The U.S. and peruvian governments: similarities and differences

After the presentation of the topic "The American Government and the Political Parties" I realized that the way in the American and the Peruvian governments are organized have several similarities and, of course, many differences. For instance, both of them are comprised by three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial; however, many of the duties each of them have are totally diferent such as leving and collecting taxes by the U.S. Congress. Also, this institution is bicameral and is comprised by the House of Representatives and the Senate while the Peruvian Congress is unicameral at present. Another interesting difference is that while the American Vice-president, Joe Biden, is very well known in his country; here in Peru, we do not know almost anything about our own Vice-president.

What is more, in the U.S., citizens does not have the obligation to vote when there are elections in their country; whereas, in Peru, we certainly does. I am not sure if this is good for a country because people should have the right to decide whether or not to vote ; but, on the other hand, not voting, would mean contributing to not electing the best candidate for your country.