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A.F.A. Todos quieren la intervención
Inner politics of AFA exposed in Gente, particularly interesting because club officials seem to want intervention.
Ernesto Sábato: "El fin de una era"
Helpful look at how a member of the illuminati sees the fall of democracy in the wake of the 1966 coup.
Gente toma el pulso de la gente
After its successful coup, the Onganía government received the benefit of the doubt from people who wanted stability in society. The magazine gauges the opinions of over a dozen people.
Al día siguiente
An interesting look at how Arturo Illia handled his ouster from the Presidency
Los mártires de la Puerta 12
The author describes the 71 deas, and hundreds injured, as "martyrs" in the service of a public spectacle, suggesting that no serious reform will come of this tragedy. As one sugestion, he offers more television coverage as a possible solution of…
Comisión especial pro nuevo estadio
From an economic and political view, this is a helpful overview of new stadium construction
Poletti fue expulsado y no podrá jugar nunca más; El largo proceso y la corona de espinas
Lucero makes a case that the behavior of Estudiantes is not isolated, it is a product of years of complacency and complicity by club officials who were more concerned with political and economic matters than the sport. Reacting to the penalties,…
El gobierno no tolerará nuevos excesos; La ley el orden; La odisea de Néstor Combín
President Onganía's released statement on the match is reprinted in full. Estudiantes officials defend the squad while repudiating the actions of a few players. Another article focuses on the need for order in society as a "putrified environment" has…
El deporte y la conducta; Vergüenza nacional: Todo lo perdimos incluso el honor
This first commentary was published outside of the sports section of the paper. Here, the author describes the role that sports plays in developing positive aspects of the national character. The "bochonorso" episode between a "local" team…
Lucha discreta: desequilibrio local
Player and fan behavior is all in order as Argentines seemed desperate to disprove the accusations of savagery after last year's match against AC Milan. As such, the report is mostly focused on the match. Nonetheless, the presence of the new military…
Son numerosas las personas detenidas por los incidentes: En Córdoba registróse ayer un nuevo desorden
Protests and disorder at universities in Córdoba, involving over 600 students, leads to the arrest of dozens.
Provocaron desórdenes varios grupos aislados: fueron violentos los incidentes en La Plata; Los dos años del gobierno revolucionario
In the first article, violence breaks out in Buenos Aires, La Plata, and Santa Fe as protestors rail against the government. The second article mentions how Onganía will address the nation on the 2nd anniversary of the revolution (presumably to quell…
Será garantizado el orden en todo el país
Just as violence escalated in fútbol stadiums in 1967 and 1968, social disorder also bled into universities–typical spaces for protest for workers and students.
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Detailed account days after "Puerta 12"
Racing batió a Celtic y es campeón mundial; Una conquista de real significación
Racing champions, “los vencedores.” A populist summary of the match played in Montevideo that basks in Argentina's first title on the world soccer stage.
Apresóse a 4 autores materiales y búscase aún a otros culpables
Although some of the perpetrators are minors, and therefore the judges cannot release information, the newspaper was able to determine that four people had been detained in the death of Héctor Souto.