading...

Section 1 - "An Analysis of the Battle of Goose Green"

The history of past battles is often studied and analyzed for a variety of reasons. However, in most cases, it is failures rather than the successes that are being analyzed whenever military history is studied. Close affairs are quite common in a majority of battles; either side could have been victorious. In many of these battles, it is not the things done right by the winner that decide the final result, but the things done wrong by the ruler. The Battle of Goose Green between Great Britain and Argentina during the Falklands War was one such battle. Even though Continue reading...

Abstract

Trade patterns and foreign investments volume has increased dramatically as a result of improved economic conditions, legislation reforms and privatization efforts in Argentina especially after the crisis of 2001. Subsequent to Brazil, the US and China embody the most significant trade partner for Argentina. China happens to be a big market for Soy beans and Argentina the largest exporter. There are enormous prospect in separate industries as well as food, automotive, mining, chemicals, petroleum and natural gas, and services. This paper will try to outline trade in Argentina while proving the thesis that Argentina experienced trade surplus in different Continue reading...

Introduction

Juan Peron – at least according to Minster (n.d.) – was a “Giant of Argentine Politics.” Elected no less than three times as President of Argentina (1946, 1951 and 1973), Minster claims that Peron was an “extraordinarily skilled politician” and had “millions of supporters even during his years of exile (1955-1973).” This paper seeks to determine if those views were shared by the ordinary citizens of Argentina during Peron’s rule as dictator.

The Research

Peron’s background. Minster related that although born near to Buenos Aires, Peron grew up in Patagonia until he went to the military academy at age 16, then Continue reading...

Question 1

After the military junta lost power in the late 1980’s, Argentina went through a burgeoning period where it expanded its economy in the middle of the 1990’s and attracted several investors who poured money into the country at highly favourable interest rates which were clearly unsustainable in the long run.
This eventually led to a collapse of the banking system and there eventually was a huge run on the banks which resulted in several thousands of investors losing their money and ending up with nothing. Politically the country was also affected as the instability created by the Continue reading...

Introduction

Countries all over the world are facing racial, ethnic, tribal and racial diversities. However, developed countries like America and United Kingdom have been facing these problems, since many decades as people from all over the world come here to try their luck. Sometimes, the local people do not feel comfortable dealing and facing the people from other groups, countries or religion on the basis of which, the immigrants face much difficulties. This essay articulates these racial, ethnic, tribal and gender diversities in South American countries like Argentina, Mexico and Bolivia.

Gender Diversity

The leadership in South America has put all their Continue reading...

In response to your request of an analytical report on two travel destinations, I have comprehensively researched on Milan and Buenos Aries travel destinations and presented the below paper. I have researched on the two travel destinations and used five factors as criteria to analyze and recommend one of them. These factors include; weather, price, hospitality, diversity, and culture. This report is useful in understanding the factors that one needs to know before deciding on a travel destination, and also what people in the tourism sector need to understand on the preferences of tourists. Therefore, from the research and Continue reading...

Memorandum

Purpose.
In view of Gumdrop Northern’s recent move from the United States to Argentina and Colombia, three major ethical issues have arisen for consideration. The purpose of this memorandum is to identify, discuss and propose a solution for these issues. Clearly, what Gumdrop Northern has done skirts the limits of the law and runs roughshod over any utilitarian sense of ethics.

The Problem.

Gumdrop Northern had established a habit of using substandard materials in its production lines. This might not be such a bad thing if the company manufactured paddleball sets, with the small rubber balls attached by a rubber Continue reading...

“Brazil: Crime and Poverty and How to solve it?” By Eduardo Scuratovski De Gasperi-dated November 26th 2013

This article unveils the social and economic aspect of Brazil. First, the author of the articles explains how the country was hit by the 2008 world’s economic depression. According to Gasperi, Brazil survived this economic crisis as the government and other stakeholders implemented effective strategies to end it. International bodies such as World Bank and IMF revealed that Brazil is the 7th largest and biggest economy in the world with a GDP of approximately $2.4 trillion. This unveils the fact that Brazil’s economy is improving as well as advancing at a remarkable pace. Despite the fact that Continue reading...

The depression of 1930’s was known as the great depression because its ripples were felt in all countries of the word. It originated from United States and its spread was attributed to the forged relationship between United States and European economies. The further spread to primary producing countries is attributed to the trade interrelation which had developed between these countries and the already developed countries. The primary producing nations included Latin America, Asia and Africa states. This depression strongly pressed countries like Britain and Germany because they had a lot of loans obtained from United States. Employment in Continue reading...

