Word: peronistas
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...keep Argentines from noticing Peronista political shenanigans, the government had whooped up the annual celebration of the reconquest of Buenos Aires from the British in 1806. There were parades and solemn ceremonies in the Plaza de Mayo, and symbolic torches were rushed to every corner of the country. But there were no torches to light the last hours of the parliamentary system that generations of Argentines had struggled to maintain...
...Time to Fight. Following the expulsion of Radical Deputy Ernesto Sammartino from the Argentine Chamber, 42 anti-Peronista deputies had refused to sit with the Peronista majority (TIME, Aug. 16). That opened the way for a field day of rubber-stamping...
...Peronista Deputy José Conte Grand put the expulsion motion before the house. In support of the motion he quoted one of Sammartino's remarks: "A President who believes that the nation's history begins and ends with him shows at least a lack of mental and moral equilibrium...
Debate was cut short as a prominent Peronista hurried to a cloakroom telephone, returned to whisper in the presiding officer's ear. The roll call began, and the deputies voted-by turning the electrical indicators on their desks to "Aye" or "No." The lights on the board above the dais flashed the result: 104 to 42 in favor of expulsion. "Let's see who runs to telephone la Señora!" hooted Radical Deputy Emir Mercader...
...supporters then marched off to Radical Party headquarters in the Calle Tucumán. There all 42 Radical deputies handed in their resignations from Congress. This week a party convention will act on them. The party's decision will be a grave one. The Senate is already 100% Peronista. Should the party reject the resignations, thus keep alive political opposition in the Perón-dominated Chamber? Or should it accept, hoping somehow to force a crisis that would embarrass...