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...Arroyo's congressional outbursts sealed his fate, he provided a dramatic encore in private Malacanang sessions. Palace insiders report that the President witnessed a series of intense backroom shouting matches between Arroyo and Trade and Industry Secretary Jose Concepcion, whose twin brother Raul was among the businessmen the Executive Secretary had accused of treason. As other Cabinet members joined in the melee, a furious Aquino said, "Don't you people have anything else to do except fight and quarrel with each other?" To the officials present she said, "I want all your resignations right now." She then called the emergency...
...populist dictator's Peronist Party and its trade union ally, the General Confederation of Labor, attended a Mass of mourning last week. Distraught Peronistas cried in one another's arms. Some held up posters that read YOUR HANDS ARE THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE. The government of President Raul Alfonsin, which only two months ago survived a military uprising, blamed "rightist" elements bent on destabilizing the country's young democracy for the theft...
...four Argentine cities one morning last week. No one was injured, and no one claimed responsibility, but Vice President Victor Martinez blasted both "the extreme left and the ultra-right." Both sides, he said, had trampled on the "state of rights" that Argentines have enjoyed since 1983, when Raul Alfonsin became the country's first elected President after almost eight years of military dictatorship...
When renegade officers rebelled last month and demanded amnesty for those charged with violating human rights under the military regime in the 1970s, Argentine President Raul Alfonsin defiantly put down the uprising. But while Alfonsin may have won that battle, he apparently lost the war. Last week the President proposed a law to end prosecution of lower-ranking officers, on the ground that they were only carrying out orders. If it passes, as expected, the majority of the 400 officers on trial would be exonerated...
When President Raul Alfonsin peacefully quelled an army rebellion two weeks ago and 200,000 civilian supporters thronged the streets of Buenos Aires, some citizens began to chant, "Raul, friend, the country is with you!" Last week a gathering of 200 angry sympathizers with the military rebels had a different message for the Argentine leader. Their cry: "Death to Alfonsin! Long live the armed forces!" The defiant slogans neatly defined the crisis that now confronts Argentina's still fragile 40-month-old democracy. At issue are government efforts to prosecute some 400 military officers for their role in kidnaping, torturing...