Word: ongania
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...most responsible for the existence of constitutional civilian government in Argentina last week abruptly handed his resignation to President Arturo Illia. Juan Carlos Onganía, 51, the austere general who made Illia's 1963 election possible, stepped down as army commander in chief. Ongania said that he was leaving because he objected to the President's choice for a new Secre tary of War. But insiders knew that the resignation climaxed months of behind-the-scenes friction between Illia and his army chief-and was a sign of trouble ahead...
...truth of Rauch's charges, the effect would have been to postpone the promised July 7 elections, which are supposed to restore civilian control of the country. Rauch's proposal failed because of the opposition from the liberal wing of the army, led by General Juan Carlos Ongania, 48, commander in chief of the army. Ongania has no love for Frondizi and no wish to give power to the Peronistas, the 3,000,000 followers of exiled ex-Dictator Juan Perón, who are expected to do well in any election. But he has consistently fought...
Failure of the Front. For a time last winter, it seemed as if Argentina might find its way out of the Peronista dilemma short of another fight. In September, after a bloody skirmish, a constitutional-minded faction of the military, headed by General Juan Carlos Ongania, 48, a sensible professional soldier, took power and promised to hold elections in June-even let the Peronistas campaign. The puppet government of President José Maria Guido set out to form a "National Front" that would wed Frondizi's old Intransigent Radical Party (with 18% of the popular vote), the Peronistas (more...