Aside from political reform and development, the international community has also been busy in creating new means to stimulate growth and economic sustainability. Proposals such as reduced tariff, removal of trade barriers, and the introduction of free trade were pronounced by either developed or developing countries. In Latin America, free trade has been a fundamental aspect of the market reforms carried out in the region; however, the results have varied especially with the onset of globalization and the lingering effects of tariff reduction. Some believe that having trade reform to a growing and a potential economy such as Latin Continue reading...

Introduction

Neo-liberalism or rather neoliberal policies encompass a dominant social, political and economic model built upon the diminished role of the state whose role is relegated to the administration of poverty and the management of social conflict. This is usually meant to ensure the non-interference with corporate profits. This model is further characterized by the abandonment by the state of its roles as the representative and mediator in the midst of other social actors. The effect of such neoliberal policies is that the social territory is left to the mechanisms of the market with no or little interference by the Continue reading...

The growing of grapes for wine production was an important activity in Latin America between 1500 and 1860 for various reasons. Growing grapes and producing wine were responsible for the creation of unique opportunities that led to socio-economic development in the region. These activities granted women an important role in entrepreneurship and work in South America. This economic activity created a turnaround in the traditional large scale production. Vineyards became the new model where small scale farmers would grow their grapes for wine production. This model was convenient because it created lots of opportunities for small scale farm owners Continue reading...

Introduction:

Politics and leadership have always been important parts of the world’s historical makeup and these will definitely never go away. Obviously one has to keep in mind that times change and the sort of leadership that was right and correct for the 19th century is probably anathema today. In his seminal book, Carnes Lord attempts to examine various world leaders who have made a name for themselves, be it as autocrats, as visionaries or as plain and simple democratic leaders. He also inserts an interesting but heavy dose on the politics of the renowned Florentine, Machiavelli whose ‘ Continue reading...

Investment Management

Investment Management

Introduction

This paper entails a discussion of two key principles investment management that are currently in play in today`s financial markets. The first part of the paper entails a discussion on the Capital Asset Pricing Model and its subsequent application to a real life situation. The second part of the paper entails a discussion on assessment of the performances of two respective mutual and pension funds that are invested in Argentinian junk bonds.

According to Levy (2011, pg. 55), the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used in the determination of the required rate of return of Continue reading...

Introduction

The caudillos of 19th-century Latin American history played an important part in the shaping and molding of Latin America into a state led by charismatic leaders who were able to assert their own considerable will over the people and enact social and governmental change. In the 19th century, the more iconic caudillos such as Simon Bolivar and Porfirio Diaz exerted tremendous energy and willpower to ensure that they shaped their respective countries in the ways they wanted. Even so, more modern revolutionary figures, even in their zeal to overthrow the classist politics of the caudillo, exerted a tremendous and Continue reading...

Introduction:

In the last few decades there has been a growing trend with regards to the privatization of water supply. This signifies that taking the water-management responsibility from the government and placing it into the hands of private sector. This pattern has created objection from a lot of environmental and human rights organizations that worry that passing water distribution to the private sector will result in nothing, but trouble for everyone concerned (aside from those earning the benefits). Even though there happen to be a couple of challenges within the development of water privatization, the enhancements in quality, supply, and Continue reading...

ACCOUNTING

Memorandum
RE: Zavala, Julio and Clara
This memo includes a brief summary of the Julio Zavala information pertaining to tax law, a brief discussion of the tax issues that arise and examples of court cases that are likely to have an influence on the tax status of Zavala, his wife and son.
Julio Zavala is married (Clara) and they have one adult son (Robin). Due to medical issues Robin lives at home with his parents. Zavala was able to retire from his day job (9am to 5pm) because he has enough money to do so. He has enough in Continue reading...

World trade organization is a body that tries to ensure that its members have benefits of almost tariff free or toll free international trade. This ensures that member countries have a free and fair environment to trade. With this in mind, the organization has values or rules such as:

Foreign goods should be treated in a similar manner as the local goods.

The organization fixes the upper bound to tariffs and ensures member countries keep their tariffs lower than the bound value.
Dictates on subsidizing and dumping of goods agreed upon in the agreement.
Requires a member country to allow trade analysis or review from a foreigner
Allow for investigation upon a Continue reading...

Discussion Questions

Question 1:
The view of symbolic violence as the product of a deeply ingrained sense of dominance within some sections of society is apt in describing the complexity with which the former is associated. For instance, society has in the past placed man on top of the social hierarchy and relegated women to subservience based on ancient norms and traditions. This then means that it would be inaccurate to assume that such skewed view of the social framework could be revised through simple appeals to the will as a way of redefining people’s interpretations of the role of Continue reading...