Revolts of Peronism after Perón’s depature

Clashes between peronists and anti-peronists caused a great deal of violence, even after Perón’s death. On September 16th of 1955, under the leadership of Admiral Isaac Rojas, and about 4,000 members of the navy revolted and threatened to attack the capital. Perón fled to Paraguay on September 20th in fear of an attack. In the November of that year, General Aramburu, a strict anti-peronist, came to power. In an attempt to prevent the Peronist party from ever regaining power, Aramburu outlawed the Peronist party. However, this only reinforced the Peronists beliefs. Perón, who was still in exile, helped the peronists perform antigovernment activities such as terrorism, rioting, sabotage, and harassment. On June 14th the rebels revolted and the government declared martial law. The revolt was defeated and about 2,000 Peronists were arrested and 38 were executed. Meanwhile, a new neo-peronist party was created: the Popular Union Party. This Party wanted the people to protest by casting blank ballots at the upcoming 1957 elections. The Peronists used their influence to support Arturo Frondizi. Frondizi held the Peronist support because of his promise to allow political freedoms. By 1962 elections allowed Peronist candidates. The party had extreme success and took more than half of the seats in the government bodies. The Guerrillas, the conservative anti-Peronist military leaders, prevented any elected Peronist candidates from taking office. This led to political and economic disarray, which the Guerrillas blamed on Frondizi. The Guerrillas demanded Frondizi’s resignation, and when he refused they launched a successful bloodless revolt, and Frondizi was exiled.
The Guerrillas then took control of the military dictatorship run by the junta. The country expected elections during the next year, 1963, but the government remained divided on whether to hold the elections or

simply continue military rule. The electionwas held, but Peronists were not allowed to run. Peronists supporters cast blank ballots to protest and held riots in the streets. Neither group was happy when Arturo Umberto Illia was elected. Although the compromise president stabilized
the government, the economy still suffered from extreme inflation. The conflict was never fully resolved and Peronism continued to attract many people. Even after Perón, the debate between Peronists and Anti-Peronist Militarists initiated a large amount of violence.