Word: argentina
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...three southernmost nations of Latin America were near political paralysis last week. Chile, already polarized by a conflict between left and right, was jarred by an abortive army coup. Widespread terrorism persisted in Argentina, following the return to Buenos Aires of ex-Dictator Juan Perón. In Uruguay, a successful military coup brought at least a temporary end to republican government. All in all, it was a sad and humiliating time for three countries that had seemed to embody many of the continent's best hopes for development and democracy...
...ARGENTINA: CHAOS AND CORPSES
...order edicts, though a start, do not really get to the core of Argentina's problem: the country's deep political divisions. Cámpora's statement last week that the government "will not permit anarchy and intolerance" was scoffed at by many Argentines. The speech, said one foreign diplomat sarcastically, was a mediocre performance "by a puppet who is not getting his ventriloquist's lines." But can the ventriloquist do any better...
...problem is that Perón-undoubtedly the most powerful man in Argentina today-is not only old (77), but is also somewhat more conservative than many of his leftist followers suspect. Since his return to Buenos Aires, he has surrounded himself with cronies from the old days. He has even called for the "reintegration" of the military into the mainstream of Argentine life...
Terrorists, most audaciously those of the Trotskyite People's Revolutionary Army or ERP, have been staging kidnapings at the rate of one every 72 hours since the first of the year. Last month two Ford Motor Co. of Argentina employees were wounded by ERP gunmen, and under threat of further violence. Ford agreed to give $1,000,000 to hospitals and the poor. Within a fortnight of Perón's second homecoming, guerrillas kidnaped a West German clothing manufacturer, the American head of Firestone of Argentina, and a British banker. A $10 million ransom for the three...