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Opposition to Peron (1946-1955) - Coggle Diagram
Opposition to Peron (1946-1955)
Workers' Opposition
Reasons for opposition
Rapid inflation severely reduced real wages, compounded by wage freezes.
CGT (workers' union) became a tool for worker suppression rather than representation.
Most union leaders were Peronist appointees who forbade strikes.
Economic decline after 1951 led to deteriorating living conditions.
Key events
1949: Sugar workers strike brutally suppressed by army and police
1951: Transport workers strike violently broken up with help from Peronist squads (NLA)
Upper Classes' Opposition
(Traditional elite and middle class)
Reasons for opposition
Deep class divisions led to contempt for Perón's pro-worker policies
70% of university professors purged and Supreme Court justices replaced
Landowners saw state intervention reduce export revenues
Middle class affected by policies like rent freezing
Some industrialists concerned about tight control on imports
Key events
Ernesto Sammartino (Radical Civic Union) fled to avoid arrest
Economic subversion used against elite (e.g., closing plants)
Catholic Church Opposition
Reasons for opposition
Opposition to cult of personality around Perón and Eva
Perón's reputation as a womanizer criticized by clergy
1954: Anger over legalization of divorce and prostitution
Church refused to consider Eva for canonization after 1952
Church helped form Christian-Democrat Party which Perón tried to ban
Key events
June 1955: Corpus Christi Day incident led to military action
June 1955: Pope Pius XII excommunicated Perón
Timeline of Major Opposition Events
1949: Sugar workers strike
1951: Transport workers strike
1951: Menéndez coup attempt
1952: Eva Perón's death
1953: CGT rally bombing
1955: Corpus Christi Day
1955: Excommunication