Word: isabel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visits to Madrid's Royal Palace, the Alcazar in Toledo, the palace and mausoleum at Escorial. Wherever she went, the President's daughter displayed unflagging curiosity. Didn't King Philip II have four wives? Why wasn't Philip V buried at Escorial? How come Isabel II is en tombed in the row reserved for kings...
...only one who can save us." Then the talk breaks off. A white automobile drives up. A slender, sexy platinum blonde steps out, pausing in her swift walk to the door only to accept a bunch of flowers. "When will the general return?" asks a woman, tearfully. "Soon," replies Isabel Perón, 35. "Soon he will be in Buenos Aires...
...Illia's best protection, so far, has been a deep split in Peronista ranks between those led by Augusto ("El Lobo") Vandor, who would like to exercise power in PerÓn's name, and those, marshaled in Argentina for the past four months by shapely Isabel PerÓn, el lider's third wife, who would-understandably-favor el retorno of PerÓn from Spain. Even that diversion may soon end. Last week El Lobo ("the Wolf") ousted Isabella's chief lieutenant, José Alonso, as general secretary of the giant General Confederation...
...Isabel's plan was to stir a popular up roar on Perón's "Loyalty Day" by playing an emotional tape-recorded message from el líder. Once in Buenos Aires she could see for herself the signs of Peronista change. There were almost no Loyalty Day posters. Three full days elapsed before the top Peronista politicians and labor leaders got around to calling on her. What had not changed were the hatreds engendered by the mere mention of Perón's name. For three nights, riots between Peronistas and anti-Peronistas erupted outside...
...where President Arturo Illia decided to forbid all Peronista demonstrations. Next morning 5,000 well-armed police patrolled Buenos Aires streets. Out came some 6,000 Peronistas-as much to taunt the cops as cheer Perón. By nightfall, more than 600 of the rioters were in jail. Isabel had dropped out of sight, and Perón's tape-recorded message had gone undelivered. President Illia then warned that any unions dabbling in politics would lose their legal rights. The Peronistas called for a 24-hour general strike, but it was only partially successful...