Word: revolted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...revolt of the anti-Communist colonels was proving a major embarrassment to the government of Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo. With national elections coming up next September, there was even talk that Marxist Defense" Minister Kusumasumantri would have...
...Down. By showing, with the blast of bombs on Government House, that Perón was not above challenge, the rebels cut his prestige to a doubtful quantity at the beginning of the week. Already the church had excommunicated him, and he found it prudent to turn the post-revolt mop-up entirely over to Army Minister General Franklin Lucero. In some offices government employees discreetly took down his portrait from the wall. Ominously, the official evening newscast failed to start at 8:25 p.m. with the requisite explanatory phrase that it was "the moment [one night three years...
...mufti in the streets (Argentines vied in trying to spot them by their black socks and clumsily knotted neckties), some ventured boldly out in cassocks. Most of the arrested priests were hastily freed. The government sent policemen to guard churches, including those burned by angry Peronista mobs after the revolt, and the guards amiably let the devout decorate the ruined churches with lovingly placed bouquets of carnations and chrysanthemums...
...army forced it? Buenos Aires believed that the key question would be answered this week when the new Cabinet was named. If it were packed with generals, the significance might be that the soldiers had to some degree boxed in the No. 1 general, that the revolt had cost Perón some of his power. But if the Cabinet included Perón's chosen cronies-Minister of Education Mendez San Martin, a spark plug of the anti-church campaign; Minister of Interior Angel Gabriel Borlenghi, the old Cabinet's boss policeman; and Minister of Technical Affairs...
Forces of Repression. After the revolt, General Franklin Lucero, Perón's Army Minister and reputedly one of his closest military friends, formally took over -"at the express orders of the President" -the task of safeguarding "internal order and public tranquillity." An army communiqué stated that, as "Commander in Chief of the Forces of Repression," Lucero would be in charge of all security forces, even the federal police. With Lucero holding the big stick, Perón tried to quiet the nation's alarm by speaking softly-and with unabashed cynicism. He blamed "Communist elements...