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 ...

Carlos Menem, the former Argentine president whose economic policies quashed hyperinflation during the 1990s but sowed the seeds for what became the largest debt default in history, has died.

I N BUENOS AIRES in 1997 Carlos Menem hosted a regional “Davos” of international business types. With a dull evening reception under way, Argentina’s president swept in, cheeks shining and ...

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 ...

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 ...