Some history.

Reynaldo Bignone
President of Argentina
General. Dictator
July 1, 1982 – December 10, 1983

Argentine general election, 1983

Winner?

Ral Alfonsn
Radical Civic Union
December 10, 1983 – July 8, 1989

So after years of military dictatorship Argentina elected, democratically elected, a new president to replace the goon squad responsible for the murder of over 30,000 Argentine citizens?

The US response?

Relations with the United States suffered when Alfonsn terminated the previous regime’s support for the Contras, and two meetings with U.S. President Ronald Reagan failed to ease Reagan’s opposition to economic concessions towards Argentina.