Word: democracia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Minister of Economy, lAPI's head. A typical question: "What compelling reasons were there for handing over without payment to the majordomo of the presidential country house 20 jeeps which were later found being used by a morning newspaper [Se-ñora Perón's Democracia...
Next, Eva's longtime personal press-agent and boss of her newspaper Democracia was moved in as chief of the Sub-secretariat of Information, controlling 90% of the nation's press, 100% of its radio. Even the dollar famine was turned to Eva's ends; the National Economic Council decreed that during the shortage of foreign exchange, all newspapers would have to pool their newsprint stocks. This meant that the independent La, Prensa and La Nación would have to hand over much of their reserve stock to Peronista newspapers. Eva's man took charge...
Special Treatment. They called a "progressive" strike (an hour's work stoppage the first night, 1½ hours the second, etc.). Eva Perón's Democracia got special treatment: a stoppage plus a slowdown. For strikebreakers, Eva called in convicts from Buenos Aires' federal penitentiary. The convicts refused to work. Democracia was among the first papers to suspend publication...
...reporter from Noticias Graficas grabbed it, examined it minutely. Sure enough, it carried the names of such party stalwarts as Mercante, Hector Campora, chief of the capital's Peronistas, and Miel Asquia himself. Every newspaper in Buenos Aires, including Señora Perón's Democracia, reported that Article 77, which forbids two successive terms for Presidents, would go unchanged...
Good Buying. Prosperous (circ. 300,000) Noticias, an afternoon sheet, was a logical buy for Eva's holding company, Editorial Democracia, which already owned the dailies Democracia and Laborista. Evita's pet, and purest example of the Peron press, is Democracia, which has built up to a 200,000 circulation and rolls gaily along; losing about 10 million pesos ($2,091,000) a year. Democracia has a staff photographer who specializes in pictures of Evita herself; a dozen or so may turn up in a single edition. For the most part Evita does her editing by telephone. When...