Argentina

== Politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Argentina}}

In the 20th century, Argentina experienced significant political turmoil and democratic reversals.<ref name=Robinson>{{Cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=James|url=https://scholar.harvard.edu/jrobinson/publications/economic-origins-dictatorship-and-democracy|title=Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy|last2=Acemoglu|first2=Daron|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, UK|pages=7–8|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=14 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014121611/https://scholar.harvard.edu/jrobinson/publications/economic-origins-dictatorship-and-democracy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LevitskyMurillo>{{Cite encyclopedia|last1=Levitsky|first1=Steven|last2=Murillo|first2=María Victoria|title=Introduction|work=Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness|publisher=Penn State University Press|pages=1–2|date=2005|isbn=0271046341|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y836oj86VSUC&pg=PA1|editor1=Steven Levitsky|editor2=María Victoria Murillo|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129143336/https://books.google.com/books?id=y836oj86VSUC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 1930 and 1976, the [[Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic|armed forces]] overthrew six governments in Argentina;<ref name=LevitskyMurillo /> and the country alternated periods of democracy (1912–1930, 1946–1955, and 1973–1976) with periods of restricted democracy and [[military regime|military rule]].<ref name=Robinson /> Following a [[transition to democracy|transition]] that began in 1983,<ref name=Anderson>{{Cite book|author=Leslie E. Anderson|title=Democratization by Institutions: Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective|publisher=University of Michigan Press|date=2016|page=15}}</ref> full-scale democracy in Argentina was reestablished.<ref name=Robinson /><ref name=LevitskyMurillo /> Argentina's democracy endured through the [[1998–2002 Argentine great depression|2001–02 crisis]] and to the present day; it is regarded as more robust than both its pre-1983 predecessors and other democracies in [[Latin America]].<ref name=LevitskyMurillo /> According to the [[V-Dem Democracy indices]], Argentina in 2023 was the second most [[Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean|electoral democratic country in Latin America]].<ref name="vdem_dataset">{{cite web |last=V-Dem Institute |date=2023 |title=The V-Dem Dataset |url=https://www.v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208183458/https://www.v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Government ===
{{Main|Government of Argentina|Ministries of the Argentine Republic}}

[[File:Casa_Rosada,_Buenos_Aires,_Argentina.jpg|thumb|left|[[Casa Rosada]], workplace of the [[President of Argentina|President]]]]
[[File:Palacio_del_Congreso_in_Buenos_Aires_(6370115601).jpg|thumb|left|The [[National Congress of Argentina|National Congress]] composed of the [[Argentine Senate|Senate]] and the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]].{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 63}}]]

Argentina is a [[Federalism|federal]] constitutional republic and [[representative democracy]].{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 1}} The government is regulated by a system of [[separation of powers|checks and balances]] defined by the [[Constitution of Argentina]], the country's supreme legal document. The [[seat of government]] is the city of [[Buenos Aires]], as designated by [[Argentine National Congress|Congress]].{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 3}} Suffrage is [[Universal suffrage|universal]], [[Equal suffrage|equal]], [[Secret ballot|secret]] and [[Compulsory voting|mandatory]].{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 37}}{{efn-ua|Since 2012 suffrage is optional for ages 16 and 17.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/01/argentina-voting-age/|title=Argentina lowers its voting age to 16|newspaper=The Washington Post|place=Washington, DC|date=1 November 2012|access-date=24 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511081513/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/01/argentina-voting-age/|archive-date=11 May 2015|url-status = live}}</ref>}}

The federal government is composed of three branches. The [[Legislature|Legislative]] branch consists of the [[bicameralism|bicameral]] Congress, made up of the [[Argentine Senate|Senate]] and the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]]. The Congress makes [[federal law]], [[declaration of war|declares war]], approves [[treaty|treaties]] and has the [[power of the purse]] and of [[impeachment]], by which it can remove sitting members of the government.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 53, 59, 75}} The Chamber of Deputies represents the people and has 257 voting members elected to a four-year term. Seats are apportioned among the provinces by population every tenth year.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 45, 47, 50}} {{As of|2014}} ten provinces have just five deputies while the [[Buenos Aires Province]], being the most populous one, has 70. The Chamber of Senators represents the provinces, and has 72 members elected [[at-large]] to six-year terms, with each province having three seats; one-third of Senate seats are up for election every other year.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 54, 56}} At least one-third of the candidates presented by the parties must be women.

