Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Argentina. It sounds good at first. Argentinians of all political persuasions this week blasted some documents produced by a functionary at the American embassy which warned that some legislation facing the Peronist-dominated Legislature would hurt foreign investment and threaten the long-term interests of Argentina...
...Argentinian left, right and center united in condemning the documents, which were made public, as an unwarranted interference into the country's internal affairs. Does this mean all Argentina opposes imperialism...
Soon Cámpora's weakness returned to haunt him; Argentina's plague of kidnapings rose, as did the amount of ransom demanded. An even worse blow came last month when a bloody shoot-out between left-and right-wing Peronist factions left 34 dead and 342 wounded, ruining what was to have been a triumphant homecoming for Perón (TIME, July...
...ouster, as did moderate party members within the Justicialist movement. The only major opposition to Perón came from left-wing Peronist youth, who feared that a sudden change of heads of government would signal a shift to the right and thus scuttle their chance of turning Argentina toward Marxism. They denounced the "right-wing coup" and briefly occupied three colleges at Buenos Aires University...
Although he is now once again Argentina's undisputed leader, Perón must deal with most of the same problems that brought Cámpora down. Even if he were a younger man, this would be no easy task. Now 77, he is reported to be in failing health. Moreover, the old ways of flamboyant despotism obviously will not solve the complex social and political problems of modern Argentina. But el Líder enjoys something that Cámpora did not: the almost slavish faith of a majority of the people. If Perón can mobilize...