Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi (31 July 1952 in Montevideo – 19 February 2017 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.
He was Minister of Economics and Finance during the most difficult period in Jorge Batlle's presidency, the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis, with a widely acknowledged role in the solution of Uruguay's worst economic moment in a century.Atchugarry, ten years after the crisis
Atchugarry died of an aneurysm in Montevideo on 19 February 2017, aged 64.Falleció Alejandro Atchugarry, artífice de la salida de la crisis del 2002
Bibliography
Documentary Jorge Batlle: entre el cielo y el infierno. A 2024 documentary directed by Federico Lemos.
References
See also South American economic crisis of 2002 1998–2002 Argentine great depression 2002 Uruguay banking crisis Latin American debt crisis