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THE MAJOR FACTORS WHICH PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN HIS POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
It is known that the government of Juan Peron is considered to be the most progressive in the history of the country. Juan Peron is famous for a great deal of different political achievements most of which are connected with the needs of the working class:
• the development of trade unions;
• free education;
• paid vocations for workers;
• creating low-income housing projects;
• free medical care for all the workers;
• building a number of workers’ recreation centers.5
There were a lot of other changes which had direct relation to the improvement of the life of the working class. The workers of Argentina supported Juan Peron. For example, on 17 October, in 1945, there was a labor demonstration on the streets of Buenos Aires. The workers demanded to release Peron from prison where he taken by his opponents.6
5. David Rock. Authoritarian Argentina. (University of California Press, 1993), 38
6. Edwin Williamson. The Pinguin History of Latin America.(London: Pinguin Books, 2003), 132
Eva Duarte was a woman who always supported Juan’s ideas and was very popular as an actress and the defender of women rights. She became his second wife.
Juan Peron also paid special attention to the development of the country’s economy. He created the Argentina Institute for Promotion of Exchange which was engaged in management of all exports. A great deal of products produced in Argentina such as wheat, cattle, vegetables were sold abroad.
So, the above mentioned factors played an important role in his political achievements.7
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, it is necessary to say that Juan Peron’s political career was successful due to several factors. First of all, his social reforms and special relation to labor unions guaranteed him a widespread support of Argentine masses. Secondly, his second wife Evita Peron was very popular in the political sphere and even helped Juan Peron to escape the imprisonment in 1945. Moreover, Juan Peron was a rather ruthless man in relation to his opponents. His policy can be related to the form of dictatorship. However, it is necessary to add that there were both ups and downs in his career. Peron was exiled from Argentina for 10 years.
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7. Joseph Page, Peron. A Biography. (Random House, 1983),162
Although he was allowed to return to Argentina in 1972, and even was re-elected as the President of Argentina, he could not complete his plans. He died of heart attack in 1973. Today, Peron’s policy is a benchmark for many politicians.
Bibliography
Fraser, Nicholas and Navarro, Marysa. Evita: the Real life of Eva Paron. New York: W.W.Norton, 1996.
Page, Joseph. Peron. A Biography. Random House,1983.
Rock, David. Authoritarian Argentina. University of
California Press, 1993.
Williamson, Edwin. The Pinguin History of Latin America. London: Penguin Books, 2003.
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