Olivos Pact

Argentina [1994]

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The Olivos Pact was an agreement reached in 1994 between Argentina's ruling Justicialist Party (led by President Carlos Menem) and the Radical Civic Union (led by former president Raúl Alfonsín). The primary outcome of this pact was a constitutional amendment that allowed the president to run for a second term. This reform was a significant political development in Argentina during the 1990s, a period marked by economic stabilization and privatization efforts under President Menem.1

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