BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Raul Alfonsin, the Argentine president who guided his country's return to democracy following a military dictatorship that left thousands missing, died on Tuesday. He was 82.
Alfonsin's personal doctor, Alberto Sadler, said he died of lung cancer. The government declared three days or mourning.
The presidential inauguration of the burly, mustachioed leader on Dec. 10, 1983, ended more than seven years of a repressive military regime that left at least 13,000 disappeared.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/raul-alfonsin-former-arge_n_181721.html Ps- I'm a bit touched. I was born on Dec. 11, 1983. I always feel connected in some way with him. A huge loss for our people. Sad...