President of Argentina

After Argentina gained its independence from Spain on July 9, 1816, it would have been a long time until it became a unified nation deprived of conflict. Problems of inequality between classes arose and it was not until the early 1900s that these issues were addressed. Before understanding what Juan Peron, the president in 1946 stood for, it is necessary to grasp the economic and political problems that Argentina faced prior to his ruling. By the early 20th century, Argentina had already become…

life of Argentinian political leader Eva Peron. This unbiased portrayal however was interpreted as, an almost vicious attack to a woman that many Argentinians consider a saint. The musical “Evita” re-ignited a debate that had long since burned in Argentina, was this woman a saint or simply a social climber? The life of Eva Peron (then Eva Duarte) began in extreme poverty raised mainly in the town of Junin. In 1934 at the age of fifteen she left her home and moved to Buenos Aires to become an…

Oh The Places You’ll Go! Argentina Argentina is an independent and republic state which cover most of the southern part of South America. They received their independence from Spain on July 9, 1816. Did you know Argentina has a total forty-two million people? The state capital Buenos Aires is a popular tourist attraction and also their largest city. The ethnicity of the people is ninety-seven percent European that are of Spanish or Italian descent. In my research I found out that…

civil war broke out in Argentina. In this so-called “Dirty War” period, military government took many lives and made many violations of human rights. Warring sides were the left wing supporters of reform and the Argentine Army backed by the right wing. The ultimate goal of the Dirty War was to force people to preserve a conservative national identity and patriarchal ideology. The war lasted until 1983 (Koepsel Rachel 2). During the years of military regime, citizens of Argentina were terrified…

at the time of intensification of U.S. involvement? Argentina had severe political issues, even before the US government became involved. Before and during World War II, their presidents had been elected fraudulently and this resulted in political unrest. In fact, political unrest is one of the main issues that continues to plague Argentina all the way until its first democratic election years later in 1983. During World War II, Argentina stayed fairly neutral, with a slight lean towards Axis…

Peron was born in May 17,1919 in Los Toldos Argentina and Died July 26,1952 at Buenos Aires Argentina. Eva is the youngest of five children of Juan Duarte and Juana Ibarguren. Her dream was to become an actress and she obtained small parts in motion pictures and on the radio. In 1943 Eva met Colonel Juan Peron a secretary of labor and social welfare in the military goverment born october 8 1895 in Lobos, Argentina and died July 7,1974 at Olivos, Argentina. Eva and Juan became close by the time…

America. They have become romantic figures just as our cowboys. The classic gauchos were mostly mestizos which are people of mixed European and Indian culture (Vergara Lecture, 11/16). Fuentes argued “that the historical process in nineteenth-century Argentina should be understood along these lines [peasant studies and the participation of peasants in historical processes], and that the gaucho’s political engagement fundamentally shaped political conflict and identities during the state – and…

democracy for the past century. The most notable examples are Argentina and Chile. Many political scientists have argued that this is mostly due to internal factors such as the corporatist culture and lack of proper structural reforms, but they do not include external pressures from the international sphere to curb communist influence in Latin America. In this paper, I will argue that from the coup in Chile in 1973 to the Dirty War in Argentina, the United States has enacted interventions that…

Historical caudillos, Rosas and Peron Juan Manuel de Rosas is well known as a historical dictator in Argentina. He dominated Argentina from 1829 to 1852. Some people evaluated him as a caudillo to his enemies, but for his supporters, he was a hero who saved Argentina from disorganization. Although Rosas was a saver to some Argentina, he definitely was a caudillo. He had all caudillo characteristics. He was authoritarian and charismatic, and he was also a large landowner, and implemented populism…

streets to protest the disappearances of their sons and daughters. These women, known as the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, became a powerful source of resistance to the Process of National Reorganization commissioned by the military junta which controlled Argentina between 1976 and 1983. In these seven years, it is estimated that roughly 30,000 Argentines were abducted, tortured, and “disappeared” on vague claims of “subversive” behavior. These victims became known as “deseparecidos” (meaning…