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...days after the election, Alfonsin retreated to a ranch at an undisclosed location to plan his agenda. The most immediate problem is the country's growing debt. Alfonsin inherits an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for short-term loans to prevent a default, in exchange for the imposition of austerity measures. Bernardo Grinspun, the President-elect's chief economic adviser, estimates that Argentina will need at least $14 billion next year simply to meet its debt payments. During the campaign, Alfonsin promised to study the repayment agreements, but his advisers say they will not be discarded...
...Alfonsin will attempt to rekindle economic growth and to cool inflation at the same time. The new regime hopes that its victory will persuade edgy Argentines to return money that they have transferred outside the country. Alfonsin is willing to discuss the future of the Falk land Islands with the British, but Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who welcomed Argentina's "return to democracy" last week, reiterated that the islanders must be allowed to determine their future...
Like Luder, Alfonsin has pledged to repeal a law passed by the junta last September that, in effect, pardoned the military for crimes committed in the "dirty war." If, however, the new President tries to prosecute the guilty, as relatives of the victims have demanded, he risks alienating the generals. If he makes good on his pledge to reform trade union elections, he will infuriate the Peronists. Despite their setbacks, the military and the party of Peron would make potent allies and could sabotage Alfonsin's administration...
...will be the Argentine people, who in the last analysis will be the ones who decide." El Lider uttered those words shortly before he died. In a sense, the Argentine people picked Peron's successor last week. Peronists, Radicals and generals alike, they will now decide whether Raul Alfonsin becomes the first elected President since Juan Peron to serve a full six-year term. -By James Kelly...
...admire most is humility. What I cannot stand is arrogance." As a statement of his philosophy of political leadership, it is vintage Raul Alfonsin. It also sets him in sharp contrast with the military rulers Argentina has endured for the better part of a decade. Stocky, garrulous and indefatigable, Alfonsin, 56, has brought a shudder of excitement to a citizenry long inured to monochromatic military men and ineffectual demagogues steeped in the mythology of Juan Perón. Alfonsin has also projected an image of forcefulness and competence necessary to command his unruly nation...