Word: peronization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That regime is nearly on the rocks. Franco is so broke that he cannot even wangle food from his friend Peron in Argentina, and he desperately wants U.S. economic help. He has so far stayed in power largely by keeping one of the biggest armies in Europe well-fed and happy; now this army is getting hungry and may start shopping around for a government which would be more apt to attract U.S. aid. Acheson says he is afraid a continued U.S. cold shoulder might bring Spain a "costly civil war." A U.S. Ambassador and some aid will make sure...
When Argentina's 100% Peronista Senate met last week to consider a list of high army officers recommended for promotion, it noted a glaring omission: the name of Brigadier General Juan D. Peron. Summoned to explain the slight, Army Minister Franklin Lucero reported that the President had brilliantly fulfilled the requirements for promotion to major general, but had expressly ordered his name excluded from the list. "However," cried Lucero, "unless Congress remedies this situation, the President will find himself in an inferior status to his own fellows, purely because of his scruples...
...presiding officer, Admiral Alberto Tessaire, off to the Casa Rosada to plead with the President. When this failed, the Senators marched in a body to his residence to renew their plea. This time he was ready with a little speech. "Ethics," he told them, "must be above law. President Peron and General Peron are inseparable. In no instance will I as President sign a promotion for General Peron...
Nothing daunted, the Senators went into secret session and confirmed the original list, adding Brigadier General Peron's name at its head. That left the President in a pretty pickle. How could he be so immodest as to make himself a major general? How, on the other hand, could he be so selfish as to return the list unapproved, thus holding up the promotions of 60 worthy officers? At week's end he found a neat solution: President Peron scratched out General Peron's name, then signed...
...other matters involving the presidential dignity, Peron moved even more decisively. For printing summaries of a "disrespectful" speech by ex-Deputy Atilio...