ABSTRACT
Since Spanish colonial rule, Argentine institutional history has been characterized by a general tendency towards hegemony both in the office of the president and in the democratic regime as a whole. Hegemony denotes concentration of power; thus, any governmental regime in which power is centered in one person or institution is hegemonic. In a presidential democratic system, this occurs in flagrant contradiction with the principles stated by the Constitution, favoring the president. Argentina, like other Latin American countries, has experienced a series of coups d’etat, which have affected the development of power-sharing mechanisms, promoting and exacerbating the hegemonic model. Undoubtedly, in Argentina (and many Latin American countries), the judiciary has tended to uncritically follow the will of the executive power.
