Former Argentine President and current senator Carlos Menem, 79, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his home in Buenos Aires October 6, 2009. Menem, who was President for two consecutive terms from 1989 to 1999, denied any involvement in the bombing of the AMIA Argentine Jewish Association Center in 1994 and said he is the victim of a persecution. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA POLITICS)