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Reynaldo Bignone
Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone Ramayon (born January 21 1928) is a former Argentine general who served as the de facto president of the country from July 1, 1982 to December 10, 1983.
He became leader of the country after former President Leopoldo Galtieri stepped down after Argentina's defeat by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War. His power did not last long; without the Falkland Islands as an issue and newly allowed to express certain degrees of dissent under Galtieri, Argentine protests made the restoration of democracy inevitable.
Nevertheless, General Bignone tried to condition the return
to democracy by imposing ...
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