In the [[Executive (government)|Executive]] branch, the [[President of Argentina|President]] is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the military, can [[veto]] [[bill (law)|legislative bills]] before they become law—subject to Congressional override—and appoints the [[Cabinet of Argentina|members of the Cabinet]] and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 99}} The President is elected [[direct vote|directly]] by the vote of the people, serves a four-year term and may be elected to office no more than twice in a row.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 90}}

The [[Judiciary|Judicial]] branch includes the [[Supreme Court of Argentina|Supreme Court]] and lower [[Law of Argentina|federal courts]] interpret laws and [[judicial review|overturn those]] they find [[constitutionality|unconstitutional]].{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 116}} The Judicial is independent of the Executive and the Legislative. The Supreme Court has seven members appointed by the President—subject to Senate approval—who serve for life. The lower courts' judges are proposed by the [[Council of Magistracy of the Nation|Council of Magistracy]] (a secretariat composed of representatives of judges, lawyers, researchers, the Executive and the Legislative), and appointed by the president on Senate approval.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 99, 114}}

=== Provinces ===
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{{Main|Provinces of Argentina}}
Argentina is a federation of twenty-three provinces and one [[autonomous city]], Buenos Aires. Provinces are divided for administration purposes into [[Departments of Argentina|departments]] and [[Municipalities of Argentina|municipalities]], except for Buenos Aires Province, which is divided into [[Partidos of Buenos Aires|partidos]]. The City of Buenos Aires is divided into [[Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires|communes]].

Provinces hold all the power that they chose not to delegate to the federal government;{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 121}} they must be representative republics and must not contradict the Constitution.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 5–6}} Beyond this they are fully autonomous: they enact their own constitutions,{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 123}} freely organize their local governments,{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 122}} and own and manage their natural and financial resources.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 124–125}} Some provinces have bicameral legislatures, while others have [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] ones.{{efn-ua|Although not a province, the [[City of Buenos Aires]] is a federally [[autonomous city]], and as such its local organization has similarities with provinces: it has its own constitution, an elected mayor and representatives to the Senate and Deputy chambers.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 129}} As [[federal capital]] of the nation it holds the status of [[federal district]].}}

[[La Pampa Province|La Pampa]] and Chaco became provinces in 1951. Misiones did so in 1953, and [[Formosa Province|Formosa]], [[Neuquén Province|Neuquén]], [[Río Negro Province|Río Negro]], [[Chubut Province|Chubut]] and Santa Cruz, in 1955. The last national territory, Tierra del Fuego, became the [[Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province]] in 1990.{{sfn|Rey Balmaceda|1995|p=19}} It has three components, although two are nominal because they are not under Argentine sovereignty. The first is the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego; the second is an area of Antarctica claimed by Argentina that overlaps with similar areas claimed by the UK and Chile; the third comprises the two disputed British Overseas Territories of the [[Falkland Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]].<ref name="Duggan and Lewis">{{cite book |author1=Bernado A. Duggan |author2=Colin M. Lewis |title=Historical Dictionary of Argentina |date=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1970-9 |page=696 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiCmDwAAQBAJ&q=Islas+Sandwich+del+Sur:+La+Argentina+en+el+Atl%C3%A1ntico+Sur&pg=PA696 |access-date=21 March 2020 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129143453/https://books.google.com/books?id=wiCmDwAAQBAJ&q=Islas+Sandwich+del+Sur:+La+Argentina+en+el+Atl%C3%A1ntico+Sur&pg=PA696#v=snippet&q=Islas%20Sandwich%20del%20Sur%3A%20La%20Argentina%20en%20el%20Atl%C3%A1ntico%20Sur&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Argentina}}
[[File:BRICS members and guest at the 6th BRICS summit 2014.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cristina Kirchner]] alongside the members of [[BRICS]] and [[Union of South American Nations]] in 2014]]

