Argentina sported the trappings of democracy. But if Juan Domingo Peron's first six weeks as President were any indication, they were only trappings: life was not getting less totalitarian along the Rio de la Plata.
Just before Peron put on the sash of office, he brought about Government control of the six great Argentine universities, the Buenos Aires stockmarket, the all-powerful Central Bank, and the Industrial Union (equivalent of the U.S.'s National Association of Manufacturers). Once inaugurated, Peron paid off some old scores. The Government bureaucracy got the biggest shake-up in a generation; everyone "not identified with revolutionary ideals or imbued...
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