Word: peronistas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Romero is a Socialist whom the workers no longer trust. Although ideologically he would like to work with the progressive labor group, most of these are old Peronistas who don't believe he really has their best interests at heart. Romero is a victim of political obsolescence; he points out that the younger generation does not face the same kind of conflict because they weren't around when Peron took office. Thus the young people who identify with the Partido Peronista don't remember that Peron was a great admirer of Mussolini -- they don't remember how he whipped...
...every Peronista has been glad to see her. Perón sent her over partly to whip into line those faction chiefs who want to move on without the aging strongman, notably tough Augusto ("El Lobo") Vandor, who since her return has taken over the giant General Confederation of Labor, historic citadel of Peronismo. Perón obviously hoped that Isabelita would prove as dynamic and domineering as his previous wife, the fabulous Evita-and Isabelita has rallied 14 of the 52 Peronista Deputies in Parliament and 18 of the 62 Peronista unions, claims 20% of the rank and file...
...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...