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Nonetheless, Bignone's first important move was to call a meeting of the leaders of Argentina's suspended political parties, including even the dreaded Peronists, whom some military hard-liners had vowed to exclude from government (see box). After the encounter, Bignone announced that the politicians could begin legal political activity this week...
Politically, Thatcher was still basking in the afterglow of the Falklands victory. Last week a Market & Opinion Research International poll in London showed that 81% of the country felt "prouder to be British." But the Falklands hangover now afflicting Argentina could eventually have a British counterpart. Parliamentary scuffling has already begun in London, where Thatcher's government faces inquiries into why Argentina's invasion of the Falklands came as such a surprise. The Prime Minister was embarrassed by the publication of a letter she had written to a Tory loyalist on Feb. 3, claiming that the Royal Marine...
Still, the Thatcher government's problems paled in comparison with those facing Argentina. In an editorial, the independent Buenos Aires daily La Prensa published what it described as a blueprint for recovery. "We must accept the lessons of experience and rid ourselves of this crisis," the paper said. "A regime must be created by which governments can act without having to obtain approval of military organizations." Argentina last week seemed a long way from accepting that courageous advice...
...Reynaldo Bignone announced that banned political parties could resume their activities this week, the most powerful mass movement in modern Argentine history was once again stirring. Peronism, a cult of nationalism, populism and social welfare fostered by the late Juan Domingo Perón, has been a force in Argentina since the mid-1940s. Twice, from 1946 to 1955 and briefly in 1973 and 1974, its founder held power. Twice also, according to the movement's critics, Peronism brought Argentina to the brink of ruin. Yet so strong is the creed's appeal, especially among lower and working...
...onetime army colonel, Peron developed his political ideas after he visited Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In 1943 he became Argentina's Minister of Labor and Welfare. Perón skillfully used that post to create a power base within Argentina's working class (known as los descamisados, the shirtless ones). Briefly imprisoned by his jealous military colleagues in 1945, Perón was freed when Maria Eva ("Evita") Duarte, who was soon to become his second wife, helped to organize mass demonstrations on his behalf. Elected President a few months...