Word: argentinas
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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...
Rucci's assassination, the strike and the apparent retaliatory assassination a day later of a leftist youth-labor leader were poor omens for the future of Argentina. The country is plagued not only by terrorism but by bitter political factionalism and economic decay. Perón was returned to office by voters who clearly hoped against hope that el Lider, at once a kind of Latin Mao and second Mussolini, might magically solve the country's problems. The task would be difficult enough for a man in his prime, but Perón is 77 and ailing...
...more steps than did her predecessor. Evita's hopes of becoming Vice President in 1951 were dashed by a determinedly male-chauvinist military. This time round, with an overwhelming election victory for both Peróns, no such opposition is anticipated. Barring the total collapse of order in Argentina, Isabelita will become her country's first female Vice President on inauguration...
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...