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- Collection: Popular Magazines 1940s-1960s
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Billiken December 17, 1951
Billiken was the unrivaled magazine for children. Under the Atlántida publishing firm, it posed a serious dilemma for the Peronist regime, which sought to influence and control what children learned. This led to the creation of Mundo Infantil.
Boca Juniors: menos goles que nunca…más golpes que nunca
A well-written article on how Boca could score so few goals in 1968 and yet still stand in second place. It also addresses how more punches than goals are "scored" in a typical match--epitomized by Estudiantes.
Buenos Aires 1966: ¿Qué es eso de happening?
Hippies and cultural "happenings" are taking Buenos Aires by storm.
Buscar a Dios desde la popular
An interview with a young priest who represents the changing face of the Catholice Church. He is a big fan of Racing and this interview is helpful in seeing how religion can intermingle with sports (and politics). His comment on the new Ongania…
CADCOA: el interventor y sus fantasmas
While the Onganía government appointed a interventor to CADCOA, the article critiques the selection of Jorge Noceti Campos as a man ill-equipped to run the organization.
Calendario Peronista: Iniciación de los cursos para líderes deportivos (August 31)
Brief excerpt of Perón honoring students attending specific courses in sports leadership—a program that sought to train the nation's best youth athletes.
Carta abierta de un hincha
Although billed as a "fan perspective", the comments are from journalists who cover fútbol. In this week's column, the focus is on club directors and their collusion on raising ticket prices and bypassing AFA statutes.
Carta abierta de un hincha
Although billed as a "fan perspective", the comments are from journalists who cover fútbol. In this week's column, the focus is on AFA President Raúl Colombo and his handling of various club conflicts.
Cartoon
The ever confident Lorenzo, coach of the national team and self-described wizard of fútbol, has lost control of his team prior to the 1966 World Cup. This cartoon pokes fun at how his methods did not mesh with the players at hand.
Cartoon
Cartoon shows a naked woman who only asks for a Cadillac, ridiculing the superficiality of consumerism that she is willing to bypass clothes for a luxury car.
Ciudad deportiva: cálculos y optimismo
Although Boca Juniors publicly defends their project and timetable for completion, the article notes some inconsistencies that raise serious questions about the project.
Cómo casi se perdió la zona; Juego brusco
Focusing on the trivial and humorous aspects of the World Cup, Primera Plana examines the English perspective of foreigners visiting the country, local reactions to the Argentines, and even the portrayal of dirty play on stamps issued in England.
Con petroleo rompimos el estancamento
Out of exile, Frondizi resumes his political career but as an advocate more than a politician.
Con verdadero júbilo es recibido en el aeroparque el presidente provisional
A series of images help paint a picture of widespread support for the new miliatry leaders of the "Revolución Libertadora."
Contra el soborno: remedios heroicos en la reestructuración del fútbol
Although AFA pushes a new restructuring program for national fútbol, the suggestion here is that these proposals are superficial and fail to address larger problems related to the decline of the quality of play.
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.