Carlos Menem, who during 10 years as Argentina’s flamboyant, scandal-ridden president engineered a stunning economic turnaround only to be blamed for an even more dramatic financial collapse ...

Mr Menem, president between 1989 and 1999, was absent. It wasn’t immediately clear where the now 85-year-old was or if lawyers would represent him at this point in the trial, which is expected ...

Carlos Menem, a former Argentine president who delivered short-lived economic stability and forged close ties with the United States in the 1990s even as he navigated scandal and enjoyed an often ...

Carlos Menem was born in Argentina's La Rioja province in 1930 of Syrian parents. He trained as a lawyer and became a lifelong supporter of President Juan Peron. He was elected governor of La Rioja in ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine court sentenced former President Carlos Menem to seven years in prison Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of ...

Argentine President Javier Milei claimed Tuesday his administration surpasses Carlos Menem’s first term, previously considered Argentina’s most successful, due to faster inflation reduction ...

This brings us to Argentina’s newly elected president, Javier Milei. The scope and scale of the economic problems he faces are broadly the same as those that Carlos Menem faced 35 years ago.

BUENOS AIRES – Carlos Menem, a former Argentine president who delivered short-lived economic stability and forged close ties with the United States in the 1990s even as he navigated scandal and ...