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...them. The President, following the lead of provincial leaders, also ordered the creation of hundreds of soup kitchens and the free distribution of food. Some measure of order was restored after four days, but many citizens were calling for Alfonsin, whose Radical Civic Union party was convincingly defeated by Peronist Carlos Saul Menem in May 14 elections, to step down before his term ends on Dec. 10. When the two men met last week, however, they apparently agreed that an early transition would suit neither one. Alfonsin wants a normal, democratic transfer of power -- Argentina's first since 1928 -- while...
...Argentina is about to witness the first transition of power from one popularly elected President to another since 1922, though, by electing a Peronist, the Argentines have proved once again that democracy is a people's license to act stupidly...
Three months after Moscow's troop withdrawal, President Najibullah hangs tough in Kabul. -- Will Prince Sihanouk return home to Phnom Penh as the leader of Cambodia? -- Arafat "voids" the P.L.O. charter and scores a diplomatic success in Paris. -- Facing financial disaster, Argentina's voters consider putting a Peronist back in power...
Alfonsin's warning reflected the jitters of ordinary Argentines, who now add + the threat of political extremism to their litany of dissatisfactions. Faced with a collapsing economy, a strong Peronist revival and a restive military, Argentines will soon go to the polls in search of democratic solutions. Daily life in the once proud nation has been crippled by a 400% inflation rate, 12% unemployment or underemployment and, since 1981, a 40% drop in real wages. A crumbling infrastructure and labor strikes have curtailed mail delivery, disrupted phone service and left an energy shortage so severe that electricity is rationed...
...economic. His government was shaken last month by the resounding defeat of his Radical Civic Union Party in midterm elections. The vote, which was viewed as a referendum on the administration's handling of the economy, left Alfonsin without a majority in Congress. After consultations with the opposition Peronist party, Alfonsin promised a 75% increase in the minimum wage, to $87 a month, even as he froze all other wages...