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When he first ruled Argentina, Juan Perón doted on Latin pomp and dictatorial ceremony. Thus it might have been expected that his inauguration as President last week, after nearly 18 years of exile, would be celebrated with triumphal parades and week-long fiestas. Instead, Peron, 78, and his Vice President, Wife Isabelita, 42, took office with military efficiency-and security...
...only symbol that will be carried is the national flag, as a sign of national unity and a call to the greatness of Argentina's power." As a further safeguard, the police had installed immovable steel barriers in drilled holes in the pavement surrounding the palace...
...Argentina today is more tense, more lawless than it was when Perón was biding his time in exile in Madrid. Almost daily the country is racked by a new assassination, kidnaping, riot or strike. Since the Perón regime began with a hand-picked surrogate last May, more than 15 leading members of Perón's own Justicialist Party have been brutally murdered. Only last month José Rucci, one of Perón's closest associates and the head of the giant 3.1 million-member General Confederation of Labor, was riddled with...
Electing a woman Vice President in male-dominated Argentina was no easy task. Indeed, when the Justicialist convention nominated Perón and his third wife last August, many Argentines reacted with incredulity and anger. Isabelita broke down in tears when she accepted her party's vice-presidential nomination, but the weeping was a deceptive sign of weakness. In fact, she seems to be every bit as tough and ambitious as Perón himself...
Isabelita soon became Perón's most effective voice in exile, carrying his commands to Justicialists throughout Argentina. In 1971, when it seemed that warring factions would destroy the movement, Perón, in the words of chess-conscious Argentines, "moved his queen." Isabelita was dispatched to Buenos Aires, where she reminded her countrymen that "Perón is the only Peronist presidential candidate...