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...winners, of course, were the Peronista parties, which got 23 seats, the governorship and 71% of the vote. It was the latest testimony to the lasting popularity of ex-Dictator Juan Domingo PerÓn, 70, who, from his exile in Spain, still commands the hearts, if not the heads, of some 3,000,000 Argentines. In Jujuy (pronounced who-hooey), Peron's descamisados (shirtless ones) have always been especially strong; nationally, Peronistas have generally claimed from a fourth to a third of the ballots since the strongman was deposed ten years ago. Only the strong hand...
...answer seems to be: until he loses a crucial one. In off-year elections for the lower house in 1965, the Peronistas gained 44 seats again, but the People's Radicals still held 70, and thus maintain a tenuous control of the legislature. Two other minor provinces, Chaco and Neuquén, have also elected Peronista governments, but no major provinces will go up for grabs until March 1967. Since the military still believes in constitutional government, no golpe seems unavoidable before then...
...check what many officers regard as a dangerous infiltration of Castroites in key labor unions, or to control the cost of living, which has risen 63% over the past two years. Last week, in blatant defiance of the government's 15% wage-boost guideline for public employees, the Peronista-controlled Light and Power Workers' Union forced the state-owned utility to grant its 49,000 members a 32% raise...
...Illia's best protection, so far, has been a deep split in Peronista ranks between those led by Augusto ("El Lobo") Vandor, who would like to exercise power in PerÓn's name, and those, marshaled in Argentina for the past four months by shapely Isabel PerÓn, el lider's third wife, who would-understandably-favor el retorno of PerÓn from Spain. Even that diversion may soon end. Last week El Lobo ("the Wolf") ousted Isabella's chief lieutenant, José Alonso, as general secretary of the giant General Confederation...
Message Undelivered. On the eve of Loyalty Day (Oct. 17), the tension reached the point where President Arturo Illia decided to forbid all Peronista demonstrations. Next morning 5,000 well-armed police patrolled Buenos Aires streets. Out came some 6,000 Peronistas-as much to taunt the cops as cheer Perón. By nightfall, more than 600 of the rioters were in jail. Isabel had dropped out of sight, and Perón's tape-recorded message had gone undelivered. President Illia then warned that any unions dabbling in politics would lose their legal rights. The Peronistas called...