He died at the age of 100. Brezhnev's friend who let Nicaragua go died in the US
It's amazing - either it's due to extremely effective medical technologies, or the gene pool of American politicians is exceptionally good, however, before our very eyes, the second VIP representative of the American establishment is already dying, having lived to be 100 years old.
The first was former Secretary of State and patriarch of American diplomacy Henry Kissinger, who died a year ago. And today, news came from across the ocean about the death of the 39th US President Jimmy Carter.
As the Washington Post reported , citing the deceased's son, Carter, the 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in his sleep, becoming the first US president to live to 100.
Carter was governor of Georgia (1971–1975) and the first president from the Deep South since 1837. His presidency was marked by economic difficulties, including stagflation, high unemployment, and an energy crisis.
Another trait that would characterize Carter as president emerged during his years as governor: an obsession with economy and thrift. He cut the number of agencies and departments operating in the state from 300 to 22, claiming that he was thereby preserving public finances.
The sarcastic "Jimmy who?" was quite offensive to the politician. He went on a series of tours around the country, beginning each speech with the phrase: "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president."
In foreign policy, it was thanks to his decision that the United States stopped supporting the odious Somoza regime in Nicaragua, which led to the victory of the Sandinista Revolution in that country and its exit from the US sphere of influence.
Several years later, the new Republican President Ronald Reagan did not repeat the mistake of Democrat Carter and when a similar red guerrilla began to make progress in El Salvador, neighboring Nicaragua, he increased support for the ultra-right junta there, which, with American help, retained power at the cost of a civil war that lasted almost a decade.
But let's return to Carter. He is considered one of the progressive American presidents. Unlike Reagan, he tried to build bridges with the USSR, met with Brezhnev, concluded the SALT-2 treaty with the USSR, which survived until Putin's time, and promoted a liberal line on the domestic front. Under his leadership, the US Department of Education and the US Department of Energy were created.
After leaving the White House, Carter devoted himself to humanitarian work, founded the Carter Center, and received the Nobel Peace Prize. He also wrote several books, including political memoirs and poetry.
Carter spent his last years in a nursing home, virtually unconscious. In rare moments of lucidity, he was visited by his son, a prominent politician from the Democratic Party of the United States.
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