Its American continental territory, which covers a large part of the Southern Cone, limits to the north with Bolivia and Paraguay, to the northeast with Brazil, to the east with Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean, to the west with Chile and, always in its American sector, to the south with Chile and the Atlantic waters of the Drake Passage. It is characterized by being a notably agro-livestock country, which houses in its extensive territory a great variety of climates, reliefs, flora and fauna. It is one of the most visited countries in Latin America, which receives a large number of tourists attracted by its landscapes, its cultural life and its gastronomy, in which wine and meat stand out. Argentina’s economy is the second most developed and important in South America. According to the World Bank, its nominal GDP is 27th in the world. Due to its geopolitical and economic importance, it is one of the three sovereign Latin American states that is part of the so-called Group of 20 and also integrates the group of IAS or new industrialized countries. It is the only Latin American country that has a scientific research and teaching center among the top ten in the world, and the Ibero-American country with the highest number of Nobel laureates in science. Its technological and scientific capacity has allowed it to design, produce and export satellites, build nuclear reactors and be the first producer of software, aircraft, among other things. It is considered a regional power.
