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Proceso al terrorismo
More questions than answers to the growing spate of bombings in Argentina.
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…
Otra semana violenta
This article uses recent acts of violence to assess another week difficult for Argentines.
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…
El martirio de Aramburu: la gran responsabilidad
The climate of violence escalates, leaving Aramburu dead and a martyr for the military's pursuit of social order; however, this murder came a month after Onganía was ousted by other military leaders for failing to stem public violence.
Peronismo: Quince años de adversidad
A useful survey of the peronist movement over 15 years.
Cuando el agua no alcanza para lavar la vergüenza
The same as it ever was. Fan disorder leads to excessive reprisals from police officers.
Son cosas de la "B"
A violent attack on a referee seems commonplace in the way it is reported in this article
Voces de todos los tonos
Language that alludes to war and bellicose actions is no good to the soccer fan who wrote this letter to the editors
¿Se trata o no de fútbol?
The game almost descended into a brawl, hard-fought and violent at times Reflective of the "ball may pass but not the player" approach to defense
45 minutos de oprobio
The focus of this piece is on the ugly first half that turned ugly, violent, and unsportsmanlike Argentina qualifies for the World Cup
Parpadeos
Written in short blurbs, Panzeri blasts the players involved in the ugly incidents during the Bolivia-Argentina World Cup qualifying game, appealing to morals and civility The most biting commentary is reserved for the fans, who who got bent out of…
De fútbol solo amigos
After a series of unconvincing performances against Paraguay and Uruguay, and subsequent criticism from fans and journalists (and AFA officials), this match turned ugly with 5 players expelled for violent incidents at the stadium in Huracan
¿Hasta cuándo?
Writer is clearly exasperated that fans continue to throw projectiles and hurt players, that the police does little to deter such actions, and that other fans do not take some form of action into their own hands Soccer, it seems, is under attack
Mensaje de año nuevo
players are included in the list of people ruining soccer, with physical play that promotes a heated environment
¡Menos mal, que terminó!
Listing fan violence, poor play, "hinchas", and negligence by club owners as the prime causes of a poor 1958 season, the tone is somewhat hopeful that the next season will not be as bad