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Despite its remarkable progress, however, Argentina is far from cured. Economic experts agree that permanent recovery is dependent on the government's ability to lift wage and price controls without reviving inflation. Alfonsin must also induce more private investment and woo back the approximately $25 billion in capital that fled the country during inflationary times. Finally, the government will have to return to private hands some of the 300 or so state-owned enterprises, which lost a total of $2 billion last year. All of this will require public confidence that inflation has truly been conquered...
...Alfonsin's Radical Party made a strong showing in congressional elections last month, an apparent sign that the public approves of the President's performance. But it is still too early for Alfonsin to declare a total victory in his campaign to restore international respect for Argentina. He has promised union leaders a still undetermined wage increase early next year to make up for lost purchasing power. Businessmen are clamoring for similar price relief. The trials next year of the 300 lower-ranking officers accused of crimes in the dirty war--and a separate trial, now under way, of Galtieri...
...Alfonsin's latest headaches began on Oct. 22, when he ordered the arrests of six military officers and six civilians on charges of right-wing subversion. The men, he claimed, acted "with a common aim of violence against democratic institutions and the people." What resulted was the spectacle of a revolving prison door. Before all twelve suspects could be rounded up, a judge pronounced the arrests unconstitutional and ordered the release of those who had been detained. Alfonsin replied by proclaiming a state of siege, suspending for 60 days all constitutional guarantees against arbitrary arrest. Again several of the suspects...
...violent retort came on the second anniversary of Alfonsin's spectacular electoral victory, which heralded Argentina's return to democracy after nearly eight grueling, and often bloody, years of military rule. By all rights, Alfonsin should have spent the day celebrating. A recent opinion poll shows that he enjoys a popularity rating of 74%. Argentina's inflation rate, which reached 30% last June, was pared down to just 2% in October. Moreover, Alfonsin's attempts to restore public confidence in the rule of law have met with success. Indeed, last week Argentina was about to hold its first midterm congressional...
Even if the supreme court decides in the government's favor, it will be a long time before Alfonsin's suspicions are allayed. Two of the civilian suspects remain in hiding. So does former Army General Guillermo Suarez Mason, | whom Alfonsin believes to be the ringleader of the alleged conspiracy. Government spokesmen said that Suarez Mason has a home in Florida and that Argentina has asked for his extradition. A U.S. official, however, said he knew nothing of such a request...