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Although the player's strike did take place in 1949, these negotiations offer an insight into the main sticking points between players and club officials

Amid growing social tensions due to inflation, the magazine sees a moment for national unity, not discord.

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A helpful article that provides an insight into the discussions among intellectuals at the end of the 1950s.

Frondizi is sent into exile in 1962. Here is one of the earliest interviews with the deposed President.

Some professors and students are protesting the government crackdown on supposedly subversive elements in the universities, and demanding an end to reforms aimed at limiting choice and freedom (and autonomy). Some have sought refuge in churches as a…

Citing Pedro Dellacha as a good model of sportsmanship and professionalism, the commentator derides the increasing player violence in Argentine fútbol.

A match between Lanus and Racing is delayed by a player feigning injury, then attacked by police, then escorted off the field, and finally the home team tying. Police (not surprisingly) launch gas canisters at unruly crowd. The accompanying article…

Odd occurrence of images celebrating Juan Perón's love for sports in the middle of the military junta under Videla

Graphic images of injured fans as stadium collapsed during the match played in Rosario. The news coverage attributes the disaster to unruly fans angry at decisions made by the referee, which they refer to as behavior that is out of place at sporting…

Notable are Arturo Frondizi's comments on the military control of government and reflections on desarrolismo

Although Racing did not employ its more offensive style, it showed "garra" in its Copa Libertadores victory over Universitario (Peru)

After the fall of Peron, an open debate emerged about the university system

"Don't rush to judgement" seems to be a recurring opinion in this piece, which labels the two-month period after Peron's fall as a revolutionary age (the same term Peronists applied to the preceeding 10 years)

Frondizi and Cipriano Reyes are two of the key figures emerging in the political arena after Peron's fall

Pictorial summary of the year in sports

This article reflects a prevailing notion that with Peron exiled, and Peronism proscribed, the best route for the new government is to move forward through leniency. It also quotes Eduardo Lonardi, who said that in the new Argentina "(no hay) ni…
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