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"Nothing Beats International Sports For Bringing People Together!"
This illustration by Oliver Wendell Harrington raises awareness of the torture used by the military junta in Argentina at the same time the country hosted the 1978 World Cup. [https://lccn.loc.gov/2016685000]
Frondizi's influence is still strong
Frondizi received a 60-day "no visitors" imprisonment by the military government, while Guido establishes his temporary government. However, as the article lays out, colleagues loyal to the deposed president were under suspicion of carrying out…
First of the few visit Frondizi on Martín García
President Arturo Frondizi receives his first visitors after his ouster by military forces in mid-1962. The deposed head of state declares that he does not plan on leaving the country as requested by military officials. The ouster of Frondizi was yet…
No serán intervenidos los clubes
Weeding out Peronist elements in AFA will not lead to similar measures in clubs
De vuelta al fútbol
Little mention of Perón in this page. Instead a reference to the return of normality and a mention that the Minister of the Armed Forces is a club member of River.
Al marcar San Lorenzo un gol decisivo grave tumulto en Rosario; Como se produjeron los sucesos
Local fans ('adictos') in Rosario storm the south end of the field and tear down wire fences to attack the match referee for what they deemed as suspicious calls in favor of San Lorenzo. Police threatened to use tear gas, which only increased the ire…
Onganía: Mes 40, Hora Cero
The increase in violence, social disorder, and labor protests have led to many influential military leaders looking for an alternative solution. Onganía will be out of power within the year. [The sidebar is worth a read. Also: the following week…
Elecciones en la Argentina
The election of Frondizi is hailed as the return of democracy (as opposed to the dictatorship under Perón)
¿Quiénes [sí-no] quieren el golpe?
Helpful piece to see how different sectors feel about a coup in 1966
Mensaje: una vaga recluta de aliados (with cartoon)
Sensing that the military will repeat the coup of 1962, President Illia provides a speech aimed at restoring confidence in his government. Primera Plana concludes that the speech was notable for what was ommitted, punctuated by a cartoon.
Palabras inadmisibles; La semana tuvo un signo afirmativo
Comments from the provisional government's vice-president, as well as continued evidence of torture, enhance the position of the Radicals ahead of elections the military promised to hold in 1958. Qué also defends itself against accusations that it is…
El contubernio organiza el fraude con la constituyente
Citing crowds in favor of Frondizi and free elections, and against a continuation of military rule, the article argues that the country is beginning to chafe under strict meausres.
Various articles on the bloody crackdown of university students
The series of articles, including a poll conducted on who is to blame, reveal quite a bit about the cause of student protests and the bloody response by military officials. In many ways, this is the beginning of the end for Onganía as President as he…
Various articles on the 1955 coup
A look at one newspaper's coverage of the coup that brought General Eduardo Lonardi to the presidency.
El film de la semana
Carlos Vicente Aloé faces a military tribunal for his role and actions under the Peronist state. Lonardi, under pressure to take a harder stance against Peronist officials, begins to investigate the crimes of the deposed state. Ultimately, though,…
Jamás se vió en la Plaza de Mayo una emoción de patria como el 23 de septiembre
This article is a clear reposte to an earlier piece in Mundo Argentino (September 7) that showed a massive pro-Perón crowd in the same spot just a few weeks earlier.