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Carlos Menem

Menem, Carlos Saúl

Carlos Saúl Menem (kär´lōs säōōl´ mā´nĕm), 1930–, president of Argentina (1989–99). A Peronist (see Juan Domingo Perón), he served as governor of La Rioja (1973–76, 1983–89). Imprisoned during the 1976 coup, he was released in 1981. He won the 1989 presidential elections by appealing to the deep-rooted sentiment for Perón among the poor and the working class. In office, however, he addressed Argentina's economic crisis by reducing subsidies for the poor, controlling hyperinflation, privatizing state-owned companies, and reducing government regulation of businesses. He also reversed the policies of his predecessor, Raúl Alfonsín, pardoning military officers convicted of human-rights violations, and improved relations with Great Britain and the United States. Menem was reelected in 1995. By the end of his last term he was increasingly perceived as too flamboyant and tolerant of official corruption. In 2001, Menem was indicted on charges, later dismissed, of conspiring to smuggle arms to Croatia and Ecuador during his presidency. New charges relating to the arms sales were brought in 2007; he was acquitted in 2011. Menem ran for a third term in 2003, but after winning the first round with 24% of the vote, he withdrew from the runoff when he appeared likely to lose by a landslide. He spent most of 2004 in Chile to avoid an Argentine government corruption investigation into his presidency. Elected one of La Rioja's three senators in 2005, he ran for governor of the province in 2007 but lost.

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Foreign Policy Theory in Menem's Argentina
Carlos Escudé. University Press of Florida, 1997

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Military Rebellion in Argentina: Between Coups and Consolidation
Deborah L. Norden. University of Nebraska Press, 1996

Librarian’s tip: "Diversification of the Rebel Movement: Menem's Presidency" begins on p. 138

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Privatization and Democracy in Argentina: An Analysis of President-Congress Relations
Mariana Llanos. Palgrave, 2002

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 4 "Privatizations in Menem's Agenda"

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Privatization South American Style
Luigi Manzetti. Oxford University Press, 1999

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Carlos Menem begins on p. 71

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The State of Democracy in Latin America: Post-Transitional Conflicts in Argentina and Chile
Laura Tedesco; Jonathan R. Barton. Routledge, 2004

Librarian’s tip: "The Menem Years" begins on p. 104

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Establishing Democracies
Mary Ellen Fischer. Westview Press, 1996

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Carlos Menem begins on p. 161

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The Changing Role of the State in Latin America
Menno Vellinga. Westview Press, 1998

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Carlos Menem begins on p. 117

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Argentina: Illusions and Realities
Gary W. Wynia. Holmes & Meier, 1992 (2nd edition)

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 8 "A Peronist Surprise"

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The History of Argentina
Daniel K. Lewis. Greenwood Press, 2001

Librarian’s tip: "The Peronist Revival (1983-1988)" begins on p. 162

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Populism in Latin America
Michael L. Conniff. University of Alabama Press, 1999

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Carlos Menem begins on p. 179

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