Carlos Menem is dead: his scandalous divorce from Zulema and the new marriage that was not

It would have been the perfect end of the story. Just thinking about it is heartwarming. An incident, as in the Greek theater, which would have changed the course of a tragedy which is not Greek, although the geographical origins of the ancestors are not so far from the cradle of the scene. It is moving that the lady in question has a deep desire to legally confirm the bond with this man whom she has lovingly cared for for several years in a mansion in the Belgrano R neighborhood. The exes huddle in the fall of life. And if these ingredients could explode the ratings of a telenovela, the real event would be caused by shaping the characters in question a little more: he could be a former president of a nation at the end of the world and she, a first lady in that her husband expelled from the official residence while on duty. From legs to the street. Public scandal. A wounded woman and a powerful and donjuanesco husband.

Now yeah, this story can’t be wrong. It only requires two great performers. In order of public hierarchy: Carlos Saúl Menem Yes Zulema Fatima Yoma. What is Netflix waiting for for a series of three episodes? Has the possible marriage that was being talked about in the media been called off. It was said that papers were missing, that Zulema hated that they thought she was doing it out of economic interest, and even the rumor arose that the lady would not give the “Yes, I want it“Until closed hairdressers are legally open due to the coronavirus quarantine. In this story, anything can be real.“ Believe it or not, ”Ripley will limit. It looks like the turn to marital status was requested by relatives of the couple, without the spouses being fully convinced. This is no longer known. The truth is that the marriage, which would take the public out of the theme of the monotonous pandemic, was not. Before reaching that denouement, however, this story had several compelling chapters.

Carlos was born in Anillaco in 1930. Zulema in Nonogasta in 1942. Both were Rioja. Land of vines, olive trees and walnut trees. However, they did not meet there at the foot of the Cordillera Cordillera. The first meeting took place very far away, in Syria, more precisely in Damascus. There, in the land of their family’s blood, mutual attraction has been achieved. It was said that it was his mother who drove him to Syria to meet his future wife. He wasn’t really an idiot. She, on the other hand, has always been a beautiful and attractive woman. His step attracted attention. It was 1964 and the handsome Carlos had promised him a thousand and one nights. It was not bad for the lands of the Middle East. The Scheherazade of this story fell asleep before the seduction of the gallant. Ancestors intertwined, La Rioja as adopted land, the desire to start a family. Something separated them: he had a devotion to power and transcendence. On the other hand, she preferred a more isolated and traditional life. Neither of them was convinced by the idea of ​​having been introduced by his family. Although they felt drawn, the bond had aromas of arrangement, something of ancestor imposed by the convenience of surnames. Carlos had a passion for another woman who would later become a close collaborator with rank during his reign. However, he gave in, which was strange to him, and did not let his true feelings flow. The weight of the family was greater.

On September 7, 1966, they were married in a religious ceremony under the Muslim rite. It was said that they had already done so by proxy. It’s that, as it happened, her parents wouldn’t let her fly to Argentina if she wasn’t already married. It is Zulema’s brother who would have brought power closer to her so that the young woman could return to her native country to meet nothing less than her husband. “I married in love, he was the only man in my life “he confessed more than once. Although he also spoke publicly about the torment of marriage. This ceremony took place in the district of the Constitución under the blessing of Hammed El Kadre. They also joined under the Catholic blessing, he was reportedly baptized in La Rioja at the request of a neighbor. Mohibe, the mother of the gallant in the novel, was not a complacent stepmother. It was she who really touched the emotional chains of her descendants. Zulema and Carlos had two children. In 1968 he was born Carlos Saúl Facundo, who died in 1995 when the helicopter he was piloting unexpectedly fell. In 1970, Zulema gave birth to Zulema María Eva, the girl who will always be the spoiled child of her father and a great protector of her mother. As might be expected, Zulema could never recover from the death of her son. Fatal turning point in his life.

This marriage of Carlos and Zulema, legally united in 1966, learned of separations. It has been said that a few years after the marriage she returned to Syria, only to come back in 1970. The second separation took place in 1976 and was not due to marital disagreements. Carlos was already a high-ranking national politician, devoted to Peronism and became governor of his native province when the coup d’état of March 24, 1976 broke out in the country. He was deposited, imprisoned and imprisoned in Las Lomitas, Formosa. There he met another woman, named Meza, with whom he had Carlos Nair.

With the return of democracy and the functioning of institutions, Carlos Menem was again elected governor of his province. In 1989, the President became the President of the Nation and, Zulema, the First Lady. Legal, religious and protocol requirements have shown them united. However, they were far from the perfect marriage. The couple’s comings and goings had been numerous between 1983 and 1989. In addition, there was no shortage of those who said they were separated when going out together, for the first time, on the balcony of the Casa Rosada to greet the crowd that lived them.

