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Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Frondizi Ercoli was the President of Argentina between May 1, 1958, and March 29, 1962, for the Intransigent Radical Civic Union.
Frondizi's term in office was marked by conservative and military interference over much domestic and international policy, leading to harsh 1959 austerity measures which caused civil unrest.
Peronists, for their part, feared being associated with left-wing figures, and sided with the military in their opposition to the left. Military pressue on Frondizi did not relent, and he signed the Conintes Plan in 1960, which banned communism and suspended civil liberties, but which he eschewed implementing. Frondizi attempted to negotiate an entente between the U.S. and Cuba with a secret, August 1961 meeting at the Quinta de Olivos residence with Cuban envoy (and fellow Argentina) Che Guevara. The military, however, scuttled any future talks, and Frondizi adopted a neutral stance afterwards.
Related websites
Associazione Eugubini nel Mondo
El Historiador: Pigna, Felipe. Arturo Frondizi.
Monografias: Golpes militares y salidas democraticas
Camara de Diputados de la Nacion: Homenage a Arturo Frondizi
Cornide, Osvaldo. A 50 anos de la asuncion de Arturo Frondizi.
Clarin: Fallecio Alejandro Gomez
Izquierda Socialista: Revolucion Ferroviaria
San Francisco Chronicle (4/20/1995): Arturo Frondizi
Todo Argentina: Jose Maria Guido
Ensayistas: Silvio Frondizi ante la condicion humana
La Nacion: Reutemann, como nunca hablo
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