It was an admired woman in the world, but also hated. The former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who transformed and divided with the same depth to his country, died
The
so-called "Iron Lady" died "peacefully" at the Ritz hotel
room in London, where he lived temporarily, his spokesman said Lord Tim Bell.
Worldwide
leaders expressed dismay at the demise of the so far only head of the British
Government.
In the UK,
hundreds of people gathered in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and in London's
Brixton neighborhood to celebrate the death, as the economic policy of the
premier hit with more taxes to the British.
Thatcher
had a great friendship with Ronald Reagan, U.S. president of the time. The same
happened with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who also supported his
campaign as she herself admitted in the late nineties.
The
military supported the British premier in the war against Argentina over the
Falklands dispute.
In Buenos
Aires, the Government issued an official reaction, but citizens criticized on
Twitter, blaming her for the death of 649 soldiers in the South Atlantic
conflict.
Thatcher
ordered the British landing in 1982 in the Falkland Islands, located about five
thousand miles-UK military to evict the Argentines who had
"occupied".
"She
will always be remembered in the islands for his decision to send our forces
who liberated Argentina home after the invasion in 1982".
in London as a result of a stroke at age 87.
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