ar brought about a popular, and rela tively peaceful, revolution in Argentina, which, in turn, gained the adoption of a new constitution, and the election of a new president, Raul Alfonsin, in 1983. The revolution was not just against the outcome of the war. It was also a mani festation of the extreme dissatisfaction of the Argentine pub lic with the terror tactics employed domestically by the mili tary governments, and with the almost complete mismanagement of the country's economy by those governments.
Stable civilian government has been maintained in Argen tine since 1983, in spite of severe economic difficulties, and the problems faced by President Alfonsin in dealing with dis satisfied factions within the military. New presidential elections were held in Argentina in 1988. The transfer of power was peaceful. 3
Although Argentina has a diversified agricultural sector, it is a major international producer of only two products grains and beef. The country is a major exporter of unpro cessed grains, particularly wheat. Agricultural output also provides the basis for two of the country's major industries meat processing and flour milling. Processed meat products are also a major export good for Argentina. Other major manu facturing, processing, and extractive industries include chemi cals, textiles, machinery, automobiles, fishing, petroleum, lead, zinc, and iron.
Argentina's economy is classified by The World Bank as middle industrial, which means that it is one of those coun tries ranked immediately below the major western industrial
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