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Buenos Aires heard that the Government of President Pedro Ramirez was about to declare war on the Axis. Argentina's dominant Army clique, already disgruntled by President Ramirez' diplomatic break with the Axis, forthwith acted as though he were about to declare war on the Argentine Army...
...Neighbors. Little, liberal, democratic Uruguay (pop. 2,000,000) has nervously watched the development of aggressive, Fascist-like nationalism in neighboring Argentina. The group of Army jingoes called "The Colonels," led by Colonel Juan Domingo Peron and nominally headed by President-General Pedro Ramirez, has defied the U.S., the United Nations, its Latin neighbors. Almost certainly "The Colonels" instigated the revolt of Gualberto Villarroel in Bolivia (TIME, Jan. 3., et seq.}. Probably the Argentine junta has plotted similar moves in other countries, will plot again...
Cracks in the Clique. Argentina, unlike Bolivia, is neither weak nor pathetic. But her Government is not invulnerable; it has several cracks. Its President, General Pedro Ramirez, pushed into the background by the "Colonels' Clique" headed by Colonel Juan Domingo Peron, does not enjoy obscurity. Within the Clique itself, Peron has serious rivals, who resent his growing power. Most dangerous seems to be Colonel Enrique Gonzalez, Cabinet-ranking Secretary to the Presidency...
Last week, in Buenos Aires' city hall, handsome, hard Colonel Juan Domingo Péron, Argentine Under Secretary of War, was sworn in as head of the new Secretariat of Labor and Welfare. Around him were the Army officers who, with him, control Argentina and President-General Pedro Ramirez...
Reason for TIME'S exclusion: heavyhanded, stubborn Argentine President Pedro Pablo Ramirez objected to recent TIME reports on Argentina, particularly on her pro-Fascist foreign policy...