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DIED His election in 1983 as President of Argentina ended eight years of military rule, a period during which thousands of proponents of democracy went missing. Raúl Alfons??n, 82, ordered trials of nine former militia leaders and jailed five...
...action was extraordinary, but so, according to Raúl Alfons??n, was the provocation. The Argentine President abruptly declared a nationwide state of siege last week, suspending for 60 days all constitutional guarantees against arbitrary arrest. As he outlined the draconian measure, Interior Minister Antonio Tróccoli stressed the "worsening and persistence" of violence in the country, a reference to a spate of minor bombings that began more than a month ago. Tróccoli knew whereof he spoke: a day before, a bomb had exploded outside his weekend home, injuring...
...Alfons??n later said that the suspension of liberties would apply only to a dozen military officers and civilians, whom he had a few days earlier ordered detained on charges of plotting to use violence "against democratic institutions and people." Authorities fear that the bombing campaign is the work of right-wing extremists who are unhappy about the government's trial of nine former members of the military junta for human rights violations. Moreover, Alfons??n's ruling Radical Party faces sensitive congressional elections on Nov. 3. Under the circumstances, the government evidently decided not to risk having the vote...
...rising at an 851% pace. The government is trying to slow the whirlwind by limiting wage hikes to 90% of the previous month's cost of living increases, but that policy has led to a series of strikes, which threaten to stall economic growth. Admits President Raúl Alfons??n: "The government is multiplying its efforts to get the country back on its feet, but we are going to go through some tough times...
...three-day visit to Brazil, Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe told the House of Commons that Britain had decided unilaterally to lift the trade embargo. Howe, whose announcement coincided with the anniversary of last year's unsuccessful efforts to renew relations with Argentina, urged the government of President Raúl Alfons??n to join with Britain in new trade agreements...
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