Foreign policy is handled by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship]], which answers to the [[President of Argentina|President]]. The country is one of the [[Group of 15|G-15]] and [[G-20 major economies]] of the world, and a founding member of the [[UN]], [[World Bank Group|WBG]], [[World Trade Organization|WTO]] and [[Organization of American States|OAS]].
In 2012 [[United Nations Security Council election, 2012|Argentina was elected again]] to a two-year non-permanent position on the [[United Nations Security Council]] and is participating in major peacekeeping operations in [[United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti|Haiti]], [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|Cyprus]], [[Western Sahara]] and the [[Middle East]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13641.doc.htm|title=Secretary-General Says Joint Peacekeeping Training Centre in Campo de Mayo 'Symbol of Argentina's Commitment to Peace'|publisher=United Nations – Secretary General|place=New York|date=14 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605041457/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13641.doc.htm|archive-date=5 June 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> Argentina is described as a [[middle power]].{{sfnm|1a1=Wood|1y=1988|1p=18|2a1=Solomon|2y=1997|2p=3}}<ref name="Cooper">Cooper AF (1997) [http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=033368186X Niche Diplomacy – Middle Powers after the Cold War] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306033144/http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=033368186X |date=6 March 2012 }}, ''palgrave''</ref>

A prominent Latin American{{sfnm|1a1=Huntington|1y=2000|1p=6|2a1=Nierop|2y=2001|2p=61|2ps=: "Secondary regional powers in Huntington's view (Huntington, 2000, p. 6) include Great Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Argentina."|3a1=Lake|3y=2009|3p=55|3ps=: "The US has created a foundation upon which the regional powers, especially Argentina and Brazil, can develop their own rules for further managing regional relations."|4a1=Papadopoulos|4y=2010|4p=283|4ps=: "The driving force behind the adoption of the MERCOSUR agreement was similar to that of the establishment of the EU: the hope of limiting the possibilities of traditional military hostility between the major regional powers, Brazil and Argentina."|5a1=Malamud|5y=2011|5p=9|5ps=: "Though not a surprise, the position of Argentina, Brazil's main regional partner, as the staunchest opponent of its main international ambition [to win a permanent seat on the UN Security Council] dealt a heavy blow to Brazil's image as a regional leader."|6a1=Boughton|6y=2012|6p=101|6ps=: "When the U.S. Treasury organized the next round of finance meetings, it included several non-APEC members, including all the European members of the G7, the Latin American powers Argentina and Brazil, and such other emerging markets as India, Poland, and South Africa."}} and Southern Cone{{sfnm|1a1=Morris|1y=1988|1p=63|1ps=: "Argentina has been the leading military and economic power in the Southern Cone in the Twentieth Century."|2a1=Adler|2a2=Greve|2y=2009|2p=78|2ps=: "The southern cone of South America, including Argentina and Brazil, the two regional powers, has recently become a pluralistic security community."|3a1=Ruiz-Dana|3a2=Goldschag|3a3=Claro|3a4=Blanco|3y=2009|3p=18|3ps=: "[...] notably by linking the Southern Cone's rival regional powers, Brazil and Argentina."}} [[regional power]], Argentina co-founded [[Organization of Ibero-American States|OEI]] and [[Community of Latin American and Caribbean States|CELAC]].
It is also a founding member of the [[Mercosur]] block, having Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and [[Venezuela]] as partners. Since 2002 the country has emphasized its key role in [[Latin American integration]], and the block—which has some supranational legislative functions—is its first international priority.{{sfn|Galasso|2011|loc=vol. II|p=600}}

