Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina
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The Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina ( es, Apertura de sesiones ordinarias del Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is a ceremony that takes place annually, on March 1. It is headed by the
President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...
, who before both houses of the National Congress of Argentina, meeting jointly in Legislative Assembly. The president delivers a speech, detailing the state of the country and announcing bills that the executive power may send to the Congress in the coming year. These speeches are delivered in ''
Cadena nacional In several Latin American countries, a (; plural ), also referred to as a () or (), is a joint broadcast, over various media (usually radio and television), directed at the general population of a state. Initially conceived as a form of emergen ...
''. The most recent one took place on 1 March 2021, when Alberto Fernández opened the 139º regular sessions.


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State of the Union The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current conditio ...


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