Government1 (Argentina)
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     Other political or pressure groups:
         Peronist-dominated labor movement, General Confederation of Labor
         (Peronist-leaning umbrella labor organization), Argentine Industrial Union
         (manufacturers' association), Argentine Rural Society (large landowners'
         association), business organizations, students, the Roman Catholic Church,
         the Armed Forces
     Member of:
         AfDB, AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-6, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77,
         GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
         INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS,
         MERCOSUR, OAS, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIIMOG,
         UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Carlos ORTIZ DE ROZAS; Chancery at 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW,
         Washington, DC 20009; telephone (202) 939-6400 through 6403; there are
         Argentine Consulates General in Houston, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San
         Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Consulates in Baltimore, Chicago,
         and Los Angeles
       US:
         Ambassador Terence A. TODMAN; Embassy at 4300 Colombia, 1425 Buenos Aires
         (mailing address is APO AA 34034); telephone [54] (1) 774- 7611 or 8811,
         9911; Telex 18156 AMEMBAR
     Flag:
         three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue;
         centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known
         as the Sun of May