Word: aramburu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Program. One man with a program is President Pedro Aramburu, who pushed through the assembly plan in hopes that the group will be elected in orderly fashion July 28 and get to work Sept. 1 on an overhaul of the constitution. The Aramburu regime wants 1) a one-term limit for Presidents, 2) curbs on the President's power to legislate by decree when the Congress is adjourned, 3) repeal of the President's right to replace provincial governors at will, and 4) a stronger civil service system. Such a document, says he, would be "a death certificate...
Rule by Junta. President Aramburu does not want to be a strongman, and he is by no means free to be one. He is the head of the military junta which includes Admiral Rojas and the Ministers of Army, Navy and Air. The junta makes the government's decisions by majority vote (until elections, there is no Congress). Aramburu guides the debate and breaks ties. Any single member, if he balks hard enough, can veto any measure. And if the junta were to tell Aramburu that he had lost its confidence, he would step out at once...
Early in the life of the regime, many Argentines suspected that Admiral Rojas was the strongman, the brain and nerve behind Aramburu. Since then, the President has shown abundant forcefulness and leadership, and Rojas has proved willing to remain the loyal subordinate. One reason is that the two men are personal friends, dedicated to the same ideals. Another is that the army (100,000 men) and the air force (20,000) might become ominously restive if an admiral of the navy (20,000) were made President. "Between the admiral and me," says Aramburu, "there is great understanding. He is always...
...gravely formal, sparing of speech. He is a professional soldier, a graduate of Argentina's Prussian-style Military Academy. He is not one of the generals Perón used to corrupt with favors, and he lives frugally and simply. "I don't like social affairs," says Aramburu. "Never did. I am one of those men who do not fear to be alone." His only hobby, dropped for now, is attending auctions of household goods with his wife Sara-and they have never had enough money for serious bidding. The Aramburus have two grown children, Sara Elena...
...something about having to leave "for urgent reasons," went to a side door of the Casa Rosada and hailed a taxi. He rode to a teashop, had a leisurely dish of ice cream, taxied back to the office, gravely rejoined the session. Junta meetings seem more natural to him. Aramburu greets his high military counselors casually: "Hello, Rojas. Afternoon, Admiral. General, how are you?" To them he remains "Senor Presidente." There is always some banter and small talk before the junta gets down to running Argentina...