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11 unusual facts about Carlos Menem


Albano Harguindeguy

Harguindeguy, allegedly involved in human rights abuses, benefitted from the pardon of President Carlos Menem in 1989, along with other members of the dictatorship.

Eduardo Macaluse

Macaluse was a member of the Frente Grande from its foundation in 1993, as a left-wing alliance opposed to the neo-liberal policies of President Carlos Menem.

Ernesto Cortázar II

Ernesto traveled to more than 25 countries and performed his original compositions for political figures such as President of Argentina Carlos Menem, Nikita Khrushchev leader of the USSR and entertained at various prestigious venues including The Kremlin (Russia) and The Mexican Presidential House.

Ernesto Horacio Crespo

During his mandate, the Argentinian Air Force developed the Condor missile, which was later discontinued in the early 1990s during the Carlos Menem presidency because of political pressure from the United States.

FARA 83

By the late 1980s, under Carlos Menem's tenure as president, the country was undergoing economic difficulties.

Islam in Argentina

The total land area granted by the Argentine government measures 34,000 m², and was offered by President Carlos Menem following his visit to Saudi Arabia in 1992.

Maureen Orth

Among the heads of state she has interviewed are Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Argentinian President Carlos Menem, and Irish President Mary Robinson.

Mercedes Soler

Soler has interviewed various high-profile figures during her two decade career including Alberto Fujimori of Peru, Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico, Carlos Menem of Argentina, Violeta Chamorro and Arnoldo Alemán of Nicaragua, Abdalá Bucaram and Gustavo Noboa of Ecuador, and Ernesto Samper of Colombia.

Ramón Camps

The rest of the case against him was voided, as with other military and police officers, by the series of pardons granted by President Carlos Menem in 1989 and 1990.

Rubén Glaria

Glaria became particularly involved in politics in the 1980s, serving on the campaign to elect Carlos Menem as President of Argentina.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 940

However, after popular discontent over the decision, President Carlos Menem was forced to back down on the offer.


Alsogaray

She entered politics in 1983 with Ucedé, and later became an influential member of the Menem administration, leading the successful privatisation of the ENTel phone company and as secretary of Natural Resources.

Matanza River

In 1993 President Carlos Menem's Secretary of Environment María Julia Alsogaray presented a 3-year project to clean up the Riachuelo that was approved, but never started, let alone concluded.

Miguel Hesayne

Hesayne continued to be a critic of government policies after the return of democracy, especially during the neoliberal rule of Carlos Menem in the 1990s, and his successor Fernando de la Rúa.

Ovidio Lagos

The Lagos family controlled it for 130 years, until 1997, when the share majority was acquired by media group Grupo Uno (controlled by businessman Daniel Vila and former Menem-administration Interior Minister José Luis Manzano).

Rúhíyyih Khanum

During her travels she was received by the following heads of state and government; Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia; Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India; President Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Côte d'Ivoire; President Carlos Menem of Argentina; Prime Minister Edward Seaga of Jamaica; and Javier Pérez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations.