Alfonsín

President Alfonsín successfully brought human rights back; and made the case for trade liberalization, deregulation, and privatization. However, Alfonsín lacked the leadership skills necessary to carry out the economic reforms he sought. For example, the government proposed Plan Austral in 1984, with the support of the IMF, to impose fiscal discipline and control skyrocketing inflation of 627 percent that year.

Sources

Heritage Foundation
ATTAC Argentina

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Introduction | Dictatorship | Carlos Menem | Fernando de la Rúa

Interim Presidents | Néstor Kirchner | Graphs | Final Analysis