Without doubt, the most critical moment in the bond was the separation of the marriage. It was 1990 and Carlos Menem was still very popular. He had changed his telluric way of dressing for more striking outfits. Gradually, her prominent and characteristic sideburns thinned against her hairstyle. And Zulema, despite having an attractive role to be the wife of the first president, it was advancing in a second plane which diminished its stellarity. His co-lead was fading quickly. Or not so much?

The couple was going through a convulsive moment. She had even narrowly escaped certain public criticism of the management of the government, no less than of her husband’s government. It is said that inside, in the vastness of the Olivos’ marital residence, the screaming of matches was commonplace. There was no shortage of the indiscreet man who spoke of infidelities on his part. It was always a frequent interview.

The truth is that the couple were not doing well when they were united in the 1989 election campaign. He convinced Zulema to go with him. This familiar image has scored points in a country where presidents cannot walk alone. These chapters of the novel were the calm that precedes the hurricane.

At the beginning of 1990, Carlos Saúl appreciated potency honeys. This is not the case with spouses. But he didn’t care too much. The new president has savored the world at his feet. Carlos, whose hair had grown and had not lost his temper, was enjoying like a child at a fun fair. His weak point was entertainment and he received celebrities of all nationalities at the Olivos Residence.

Zulema not only disagreed with several of the economic and political measures taken by her husband, but also that, above all, I was starting to suspect possible infidelities. He didn’t shut up. He had courage and intelligence. She let her husband know, who denied it or, worse, let her talk to herself. Some of the incidents have recounted his walks with mucus strewn in the vast park with ravines that runs down from Maipú Avenue to the Miter railway tracks. If the fifth presidential election spoke, the novel would have much more than a thousand and one nights.

It wasn’t long before the bomb exploded. In June 1990, Carlos Saúl Menem was in Europe for a formal tour and a possible public visit for the FIFA World Cup in Italy. Everything has been calculated so that in his absence, Brigadier Andrés Antonietti, head of the military house, expels Zulema Yoma from the Olivos residence.. Expulsion covered by a hasty presidential decree to grant him a legal framework. Humiliating scandal for the inauguration of the first lady, but especially for women. The mother and her children took refuge in an apartment on Posadas Street, between Callao and Ayacucho. Zulema and Zulemita left when they discovered Carlitos’ tragic plane crash. Carlos Menen quickly returned to Olivos and quickly made a living of his own. Back then came legal divorce. And also several Zulema trials.

The separation of the protagonists was the talk of the upper sectors of political and economic power, and of gossip magazines and gossip programs. Menem was as diligent as Susana to sell copies of magazines. “Although I married in love, the only moments of happiness were the birth of my children “Zulema confessed to Mirtha Legrand in one of her lunches. Menem’s wife has a very good bond with the diva.

The removal of the property of Zulema and her children was a public embarrassment. Pictures of disgrace. At the time, the blood was stronger, the injured girl returned to her father’s arms. Moreover, Zulemita started to be the first lady in fact. She accompanied the president on trips around the world, always surrounded by an entourage led by the seamstress Elsa Serrano.

Carlos Jr.’s death prompted a logical truce between the parties. However, Zulema was still very upset and estranged from her husband. She was the first to talk about an attack when he mentioned the fall of the helicopter, his son was flying in the air of San Pedro, north of Buenos Aires.

Carlos Menem left power after fulfilling his mandate and had to face various corruption complaints. Between 2001 and 2007, he formed a couple with the Chilean diva Cecilia Bolocco, who dreamed of being the first lady of the Argentines. It couldn’t be. Menem, for his part, still continued the legislative task as a representative of his native province, although his power was diminishing. Also his strengths.

They say time heals everything. Pain cushions. Motorize forgiveness. Part of that happened with Carlos Menem and Zulema Yoma. The novel can’t have a better final episode. Always with Zulemita as a witness and strength of her parents, because the girl has a lot to do with this new event of fate. For several years now, Zulema Menem has taken care of her ex-husband and even lives with him in the mansion on Echeverría Street in the Belgrano R. neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

If the marriage had been finalized, for Justice the divorce of the marriage would be annulled and, on paper, it would be a kind of union that would continue until that of the 60s. “There is no economic interest behind it all”close friends said.

Powerful Striking. The characters in this story are attractive, hypnotic. Even the best playwright couldn’t have written a more exhilarating script.