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IN USA The 39th President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate has died Jimmy Carter. About this reported The Washington Post newspaper.

The son of former American President James Carter III confirmed his father's death, but did not name the cause. It is known that in recent years Carter has been battling an aggressive form of skin cancer.

James Earl Carter made history, among other things, as the first high-ranking statesman to ask to be called by his shortened name – Jimmy. notes “BBC”.

The fashion for abbreviations has taken root in the English-speaking environment, as exemplified by Tony (not Anthony) Blair, Bill (not William) Clinton, the current President of the United States is also known in public as Joe, not Joseph Biden.

After completing his term, the ex-president founded the Carter Center, a non-profit human rights organization. In 2002, the politician received the Nobel Prize for his work related to this center. Carter has written several books, including both political memoirs and poetry.

Carter became a victim of fake news about his death

July 23 Carter became victim of online fakes about his alleged death. According to Fox5 Atlanta, the false news was spread by “far-right political activist” Laura Loomer, but she denied the accusations against her.

Former US President noted October 1 marks the 100th anniversary amid reports of deteriorating health, the North Jersey newspaper wrote.

Grandson of the ex-president Jason Carter noted that “his spirit is just as strong” because Jimmy Carter wants to go to the polling station and support the US presidential candidate from Democratic Party Kamala Harris.

Despite major achievements, Carter's presidency is generally assessed as unsuccessful

Carter was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, becoming the first leader in United States history to reach the age of 100 and the longest-serving former President (43 years).

In his first days as president, Carter declared an amnesty for all Vietnam War draft dodgers. In domestic policy, the head of the White House took measures to stop stagflation; under his leadership, the US Department of Education and the US Department of Energy were created.

A major foreign policy achievement was the conclusion in the late 1970s, through his mediation, of the Camp David Accords between Israel And Egypt.

However, a series of failures followed. Due to rising oil prices, Carter failed to keep his election promises to reduce unemployment to 4.5 percent and inflation to 4 percent per year, and the US economy entered a recession.

In addition, the last years of the presidency saw the taking of American hostages in Iran after the Islamic revolution. November 4, 1979 at the US Embassy in Tehran a group of people broke in and captured 66 diplomatic mission employees. They put forward demands to extradite former Shah Reza Pahlavi, who was being treated for cancer in a New York clinic.

The 52 hostages spent 444 days in custody. The rescue operation, which began on April 24, 1980, failed at the start. One of the helicopters in which special forces were supposed to storm the embassy collided with a tanker plane in the desert.

The Americans were released only on January 20, 1981, after the signing of the Algiers Agreements. This happened on Inauguration Day. Ronald Reaganto whom Carter lost by a wide margin.

Carter's historic kiss with Brezhnev

In relations with the Soviet Union in the first years of his presidency and during the election campaign, Carter was committed to continuing the policy of détente, reducing military spending and new negotiations, noted in the material of Izvestia.

By mid-1979—after seven years of negotiations—the United States and the Soviet Union managed to agree on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). On June 18, Brezhnev and Carter met for the first and last time in Viennato solemnly sign it.

On that day, the parties signed four documents: the Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, the protocol thereto, a joint Statement on the principles and main directions of subsequent negotiations on the limitation of strategic arms, as well as “Agreed statements and common understandings in connection with the Treaty between the USSR and the USA on Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.”

In the finale, Brezhnev and Carter not only shook hands, but also kissed, this moment was captured in the famous photo.

Subsequently, relations between the United States and the USSR deteriorated with the outbreak of war in Afghanistan. In response to the entry of Soviet troops into the country, Carter announced the end of the period of detente with the USSR and announced his doctrine on January 23, 1980.

The Carter Doctrine reflected the US position that attempts by any external forces to gain control over the Persian Gulf countries would be considered an encroachment on American interests and would be repulsed by any means, including military force.