Peronista
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Kirchner, a leftist leader of Argentina’s populist Peronista movement, was the country’s president from 2007 to 2015.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
Hardly anyone in Argentina expected that the transition from the military junta of General Alejandro Lanusse to the newly elected civilian government of Peronista President-elect Hector Campora would be peaceful.
From Time Magazine Archive
Argentine trade unions, many, still under Peronista thumbs, see only that the cost-of-living index, based at 100 in 1943, has ballooned to an estimated 1,011.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost all business, transport and industry began to slow down, but Frondizi's Labor Minister declared the strike illegal, and police quickly rounded up 350 Communist and Peronista labor leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pastoral letter last week summed up the story of Peronista persecution of the church but added that these wrongs could be "forgiven and forgotten."
From Time Magazine Archive
Weary of living in political limbo and anxious to participate again in the democratic process, many regarded as Peronistas or followers of Frondizi cast their ballots for other candidates.
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This increasingly impressive public performance eventually stilled much of the early criticism of Isabelita, especially by old Peronistas, who resented her obvious attempt to imitate Eva Duarte, Perón's immensely popular second wife.
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The Peronistas stay offscreen, darn the luck, while the upper-crusters sit idly by, aspiring to Coward's wit and Chekhov's melancholy.
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But next day, Peronistas were cockier than ever.
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But when Isabel accepted the vice-presidential nomination, an honor that Eva had declined in 1951, angry Peronistas began tearing out the eyes on her posters.
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