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"We have inaugurated a new political style in the country," Argentine President Raul Alfonsin declared as he signed a 15-point agreement with former President María Estela (Isabelita) Martínez de PerÓn and the leaders of 14 other parties last week. The pact was another...
Next day, before a national television audience, Isabel and Alfonsín exchanged effusive compliments, then met for 35 minutes behind closed doors. When they emerged, Alfonsín remarked, "We don't have important differences. All we have to discuss is tactics." Said Isabel: "You know, Mr. President...
Whether this alliance of traditional adversaries can produce solutions to Argentina's myriad problems remains to be seen. But one diplomat in Buenos Aires speaks of Alfonsín as dealing with the country's economic difficulties in "a measured, calculated way." At the top of the list...
Alfonsín has yet to produce his long-promised strategy for curbing inflation or for negotiating with the International Monetary Fund a restructuring of the country's foreign loan obligations (although last week Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico were reported to be discussing in general terms various proposals...
Thus most observers regard the dalliance with Isabel as a good move for Alfonsín. "Alfonsín can't lose," explains a senior diplomat in Buenos Aires. "If the unity approach works, he will have six to nine months of discussion rather than combat. If it doesn...