Word: peronism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...places-Rumania. Actually, since he left Buenos Aires before Christmas-voluntarily this time -he has been doing more politicking than vacationing. Stopping in Rome before his flight to Rumania, he described members of the military junta of Argentine Strongman Alejandro Lanusse as "beasts." The junta promptly responded by barring Peron from Argentina until a civilian government is reestablished. He had planned to campaign this month for his hand-picked candidates in the March general elections...
...power"-being used by supporters of Hector Campora, the Peronista candidate for President. The government argued that the slogan violated the constitution, which states that the people do not govern except through elected representatives. On that ground, the junta filed suit in the National Electoral Court demanding that Peron's Justicialist Liberation Front, which had been given a good chance to win the election, be dissolved. If that happens, Peron will be left without a legal means of regaining power in Argentina...
Lanusse, who was once imprisoned by Peron, has boasted that the old dictator will never return and has even been taunting him by saying that "he just hasn't got the guts" to come to Argentina and is playing "hide and seek...
...Some of Peron's own aides, fearing violence, have called the trip "madness." Others feel that el Lider exerts far more power in exile than he could at home; Argentina's chaotic economy, saddled with inflation and vanishing export markets, might be too much for him to handle if he was to return to power in next year's election. Asked how long Peron plans to stay if he actually does return, an aide said that "it could be for a few days or for good." As a waffling afterthought, he added: "It will not be for a few hours...
...Peron has said that he wants to return home because "I prefer to die with my boots on in Argentina than to expire quietly in a hospital." For that reason alone, he will probably keep his date with destiny and with the estimated 1,000,000 supporters who are expected to be on hand to greet him at Buenos Aires' sprawling Ezeiza Airport...