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...European immigrants, and between Peronists and anti-Peronists. Born in a shanty town, he became extremely rich and famous at a very young age; he can claim both Italian and indigenous ancestry; and politically he has veered from hobnobbing with right-wing Peronists such as former Argentine President Carlos Menem in the 1990s to being an outspoken and unconditional supporter of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez today. (See a video of Lebanon's landmine survivor soccer team...
...husband, the outgoing chief executive. There were no questions about popular support: Fernandez was more than 20 percentage points ahead of her closest rival. Kirchner's own accession four years before had been much less smooth. Having lost in the first round of voting against former President Carlos Menem, he became president only when Menem bowed out of the second round, acceding to office with only 22% of the vote. So far, in the current scandal, the media and most of the public have gathered around to support the new President. But if these first few days are any indication...
...time highs in recent years--Argentina replenished its foreign reserves (a record $44 billion today), pared debt and built a strong fiscal surplus. "Overspending and overindebtedness caused the crisis," says Redrado, noting that much of that excess occurred, ironically, during the more market-oriented government of President Carlos Menem in the 1990s. "This is no longer a policy of the right or the left. It is common sense...
...return to democracy in 1983, but judicial proceedings were blocked by amnesty laws that had been passed by Congress under the threat of a military uprising by disgruntled officers in 1986. By 1990, the few officers imprisoned before those amnesties took effect were freed by then President Carlos Menem, desp?te massive protest marches across Argentina. The amnesty laws that had protected human-rights abusers were finally overturned by the Supreme Court last year, paving the way for the current trials and the prospect of hundreds of former military and police officers being convicted for doing away with thousands of Argentines...
...authorities - were not released by police. The meetings, which are taking place in Tokyo, may be the last chance to salvage a peace agreement brokered last December between the two sides. Separatist rebels have been fighting for an independent Aceh since 1976. PRESIDENT BY DEFAULT ARGENTINA Presidential candidate Carlos Menem withdrew from the race just days before a runoff vote after polls showed his opponent, Nestor Kirchner, would win in a landslide. Kirchner, now victor by default, will assume the presidency on May 25. With the country facing massive foreign debt and half the population in poverty, Kirchner says...