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When Argentina's army ousted President Arturo Illia last June, it moved with the swiftness of a rifle bullet. Congress, the supreme court and all political parties were dissolved; all state governors were dismissed; and a three-man junta was installed, headed by Provisional President Juan Carlos Ongania, 52. Then suddenly all was quiet. Week after week, the nation waited for some signs of positive leadership. But all that came were some lofty, if vague, social and economic goals, a puritanical television attack on pornography-and not much else. By last week, Ongania had not even completed his Cabinet...
...could hardly overlook the fact that President Juan Carlos Ongania's new regime had been recognized by at least 41 other countries, including nine of the 20 members of the Organization of American States. The U.S. also seemed satisfied with the way Ongania was setting about the task of rebuilding the inflation-ridden, strife-torn nation. This week Ongania is expected to announce a series of "directives" spelling out a program of austerity and reform. Reports say they will include a sharp cutback on state employment, special export credits to stimulate foreign trade, more public housing, complete overhaul...
...Ongania could hardly endure such slings and arrows forever. When Illia refused to appoint Ongania's candidate to the War Secretary's job, there was nothing left to do except quit. For Illia now, as one officer said ominously, "the real question is whether Ongania will be more trouble out than...
Three years ago, in the months that followed the military overthrow of President Arturo Frondizi, the country ricocheted from crisis to crisis as rival army factions fought bitterly for control. Ongania, then commander of the army's crack motorized cavalry corps, emerged as the muscle behind a group of enlightened officers determined to reestablish constitutional government. He sent tanks rumbling into the city and, after a series of sharp, bloody clashes, routed the army's Colorado faction, which stood for old-style, jack-booted dictatorship. Illia's peaceful election ten months later consolidated Ongania's triumph...
...chaotic inflation that has pushed the cost of living 63% higher in the past two years. Illia's one real action-cancellation of the foreign oil contracts-has proved a disaster; Argentina, once virtually self-sufficient in oil, now spends $100 million annually on petroleum imports. What irked Ongania more than anything was the regime's soft line, principally Illia's refusal to send troops to join the OAS in Santo Domingo. Ongania grew angrier still when the President ignored his plan for a series of collective security pacts, starting with Brazil, to fight Communism...