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Word: fraternidad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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LABOR. In Buenos Aires' suburbs one morning, a series of explosions boomed out; rails were ripped up and a bridge damaged. Commuter trains were stranded; thousands were late getting to work. The demonstration was staged by members of La Fraternidad, the brotherhood of engineers and firemen. Bulldozed against their will into the Perónista General Confederation of Labor (C.G.T.), they were striking for the freedom of their union. To Perón, who regards Argentine labor as his permanent prop and personal property, the uproar was acutely embarrassing: first he tried to ignore it by blaming the disturbances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Turn of the Screws | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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