From the crowd jammed around Buenos Aires' temporary arch of triumph on the wide Plaza de Mayo came a jubilant roar. It was like an echo of another crowd, just two years ago, that roared through the capital, forced Juan Domingo Perón's return from exile and started him on his way to the presidency.
Many in the throng last week carried shirts nailed to poles, symbols of the descamisados or shirtless ones, as Perón affectionately calls the workers. Others waved placards depicting Perón and First Lady Eva. Peddlers hawked razor blades and other trinkets trademarked descami-sada. The peddlers knew it...
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