Word: juan
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Recklessness with money is a constant that runs through the 30-year history of Peronism. During his first years as President, Juan Perón depleted Argentina's once rich treasury to gain support among the legions of descamisados (the shirtless ones), who soon came to expect generous social-welfare spending by the government. Now that tradition of bounty has come to a screeching halt and with it, in the opinion of many observers, the sway of the old-line Peronists who served with el Líder in the years of glory. Taking their place are officials loyal...
...Juan Marichal, chairman of the Committee on Latin American Studies, said yesterday he "signed thinking the cable could bring attention in the United States to the fact that something must be done, especially for scholars and artists...
...member Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. The Council, which is dominated by young left-wing military officers, had been trying to ease Lopez out of power since last March, when they forced him to resign his position as chief of the armed forces. Last week they named Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, 44, as new chief of state...
Elections for a new provincial government-the first balloting of any kind since Juan Perón died-were held in the rural northeastern province of Misiones. Local issues figured too strongly to make the contest an accurate gauge of the President's nationwide support. Still, the Misiones vote was billed as a sort of referendum on her leadership. Several leftist groups banded together to form the Authentic Party. Running on a virulently anti-Isabel platform, the Authentics drew impressively large crowds to their campaign rallies and there were predictions of an electoral debacle...
...extremity Pan American World Airways has dropped many of the exotic but unprofitable destinations to which it traditionally flew. Then it turned to Iran for about $245 million in rescue loans. Now another long-distinctive feature of the company is going. After 48 years of service, Founder and Chairman Juan Terry Trippe, 75, will not stand for re-election to the board at the annual meeting...