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Ideologies / Fujimorist / Carlos Menem
Carlos Menem — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1930–2021 · Argentina · President

Carlos Menem

Convertibility

Privatise everything, peg the peso.

Rooted Fujimorist →
Economic+92
SocialistMarket
Governance+64
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−30
TraditionalProgressive
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The Argentine president who, atop a Peronist movement, imposed one of Latin America's most radical free-market programmes — privatisation and dollar convertibility — through a domineering, decree-driven executive.

social

Flamboyant traditional-populist.

economic

Mass privatisation and a dollar-peg that crushed inflation.

governance

Concentrated executive power, packed courts, ruled by decree.

Notable for
  • Mass privatisation
  • The Convertibility Plan
  • Ruled by decree
privatisationconvertibilitydecree-rule
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