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...ruled by a puppet President and a military dictatorship for 3½ months. The treasury is about bankrupt, the peso has fallen from 83 to a dollar to as low as 137, the cost of living has risen 42.7% since April, and one of the most powerful of the Peronista unions last week threatened to take over the factories themselves unless they were paid long-overdue wages. Economics Minister Alvaro Alsogaray is flying to the U.S. to ask for an immediate cash loan of $250 million...
...confusion, three Peronista Deputies, using wet handkerchiefs as makeshift gas masks, managed to slip into the building where 65 other Deputies were trying to hold a session. When the Peronistas arrived to take their seats, the chamber erupted into bedlam-many Deputies loudly defended their presence, some screamed insults at them. Becerra vainly shouted for order, but gave up in despair. He ordered the chamber lights turned off and left the room. The Deputies filed from the building, trying to pick their way between police and rioting Peronistas. One Deputy, slowed by a lame leg, was hit in the chest...
From the palace came a burst of "executive decrees" effectively reaffirming the military dictatorship. The recent Peronista-victory elections were annulled as if they had never taken place. Congress was dissolved, and the civilian governors of all Argentine provinces not already removed were ousted in favor of military commanders. Argentina would now be governed by presidential decree and ruled by military men not elected to office. As a sop, the military promised new elections for Oct. 27, 1963. But those elected would not take office until May 1, 1964, thus assuring two full years of unquestioned rule by the military...
...Argentina [March 30]. I was born in Argentina and came to the U.S. a little over three years ago, but I've kept myself in formed all the time about the political move ments in my native country. You should emphasize a little bit more that the present Peronista Party's leaders are actually using Peron. As one U.S. official put it: "They are far too ambitious to want him back." NELSON FAY Hollywood...
...greatest events in the history of the American hemisphere. He is a real soldier, a soldier of peace.'' "A patriotic crusade," cried Mexico City's Ultimas Noticias, and even some sections of the Yankee-baiting press changed their tone. In Buenos Aires, a powerful, anti-Yankee Peronista leader was forced to admit: "After Bogotá's clear and courageous speech, there is nothing to do but applaud and support Kennedy and his alianza...