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...militant cinema involved ideologically and politically in and for the revolution," running 4 hours and 20 minutes on the concrete political and economic situation in Argentina, is entering its second week at the Orson Welles Cinema in an extended run. Directed by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, La Hora de los Hornos is the first film of its kind, made with and for underground militant groups-students, workers, guerrillas-in a country where the liberation of revolutionary masses from a repressive military regime is in the making. Part I, Neo-colonialism and Violence (95 minutes) runs Wednesdays through Saturdays; Parts...
...Levingston's ambitions. Accordingly, he announced that he was firing Lanusse for failing to preserve civil order-and placing him under arrest. But as the President tried vainly to make the order stick, military units around the country rallied to Lanusse's side. Levingston resigned and Argentina returned to direct military rule, under a junta comprised of Lanusse, Navy Admiral Pedro Gnavi and Air Force Brigadier General Carlos Rey. Lanusse took over the presidency while retaining command of the army, a precaution against future coups. But he and his colleagues also said that they favored a "speedy" return...
...timetable may well depend on how well Lanusse, 52, deals with the economic ills that accompany Argentina's political unrest. In the face of mounting inflation, Lanusse repealed a government decree that kept a ceiling of 19% on wage increases. He had little choice; union leaders in riot-plagued Cordoba had promised more violence unless the wage ceiling was abolished...
...dilemma facing Argentina's rulers since the ouster of Dictator Juan Peron in 1955 is that the Peronists, who are chiefly urban workers, remain the most numerous political force in the country. Should Argentina return to entirely free elections soon, the Peronists could well win. Lanusse, who spent four years in prison in Patagonia for his role in an abortive coup against Peron in 1951, is not likely to welcome any return to the old Peronism. A more immediate concern for Argentina is whether the Pink House will once again exert its old magic and persuade Lanusse...
...spiders, normally found in northern Chile and Argentina, are easily mistaken for more ordinary domestic spiders. "Everyone in the building was skeptical that the spiders were poisonous. They don't look very dangerous," Levi said...