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When he first ruled Argentina, Juan Perón doted on Latin pomp and dictatorial ceremony. Thus it might have been expected that his inauguration as President last week, after nearly 18 years of exile, would be celebrated with triumphal parades and week-long fiestas. Instead, Peron, 78, and his Vice President, Wife Isabelita, 42, took office with military efficiency-and security...
Noting her dyed blonde hair (it had once been chestnut brown), many Argentines complained that she intentionally made herself up to look like Evita. Others simply found her cold. "If Eva Peron was passion compressed," grumbled one Peronist, "Isabel is an icebox...
...relief. During the campaign she made an eight-stop tour of the north. She even managed to enlist the support of her most vocal enemies, the party's left-wing youth. They organized a huge crowd for her at Buenos Aires' Aeroparque airport, which significantly cheered both Peron and Isabelita. In all, it was precisely the kind of stumping Evita made famous among the descamisados (shirtless ones), who loved her as much for her queenly air as for the hard cash she bestowed on public projects...
...general." Her foes fear she will use the vice presidency to consolidate and expand her power. The major stumbling blocks are the left-leaning Peronist youth, who are wary of her rightist views, and the military. They accepted her candidacy only after reaching a "gentlemen's agreement" with Peron...
...Algeria. Temporarily at least Lopecito had been effectively removed from what the leftists derisively call Perón's "celestial court." The remaining members: Isabelita and Finance Minister José Gelbard. Of the courtiers, only Gelbard has spent more than a few weeks in Argentina since 1955; yet Peron has been listening and talking more to his "court" than to anybody else since returning from Madrid...