Argentina claims {{convert|965597|km2|abbr=on}} in [[Argentine Antarctica|Antarctica]], where it has the world's oldest [[Orcadas Base|continuous state presence]], since 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marambio.aq/baseorcadas.html|title=Destacamento Naval Orcadas|trans-title=Orcadas Naval Base|publisher=Fundación Marambio|place=Buenos Aires|year=1999|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221405/http://www.marambio.aq/baseorcadas.html|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status = live}}</ref> This overlaps claims by [[Chilean Antarctic Territory|Chile]] and the [[British Antarctic Territory|United Kingdom]], though all such claims fall under the provisions of the 1961 [[Antarctic Treaty]], of which Argentina is a founding signatory and permanent consulting member, with the [[Antarctic Treaty Secretariat]] being based in Buenos Aires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ats.aq/|title=ATS – Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty|publisher=Antarctic Treaty Secretariat|place=Buenos Aires|year=2013|access-date=8 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207074956/http://www.ats.aq/|archive-date=7 February 2006|url-status = live}}</ref>

Argentina [[Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute|disputes sovereignty]] over the Falkland Islands ({{lang-es|Islas Malvinas|link=no}}), and [[South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]],{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=T. P. 1}} which are administered by the United Kingdom as [[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territories]]. Argentina is a party to the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://asp.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/latin%20american%20and%20caribbean%20states/Pages/latin%20american%20and%20caribbean%20states.aspx |title=Latin American and Caribbean State Parties to the Rome Statute, International Criminal Court. Retrieved 10 July 2021 |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809030312/https://asp.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/latin%20american%20and%20caribbean%20states/Pages/latin%20american%20and%20caribbean%20states.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Argentina is a [[Major non-NATO ally]] since 1998<ref name="Major Non-NATO Ally Status"/> and an [[OECD]] candidate country since January 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oecd.org/newsroom/oecd-takes-first-step-in-accession-discussions-with-argentina-brazil-bulgaria-croatia-peru-and-romania.htm | title=OECD takes first step in accession discussions with Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania – OECD | access-date=12 February 2022 | archive-date=13 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913055555/https://www.oecd.org/newsroom/oecd-takes-first-step-in-accession-discussions-with-argentina-brazil-bulgaria-croatia-peru-and-romania.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Armed forces ===
{{Main|Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic}}
[[File:A-4AR_Fightinghawk_2010.jpg|thumb|[[Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk]] operated by the [[Argentine Air Force]]]]
[[File:D13_ARA_Sarandi_DN-SC-91-01826.jpg|thumb|Argentine destroyer [[ARA Sarandí (D-13)|ARA ''Sarandí'' (D-13)]]]]

The president holds the title of commander-in-chief of the Argentine Armed Forces, as part of a legal framework that imposes a strict separation between national defense and internal security systems:<ref>{{cite Argentine law|l=23554 – Defensa Nacional|bo=26375|p=4|date=5 May 1988}}</ref><ref name=lsi>{{cite Argentine law|l=24059 – Seguridad Interior|bo=27307|p=1|date=17 January 1992}}</ref> The [[Argentine defense industry|National Defense System]], an exclusive responsibility of the federal government,{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 125–126}} coordinated by the [[Ministry of Defense (Argentina)|Ministry of Defense]], and comprising the [[Argentine Army|Army]], the [[Argentine Navy|Navy]] and the [[Argentine Air Force|Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmundi.com/argentina/military_branches.html|title=Argentina – Military branches|publisher=Index Mundi – CIA World Factbook|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103093751/http://www.indexmundi.com/argentina/military_branches.html|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> Ruled and monitored by Congress{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 21, 75, 99}} through the Houses' Defense Committees,<ref name=resdal>{{cite web|url=http://www.resdal.org/ing/atlas/atlas12-ing-10-argentina.pdf|title=A Comparative Atlas of Defense in Latin America and Caribbean – Argentina|publisher=RESDAL – Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina|place=Buenos Aires|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508122931/http://www.resdal.org/ing/atlas/atlas12-ing-10-argentina.pdf|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status = live}}</ref> it is organized on the essential principle of legitimate self-defense: the repelling of any external military aggression in order to guarantee freedom of the people, national sovereignty, and territorial integrity.<ref name=resdal /> Its secondary missions include committing to multinational operations within the framework of the United Nations, participating in internal support missions, assisting friendly countries, and establishing a sub-regional defense system.<ref name=resdal />

