BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Former President Carlos Menem was in stable condition Wednesday, a day after collapsing while delivering a speech in central Argentina, authorities said.
The 76-year-old Menem, a free-market advocate who governed Argentina from 1989 until 1999 at the helm of the Peronist party, was addressing a crowd of hundreds Tuesday night near the provincial capital of Cordoba when he doubled over.
Televised news footage showed Menem slowly fall sideways at the podium, grimacing and clasping his chest as an aide caught him in his arms. Menem was then whisked off on a stretcher to an ambulance.
Oscar Gonzalez, Cordoba's provincial health minister, …
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