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Argentine Political Instability: A Crisis of Simultaneous Quest for Authority and Equality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Manwoo Lee
Manwoo Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Millersville State College, Pennsylvania
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During the past quarter of a century, Argentina has undergone a series of diverse political experiments. These included the rise and fall of Juan Perón (1943-1955), the military caretaker governments of Generals Eduardo Lonardi and Pedro Aramburu (1955-1958), the emergence and overthrow of Arturo Frondizi (1958-1962), the interim government of José Guido (1962-1963), the election and downfall of Arturo Illía (1963-1966), and finally the coming to power of General Juan Carlos Onganía. Onganía presently rules the country with no intention of loosening his control on the levers of power.

The Perón regime revealed a semitotalitarian tendency, an obsession with the building of new political authority and community. The Aramburu administration attempted to prove that the Perón regime was criminal and a destroyer of Argentine civilization. Ignoring the primacy of politics, the Frondizi government tried desperately to cope with the rapid economic development. Inertia characterized the Mia administration.

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Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1969 , pp. 558 - 570
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Copyright © University of Miami 1969

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