[[Military service]] is voluntary, with enlistment age between 18 and 24 years old and no [[conscription]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmundi.com/argentina/military_service_age_and_obligation.html|title=Argentina – Military service age and obligation|publisher=Index Mundi – CIA World Factbook|year=2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103093806/http://www.indexmundi.com/argentina/military_service_age_and_obligation.html|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> Argentina's defense has historically been one of the best equipped in the region, even managing [[Argentine defense industry|its own weapon research facilities, shipyards, ordnance, tank and plane factories]].{{sfn|Maldifassi|Abetti|1994|pp=65–86}} However, real military expenditures declined steadily after the defeat in the [[Falklands War|Falklands/Malvinas War]] and the defense budget in 2011 was only about 0.74% of GDP, a historical minimum,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/argentina/military-expenditure|title=Argentina – Military expenditure|publisher=Index Mundi – SIPRI – Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906190435/http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/argentina/military-expenditure|archive-date=6 September 2013|url-status = live}}</ref> below the Latin American average. Within the defence budget itself, funding for training and even basic maintenance has been significantly cut, a factor contributing to the [[Disappearance of ARA San Juan|accidental loss of the Argentine submarine San Juan]] in 2017. The result has been a steady erosion of Argentine military capabilities, with some arguing that Argentina had, by the end of the 2010s, ceased to be a capable military power.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/argentina-has-now-ceased-to-be-a-capable-military-power/|title=Argentina has now ceased to be a capable military power|publisher=UK Defence Journal|date=16 May 2018|last=Allison|first=George|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=14 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014050348/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/argentina-has-now-ceased-to-be-a-capable-military-power/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Interior Security System]] is jointly administered by the federal and subscribing provincial governments.<ref name=lsi /> At the federal level it is coordinated by the Interior, [[Ministry of Defense (Argentina)|Security]] and Justice ministries, and monitored by Congress.<ref name=lsi /> It is enforced by the [[Argentine Federal Police|Federal Police]]; the [[Argentine Naval Prefecture|Prefecture]], which fulfills [[coast guard]] duties; the [[Argentine National Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie]], which serves [[border guard]] tasks; and the [[Airport Security Police (Argentina)|Airport Security Police]].<ref>{{cite Argentine law|d=18711 – Fuerzas de Seguridad|bo=21955|date=23 June 1970}}</ref> At the provincial level it is coordinated by the respective internal security ministries and enforced by local police agencies.<ref name=lsi />

Argentina was the only South American country to send warships and cargo planes in 1991 to the [[Gulf War]] under [[United Nations|UN]] mandate and has remained involved in [[peacekeeping]] efforts in multiple locations like [[UNPROFOR]] in [[Croatia]]/[[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Gulf of Fonseca]], [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|UNFICYP]] in [[Cyprus]] (where among Army and Marines troops the Air Force provided the UN Air contingent since 1994) and [[MINUSTAH]] in [[Haiti]]. Argentina is the only Latin American country to maintain troops in [[Kosovo]] during [[SFOR]] (and later [[EUFOR]]) operations where [[Combat engineering|combat engineers]] of the Argentine Armed Forces are embedded in an [[Italian Army|Italian brigade]].

In 2007, an Argentine contingent including helicopters, boats and water purification plants was sent to help [[Bolivia]] against their worst floods in decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gacetamarinera.com.ar/index.php?SESID=662a1ef16ed420aeb93b117d1c4fabc6&mp_id=1&mp_op=1&seccion=principal&nota_id=3209|title=Gaceta Marinera – Portal Oficial de Noticias de la Armada Argentina|first=Armada|last=Argentina|website=Gacetamarinera.com.ar|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513095337/https://gacetamarinera.com.ar/?SESID=662a1ef16ed420aeb93b117d1c4fabc6&mp_id=1&mp_op=1&seccion=principal&nota_id=3209|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010 the Armed Forces were also involved in [[Humanitarian response by national governments to the 2010 Haiti earthquake|Haiti]] and [[Humanitarian response to the 2010 Chile earthquake|Chile]] humanitarian responses after their respective earthquakes.