Word: luders
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Concerned politicians in Argentina would like Isabel to step down, passing the presidential baton to the man next in line constitutionally, Senate Leader Italo Luder. Mrs. Perón's tenacity-at this point her only obvious political virtue-seems hardly to allow for such a solution. More realistically, some favor a brief coup by the military that would forcibly put Isabel on a plane to Spain and then turn the administration over to Luder. A number of younger plotters within the army would like to see the military suspend both the constitution and elections and rule the country...
...Italo Luder, 58, the conscientious but colorless Senate leader who was interim President in Mrs. Perón's absence, is not likely to be confused with Winston Churchill. But Luder is seen as the best alternative to a possible military takeover. "I can't tell you there won't be a coup," said a leading radical Senator last week. "But I think the chances for avoiding one would be much better with Luder than with...
...More recently, her publicly shed tears have become both a sign of her own increasingly fragile physical and emotional condition and an apt acknowledgment of the problems that her erratic rule has brought to her country. A week ago, when she handed over temporary executive power to Italo Luder, Provisional President of the Argentine Senate, she was choking back tears once again. "This is only a little goodbye," she said on a television broadcast from La Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. "This has been a very tough year, and I need to rest...
...official accounts have it, Mrs. Perón is due back in La Casa Rosada in late October or early November. But there are signs that Isabel's "little goodbye" could turn into a long farewell. Less than 24 hours after her departure, Interim President Luder began shuffling her Cabinet; he forced resignations from Defense Minister Jorge Garrido and Interior Minister Vicente Damasco, Mrs. Perón's closest adviser in recent weeks...
There was speculation in Buenos Aires that she might ask Congress for a leave of absence for medical reasons. If granted, it would give her a graceful way to retire while her successor, newly elected Senate President Italo Luder, tried to put matters back in order. If the situation improves, Mrs. Perón could return to office and serve out the rest of her term as a figurehead President...