Argentina At The Turn of The 20th Century and Peronism

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I wrote this for class.

Argentina because the France of South America at the turn of the 20th Century with Buenos Aires being compared to Paris. Buenos Aires was built to look resemble a European city such as Paris. The 19th Century closed with nationalist spirit. The last frontier of South America was conquered and many immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe immigrated to Argentina. But Argentina was susceptible to military regimes taking power.

In the late 1940's, Juan Peron took power. He had a Socialist working class agenda. At first he nationalized foreign controlled industries and paid off foreign debt making Argentina financially independent but he soon moved to authoritarian style rule. He had the Argentinian Constitution ammeded so he could run for a second six year term. His wife Evita was almost like a ruler aside him. They were like the King and Queen. He wanted to have her be his Vice-President but it was not allowed by the party. When she died of cancer, she was worshiped as a saint by many people. Juan Peron soon became tyrannical and tried to overthrow the authority of the Catholic Church and he seized parochial schools and placed them in state control. His fight against the Vatican "conspirators" led to the Vatican excommunicated him and his entire cabinet. Peron was exiled to Paraguay but he would return as President many years later, this time with his new wife Isabel as Vice-President who indeed succeeded to the Presidency upon his death.

[TruthSpreader]

That's very interesting to know since Argentina almost became a basket case a few years ago. Now it's on its way back to recovery again.