Word: deolindo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...violence-prone and manipulated by corrupt union leaders. He also profited from divisions within the Peronist camp. After a brawling convention last September, the union leaders won the nod for Luder, a constitutional lawyer and former Senate president. Already perceived as a labor puppet, Luder and his running mate Deolindo Bittel often found themselves overshadowed by a fistful of union nabobs, including the party vice president, Lorenzo Miguel, leader of 140,000 metalworkers, who has been accused of sparking union violence. Says Francisco Manrique, leader of the small Federal Party: "It looked like Luder in government, Miguel in power...
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