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Peron's loss of power, besides the public ridicule, was magnified by the loss of her congressional majority. In addition, her popular support was reduced to a right wing section of Peronism . [ 16 ] By February 1976, three service commanders had requested that she resign from the presidency.
Juan Domingo Perón (UK: / p ɛ ˈ r ɒ n /, US: / p ɛ ˈ r oʊ n, p ə ˈ-, p eɪ ˈ-/ ⓘ, [3] [4] [5] Spanish: [ˈxwan doˈmiŋɡo peˈɾon] ⓘ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine lieutenant general and statesman who served as the 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and again as the 40th president ...
Juan Perón won with 62% of the votes, but died less than a year after being elected. The Peronist government, which was subsequently led by vice president Isabel Perón, who succeeded her husband as president, was overthrown by a military coup in 1976.
On 25 March 2013, Federal Criminal Oral Court No. 1 of La Plata rendered decision on a public trial for crimes committed during the civilian-military dictatorship in Argentina (1976–1983) in the network of clandestine detention, torture and extermination centers ("clandestine centers") known as the "Camps Circuit". [60]
First Lady and Vice President under Juan Perón. Acting president during his illness. Herself [55] 1 July 1974 24 March 1976 Vice President of Juan Perón, assumed the presidency after his death. First female president in the Americas. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. Vacant: Military Junta: 24 March 1976 29 March 1976 — Military
Jorge Rafael Videla (/ v ɪ ˈ d ɛ l ə / vid-EL-ə; Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe rafaˈel βiˈðela]; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and dictator who was the 42nd President of Argentina and as well as the 1st President of the National Reorganisation Process from 1976 to 1981.
Revolución Libertadora (Spanish pronunciation: [reβoluˈsjon liβeɾtaˈðoɾa]; Liberating Revolution) as it named itself, was the civic-military dictatorship that ruled the Republic of Argentina after overthrowing President Juan Domingo Perón, shutting down the National Congress, removing members of the Supreme Court, as well as provincial, municipal, and university authorities, and ...
Military zones of Argentina. The military operation to crush the insurgency was authorized by the Provisional President of the Senate, Ítalo Argentino Luder, who was granted executive power during the absence (due to illness) of President Isabel Perón, in virtue of the "Ley de Acefalía" (law of succession). Ítalo Luder issued the presidential decree 261/1975 which stated that the "general ...