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- Collection: Popular Magazines 1940s-1960s
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La función sigue adelante: el domador marca los pasos de la entrega
Scalibrini Ortiz compares Argentina to a lion that thinks its roars, but is tamed by John Bull.
Tiene titulos para volver con los laureles
Highlights of this article include a focus on Enrique Omar Sívori and crucial matches to come against Brazil and Uruguay–the other traditional powers in South America.
Televisión, industria electrónica para nuestra defensa
Rebutting the idea that investing in television weakens the country, Qué makes the argument that a national industry centered on electronic goods production would enhance national security. This is a helpful article to see how adapting foreign ideas…
Habla Juan Carlos Goyeneche: Nacionalismo y proteccionismo crudos para ser una gran potencia
The interview reveals how those associated with the short-lived moderate military junta under Lonardi differ sharply from the more intranigent military figures in control in 1957. Here, Goyeneche criticizes authoritarian measures by the government,…
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.
Violaron todas sus promesas; Nueva burla a la democracia limitan el uso de las radios
More heat on the military government for breaking its promise to unite the country, and for cutting radio transmissions for possible fears of unhealty programming (critical voices, rock 'n roll, subversive programming)
Crisis del sindicalismo sin obreros
The article characterizes the military government as totalitarian, ready to repress any form of dissention (such as the use of gas canisters).
En vez de alentar el espíritu deportivo auspicia la quiniela futbolística; ¿Qué hay detrás de la quiniela futbolística?
AFA president Colombo proposes match betting, "toto-calcio" as it is called in Italy, to help raise revenue in light of declining attendance and club debts. This idea resurfaces a decade later under Valentín Suárez. The magazine sees this as a move…
¿Nadie defenderá al país?
The article asserts that Argentine beef is declining in value on the world market, while British monopoly continues to grow. Why? The government has gambled incorrectly on commercializing the local industry. Helpful to see the long, simmering…
La evolución del hombre reconoce un pasado gorila y un futuro industrial
Gorilas, those in the middle class decidedly against anything Peronist, are taking their country backwards due to their intransigence, according to Scalibrini Ortiz.
"El socio debe exigir respeto para sus derechos"
An ex-club official bemoans the erosion of club member's rights as club directors try to maximize as much profit as possible. The case here involves asking club members to pay tickets for international exhibition matches (club dues pay for regular…
Frondizi afirma la línea de Yrigoyen
In light of Perón's late struggle with the Church, the magazine examines Frondizi's views on the relationship between church and state.
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 pueblo debate en la calle su actitud electoral; ¡Goles contra el gobierno!
Days away from an important vote, political and intellectual figures like Arturo Frondizi and Arturo Jauretche warn against those seeking to benefit the oligarchy and powerful interests by suppressing voter turnout. Similar calls ask for voters not…
Qué interroga a Frondizi: El voto es un arma contra la oligarquía y la entrega
The most magazine interviews perhaps the most important politician inside Argentina in 1957. He argued that voters, not officials, should decide which constitution to adhere to: 1853 or 1949.
¿Seremos tan giles, compañero?
A blank ballot, an enticing idea for Peronist voters who feel isolated, is an unwise move according to this commentary signed by "El descamisado". Instead, it asks voters to think in terms of fútbol, where rooting for a third team–if helpful for your…