Word: peronist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There were a few hitches, such as a new presidential election, which since Cámpora has resigned, must be called within 30 days. The interim President will be a Peronist, Raúl Lastiri, head of the Chamber of Deputies. But there is little doubt that Perón will be elected the new President. The Justicialist Liberation Front delivered 49.6% of the vote for Cámpora, Perón's hand-picked candidate in the March presidential elections. With Perón as the candidate, the Justicialists will certainly increase their margin of victory...
Soon Cámpora's weakness returned to haunt him; Argentina's plague of kidnapings rose, as did the amount of ransom demanded. An even worse blow came last month when a bloody shoot-out between left-and right-wing Peronist factions left 34 dead and 342 wounded, ruining what was to have been a triumphant homecoming for Perón (TIME, July...
...mounting disaffection with the Cámpora government came to a head last week. Shouting "Power to Perón!" Peronist workers threatened to paralyze the nation with a general strike unless Cámpora and his Cabinet quit forthwith. Peronist congressmen likewise agitated for Cámpora's ouster, as did moderate party members within the Justicialist movement. The only major opposition to Perón came from left-wing Peronist youth, who feared that a sudden change of heads of government would signal a shift to the right and thus scuttle their chance of turning Argentina toward...
...weeks ago, Public Works Under Secretary Jorge Horacio Zubiri, a Cámpora appointee, was actually forced to resign by maintenance work ers who invaded his office (he was later "reinstated" by the government). Peronist youths went to the American school in Buenos Aires' posh foreign community to announce a project to nationalize...
...Peronistas came and demanded I give them a steer for their political fiesta," he said nervously. "Last time around, in the 1950s, I would have thrown them out. But this time there is no choice. I have to admit that I gave them the animal. You see, nobody controls Peronist youth...