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Controlar los precios, aumentar sueldos y salarios--dice el Dr. Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi begins to position himself for post-Peron elections by stating his solutions for the Argentine economy.
Frondizi: el hombre y el político
Almost every popular magazine profiled Frondizi either on the eve of his election, or afterwards. Here, the magazine takes a look at personal life of the President-elect.
¡Por culpa de los jugadores!...¡¿?! ("Las opiniones de Justiniano Calles")
Ribas is incredulous that club and AFA officials are absolving themselves of any blame for the labor impasse and laying responsibility on the feet of the players.
¿Qué pretendían los dirigentes?
The first in a long-running and extensive coverage of the 1948 players' strike
Scene from "El hincha"
Enrique Santos Discépolo was a famed tango composer who crafted a screenplay that shared his other passion in life: fútbol. The film is heavy on social commentary that was populist in nature, and also centered on what Discépolo saw as the essence of…
Protección para ellos, si; para la industria argentina, no
Injustice is a powerful and recurring notion in Argentine culture. Here, leaders of the schools of engineering and commissioners on the national engineers council come under scrutiny for high salaries, while the industry itself continues to lag…
Graphs of player salaries and gate receipts
A very helpful set of charts tracking the years 1943-1947
Recursos obtenidos; Práctica del fútbol
The two charts are helpful when read against each other
Graphs of player salaries, club membership quotas, and gate receipts
The data presented in 1948 serves to counter the assertions by players on strike
En procura de la paz social, luego de treinta meses de violencias y arbitrariedades
Ahead of a planned demonstration on May 1, workers continued to apply pressure that causes and is met with violence
La huelga vino de arriba
Players threatened to go on strike in April 1948 over salaries, transfers and other issues that they felt should be handled by club owners in a more professional manner. AFA intervened, which showed the severity of the situation, and ultimately the…
Un convenio privado, una lección de Mogilevsky
This article refutes any notion that the AFA, under Colombo (a friend of Frondizi) adhered to any rational or systematic approach to reforming soccer It seems, according to EL Grafico, that the AFA was a mess in 1960
Los referees argentinos solicitarían la intervención del General Perón
Referees threaten to go on strike and hope that Perón could intervene in their dispute with AFA.
Se mantiene la cotización de Moreno; la Católica logró su pase por los 150.000 que lo negoció a Boca en 1949
Moreno - a legendary player for River Plate - leaves Boca Juniors to play in Chile and commands a high transfer fee.
Cover; Son muchos los cracks que aún no han firmado los nuevos contratos para la temporada
Two years removed from the player strike that led to the exodus of some of the nation's best talent, this article shows that the issue of player salaries, and the intransigence of some clubs to pay their players, continues to garner headlines in…
No son $3.000 los que pidió Di Stéfano
Di Stéfano is lauded for his humble roots, posing with his family, and his ability at a young age to demand a salary commesurate with his skills and value to River Plate. He will leave a year later to play in Colombia and then Real Madrid.