Poetry

Washington for the invasion of Grenada .Second , there was an equally impressive defection to Alfonsin from those voters who normally support parties of the Left .It is frankly difficult to imagine how this transformation will take place , but if it does , the next Peronist government-elected either in 1989 or at the latest 1995-will be very different from its predecessors .Because of deep social and political divisions , no civilian government could effectively rule , and therefore finished its elected term .It was a brilliant ploy , and it might have worked-if Per6n had died in 1955

instead of departing to a secure European exile .Instead , Argentine voters were invited to vote for Peronism because it represented the happier days gone by .Far more evocative of historic Peronism was the party 's choice for governor of the province of Buenos Aires , a position in Argentina almost as important as the Vice Presidency .Have the Argentines-in their rapid and rather precipitous lurch toward democracy-finally found a way out .While Argentina is very imperfectly industrialized , and there are many distortions which prevent it from fully replicating the social structure of Western Europe or the United States , for the limited electoral purposes of Peronism , the change was sufficient to represent a serious political problem .There is , of course , one final possibility : lacking a unifying personality to lead it , Peronism will simply dissolve as a political movement .It has encouraged optimists and well-wishers to conclude that this magnificent country , so rich in promise (and in frustration , has finally turned the corner in its perennially troubled political life .There he met with the leaders of the Socialist parties of France Spain , and Italy , where-it is generally believed-he received significant campaign contributions .Founded in the 1 8 9 0 's , it long articulated the hopes and aspirations of Argentina 's...