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...Buenos Aires itself, where a spontaneous demonstration might have buoyed the old caudillo, the streets were deserted. Not only was there a government-proclaimed day of "obligatory cessation of activity," to limit Peronista demonstrations at the airport, but a general strike had been called by Peronista labor unions to allow workers to greet their returning hero. There was one mini uprising on Perón's behalf. On the capital's outskirts, 60 noncommissioned officers tried to take over an Argentine Navy mechanics school. Meeting resistance, they took four hostages and escaped in a truck and an ambulance...
Pressed last week by reporters in Rome to explain just what a Peronista government would look like, Perón said that he was in favor of a democratic state, remarking testily that "I was elected with 30% of the votes." He vowed to uphold civil liberties and said that he would allow a plurality of political parties. He also insisted that "the industrialization program that I started must be refreshed." He did not rule out himself as a possible leader of the government, even though he cannot legally run for President. "I am not a dictator, as some...
...freedom." The final blow may well have been the loss of prestige that Ongania suffered by the kidnaping two weeks ago of a former President, Lieut. General Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, who ruled the country for 2½ years following Peron's ouster. The kidnapers claimed to be Peronistas avenging the execution of 27 of their compatriots who were executed during Aramburu's period in office. Some observers theorize, on the other hand, that the culprits could have been either ultra-right militarists or leftist revolutionaries seeking to prevent any liaison between Ongania and the Peronista-dominated trade unions...
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...