Alfonsín, Raúl (rä-
l` älfônsēn`) (Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes), 1927–, president of Argentina (1983–89). As leader of the Radical party, he was elected president following the bloody military rule from 1976–83, in which an estimated 10,000 people were killed or "disappeared." His government prosecuted and imprisoned many of the previous military rulers and their collaborators, converting Alfonsín into an international symbol of human rights. He had less success in stemming Argentina's hyper-inflation, and his failure in economic policy paved the way for the victory of the Peronist candidate, Carlos Saúl Menem Menem, Carlos Saúl (kär`lōs sä
..... Click the link for more information. , in the presidential elections of 1989. Alfonsín was elected to the Argentine senate in 2001.
(born March 13, 1926/7, Chascomús, Buenos Aires, Arg.) Civilian president of Argentina (1983–89). He took a degree in law and founded a newspaper before entering politics in 1953. After Argentina lost the Falkland Islands War, the discredited military permitted free elections, and Alfonsín defeated the Peronist candidate. He prosecuted members of the armed forces for human rights violations, but military pressure (including several armed revolts) led him to pardon most convicted officers. His presidency was plagued by high inflation, a huge national debt, labour disputes, and a discontented military. Constitutionally barred from a second term, he was succeeded by Carlos Menem.
l` älfônsēn`) (Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes), 1927–, president of Argentina (1983–89). As leader of the Radical party, he was elected president following the bloody military rule from 1976–83, in which an estimated 10,000 people were killed or "disappeared." His government prosecuted and imprisoned many of the previous military rulers and their collaborators, converting Alfonsín into an international symbol of human rights. He had less success in stemming Argentina's hyper-inflation, and his failure in economic policy paved the way for the victory of the Peronist candidate, Carlos Saúl Menem Menem, Carlos Saúl (kär`lōs sä..... Click the link for more information. , in the presidential elections of 1989. Alfonsín was elected to the Argentine senate in 2001.
Alfonsín (Foulkes), Raúl (Ricardo)
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Raúl Alfonsín, 1989.
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