Argentine President Carlos Menem has been forced to acknowledge that it would not be advisable to test constitutional limitations and run for a third consecutive term.

Instead of negotiating assistance in exchange for promises, the International Monetary Fund should withdraw from Argentine domestic policy and accept once and for all that it cannot solve the country's problems.

Freer economic policy has demonstrated to many Argentines the advantages of modernity; the country has had a sound currency and low rates of inflation, a working telephone system, and long-term home mortgages.

Argentina will inevitably have to embrace a much fuller program of free-market reform than it has been willing to attempt thus far.

Argentina's first couple closely resembles Bill and Hillary Clinton--and Mrs. Kirchner may soon follow in her husband's footsteps.

What makes 1999's presidential elections in Argentina so interesting is that, almost for the first time in memory, voters will not be selecting between drastically different prescriptions for the nation's future.

What makes 1999's presidential elections in Argentina so interesting is that, almost for the first time in memory, voters will not be selecting between drastically different prescriptions for the nation's future.

Thanks to the strong hand of Senator Eduardo Duhalde, who took over at the end of 2000 from Fernando de la Rúa, Menem's successor, civic order was restored in Argentina.