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Carlos Saúl Menem, Who Led Argentina Through Economic Turmoil, Dies at 90
As president from 1989 to 1999, he helped restore the economy after a major crisis, but was later embroiled in corruption charges.
Carlos Saúl Menem in 1997. âThe only things I can offer my people are work, sacrifice and hope,â he said in 1989, as he became president of an Argentina in economic crisis.Credit.Daniel Muzio/Associated Press
Carlos Saúl Menem, who as Argentinaâs president from 1989 to 1999 fostered a striking economic recovery and renewed ties to the United States and Britain, but was later convicted of graft and accused of covering up evidence in a deadly anti-Semitic bombing on his watch, died on Sunday in Buenos Aires. He was 90.