Word: caudillo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Careful observers of Juan Perón's inauguration ceremonies in Buenos Aires' ornate Government House last month would have seen clues to the way that the 78-year-old caudillo planned to run Argentina. For one thing, Perón wore his general's uniform for the first time since he was stripped of his rank 18 years ago. For another, former President Hector Cámpora was not even invited to Government House...
...love letters to the bride-to-be. Last week Francisco, 80, and Carmen, 71, celebrated their golden wedding, anniversary with a formal Mass at the Pardo Palace, attended by the Council of the Realm, most of the royal family and leading government figures. "A very quiet family day," El Caudillo called it as he accepted congratulations for five decades of "happy, virtuous, simple living...
...aging caudillo's comeback may well be the political feat-or at least phenomenon-of the century. It is rare enough for a failed leader to get a second chance in a stable democracy, even if he is relatively young. But overthrown dictators hardly ever return to the scene of their prime, unless it is behind guns pointed at their successors. Though no stranger to force, Perón has used none directly to regain his power...
...government, the people were reminded that there was always another alternative: Perón. Last year, amid increasing terrorism and public clamor, the military government of Alejandro Lanusse decided to allow free elections. Lanusse, a general who had once been imprisoned by Perón, challenged the old caudillo to return and run for President...
Juan Perón has always been his own best oracle, particularly about his place in history. Recently, however, soothsayers around the 77-year-old Caudillo have been making their own predictions, mostly about his health. Perón suffers from heart disease, they say, or polyps in the bladder, or an ulcerous intestine. What Perón and his physicians discuss in private about his health is disturbingly close to the rumors. Last week TIME obtained the following reconstruction of a recent conversation between Perón and Dr. Alberto Taiana, Peronist Minister of Health and Education, and Pedro...