ARGENTINA: Peacemaker at Work

"The Peronista revolution has ended," Juan Perón announced suddenly last week to a caucus of Peronista Congressmen. "Now starts a new stage, constitutional in nature and free from revolutions, because revolution cannot be the permanent situation in a country." Therefore, the Strongman said, he was going to step out of the party and "become the President of all Argentines, friends and enemies." He promised, moreover, to "abolish all restrictions that we have imposed on the country" and give the opposition "all liberties within the law."

"I have come to the conclusion that...

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