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...with Evita, the officers finally demanded and got his resignation from the government in October 1945. The maneuver backfired. The unions, abetted by army officers still friendly to Perón, called a general strike and staged a massive demonstration outside Government House on Oct. 17 (since celebrated as Peronist Loyalty Day). As they shouted, "Our lives for Perón!", he suddenly appeared on a balcony. "Where have you been?" they cried. Peron replied with the first of many demagogic harangues he would deliver from that same balcony. Four days later, Perón and Evita were wed secretly...
...firing of Cámpora was hailed by "orthodox" Peronists as evidence that their leader was finally taking a hard line against the left; they felt that Cámpora had been too gentle with terrorists and demonstrators. Perón pleased his right wing even more by also dismissing Vice President Vicente Solano Lima and two moderately leftist Cabinet ministers. Cámpora and Lima were appointed ambassadors abroad, touching off speculation that the Peronist left wing was undergoing a purge...
...first regime. More encouragingly, Perón has issued tough statements against terrorists. Yet the level of terrorism has actually risen since his return; the rate of kidnapings recently jumped from one every three days to two a day. Internecine labor violence is also increasing, and last week Peronist youths "occupied" the Botanical Gardens in Buenos Aires. Without offering any explanation, surly, self-appointed young "guards" prevented thousands of ordinary citizens from strolling the pathways...
...they say, or polyps in the bladder, or an ulcerous intestine. What Perón and his physicians discuss in private about his health is disturbingly close to the rumors. Last week TIME obtained the following reconstruction of a recent conversation between Perón and Dr. Alberto Taiana, Peronist Minister of Health and Education, and Pedro Cossio, an eminent Argentine heart specialist...
Argentina. It sounds good at first. Argentinians of all political persuasions this week blasted some documents produced by a functionary at the American embassy which warned that some legislation facing the Peronist-dominated Legislature would hurt foreign investment and threaten the long-term interests of Argentina...