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Various articles cover the "fall-out" of Argentina's poor performance at the World Cup.
[cover image] "El colmo de la desvergüenza: 'en Suecia fue todo normal' "
Cartoon pokes fun at the histerical reactions after Sweden 1958 and how critics ignore the root causes.
Various measures to transfer land from the federal government to clubs
Dante Tortonese is the key legislator to propose land donations from the state to various fútbol teams (their clubs).
31: Proyecto de declaración
The Congress approved a formal amnesty for athletes previously suspended for political associations to Peronism. The legislature asks for club associations and sports institutions to honor the government amnesty for athletes.
XXV: Proyecto de resolución
The legislature formally requests the executive branch to explain what it is doing to prevent stadium violence, and specifically if the limiting of police officers exacerbates the situation.
X: Proyecto de ley
Another example of how politicians sought government assistance for clubs, in this case allowing Huracán to not pay their debts to the federal government (with no reason provided other than the civic and sports services the club offers to the…
XLIV: Proyecto de resolución
The death of Mario Linker, although not the first in Argentine fútbol, was widely reported in the press. As a consequence, politicians became involved to demonstrate their ability to quell violence at the stadiums (but more likely this was just…
XXI: Proyecto de declaración
What is interesting about this petition is that legislators attempted to use the power of government, and intervention in AFA, to include provincial cities like Córdoba, Tucumán, Mendoza, La Plata, and Rosario in the 1959 Copa Sudamericana.
IX-X: Proyecto de declaración y resolución
The Cámara de Diputados (body of representatives) moves to, and resolves to, petition the executive branch of President Frondizi to lift sanctions to athletes from various disciplines. Most likely, these are athletes that were sanctioned or suspended…
V: Proyecto de Ley
Although the Peronist state was the first government to bankroll the development of sports on a large scale, it was not the only example of government funding for athletic activities. Here, the Frondizi-era legislature moves to fund sports.
LXIV: Proyecto de Resolución
An example of how the government tried to involve itself in club affairs, supported by the debts club teams were incurring and monies they received from the government.
XXIV: Proyecto de Ley
Although the government began its intervention of AFA in 1956, this petition from Agustín Rodríguez Araya is to ask for a continuance in the matter.
Escribe Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi cites four main problems facing Argentina: lack of social peace, the failure to maintain institutional normalcy, judicial instability, and economic instability. He outlines an end to political repressions and calls for judicial guarantees,…
Tres cartas que ponen sobre la mesa
Interesting to see the concerns of the exiled leader, and his literary supporter, printed in their (seeminlgy) entirety. They cite the instability of Frondizi's political position, particularly if he seems to acquiese to foreign investors and thus…
De la constituyente a la victoria de Frondizi
The article cites a smart move by Frondizi: he sensed that the public had felt betrayed by the provisional government's failure of restoring democracy in Argentina, with its continuation of repressive measures, and thus Frondizi used silence as a way…
La década peronista
Of note is a smart analysis of what Peron was able to achieve and what he failed to accomplish. In his 10 years of power he gave a singular voice to the working class by making it a political player but also because his overtures led to an embrace of…