Margaret Thatcher dead at 87

Moments ago Margaret Thatcher left her last breath at age 87. According to SKY TV, Thatcher suffered a stroke, which proved fatal. The so-called "iron lady" because of the fierceness she exhibited as prime minister of Britain, faced many health problems because of the many strokes she had suffered in recent years and lived almost isolated in her London home.

Her political stigma will remain indelible in the history of the country, with her controversial action still posing as a matter of controversy between her fanatical opponents and faithful supporters, graphically showing the impressive incision she left in the British and even international political matters.

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher broke into the male-dominated British Parliament and was elected at the highest post of the country, which she was able to win two more times in a political career marked by tense climate, social unrest and efforts to reshape the British economy.

During her three office terms, she slashed welfare benefits, reduced the power of trade unions and privatized a number of state-owned industries. She resigned in 1991 amid political turmoil, seeing her popularity plummeting.

She was born as Margaret Roberts on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, UK. Her family lived in an apartment above the family grocery store, where Margaret had her first contact with the conservative ideals of her father, who was a member of the local municipal council.

As prime minister, Thatcher took a series of tough measures to confront the recession that plagued England. She was renowned for reshaping the traditional industrial forms of the country, through the harsh attack she launched at the labor unions (such as miners), but also the broad privatization of public transport and social housing programs.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan was her political ally, with the same conservative right-wing political philosophy. During her first term in office, Thatcher organized the military campaign of the British Royal Navy in Argentina, the famous war of the Falkland Islands.

Returning to the helm of Britain for the third time, in 1987, Thatcher introduced a series of rapid political changes in education, the NHS and the tax system, which made her lose widespread support within her political body, as massive demonstrations destabilized Tories’ government.