The ex-wife of late Argentine President Carlos Saúl Menem, Zulema is one of the protagonists of Menem Junior: The Death of the President’s Son, a documentary series by HBO’s recently-relaunched Max streaming platform. Still a hugely popular politician after stabilizing the economy after the hyperinflation of the late 1980s, Carlos Menem pulled through the grief, ran for reelection that year, and won by a wide margin. In other words, it doesn’t just describe the Menem helicopter case: it illustrates 1990s Argentina. News of the bullet holes quickly spread, triggering Zulema’s main theory about motive: Junior’s murder was Argentina’s third major terrorist attack. Carlos Menem himself was indicted in the case, and acquitted in 2019.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald March 16, 2024 03:09 UTC