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Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher, statesman, and politician. He was elected president of Argentina and governed from May 1, 1958, to March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown in a military coup. His government was characterized by its strong developmentalist policies, that was less promoted by the State and more oriented to the development of heavy industry as a con…
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Born 28 October 1908 · Died 18 April 1995 · Q346658
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2025· 1 entry
1998· 1 entry
Won: Argentina (1998).
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1995· 2 entries
Died 1995-04-18.
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Frondizi died of natural causes at the age of 86 in Buenos Aires
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1992· 2 entries
By Carlos Menem into three operating entities: EDENOR, EDESUR, and EDELAP
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“school children can see republicanism and the delegation of the powers of citizens to one person represented in them.”
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1989· 1 entry
Would be elected national deputy for the Socialist Party, stood out
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1982· 1 entry
Frondizi and Raúl Alfonsín were the exception in the Argentine political landscape in opposing the conflict
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1961· 11 entries
Adolf Eichmann was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death on December 15, carried out on May 31, 1962
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With the sanction of Decree 6495/1961 that repealed decrees 9880/1958 and 2628/1960
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The Executive Branch created the Center for Experimentation and Launching of Self-Propelled Projectiles (CELPA)
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Won: Hawaii (1961).
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Won: Japan (1961).
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Won: Canada (1961).
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Won: Thailand (1961).
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To return the CGT to the Commission of the 20
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When the APEX A1-02 Alfa Centauro took off from the town of Santo Tomás, in Pampa de Achala (Córdoba province)
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And let the Argentine president know that the Cuban minister accepted his mediation to try to find a negotiated solution
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The railway union La Fraternidad filed a complaint against the Argentine government with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for violating its and its members' freedom of association
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1960· 17 entries
A group of civilians and military personnel, some active and others retired, commanded by General Miguel Ángel Iñíguez, carried out actions in several cities, mainly Rosario and Tartagal, with the aim of overthrowing Pre
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Establishing more severe penalties, after the modification of the Penal Code
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Won: Japan (1960).
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Won: Italy (1960).
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Won: Spain (1960).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1960).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1960).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1960).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960).
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Appointing Juan Francisco de Larrechea, linked to the right-wing minister Alsogaray, as intervener
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Met in Buenos Aires the ambassadors of both countries to sign what became known as the Beagle Protocol and the Navigation Protocol, which allowed, among other things, the passage of Argentine warships through the ch
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Army Commander-in-Chief Carlos Toranzo Montero issued a widely reported press statement accusing Zanichelli of complicity in the "attack" and of "organizing and arming terrorist groups
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An explosion occurred in the Shell-Mex gasoline depots in the San Fernando neighborhood of Córdoba
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More than one hundred of these teams were working for the Administration, twice as many as Yacimientos Petrolíferos FiscalesYPF normally had, thus solving the energy crisis that existed around 1958, and ending the "elect
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Following a bomb attack by the Peronist resistance on the private home of an Army Captain that killed his daughter
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And 1961 with a value of one billion dollars in imported machinery and equipment
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One of the protocols submitted the Paleina issue to arbitration, another was the Beagle Protocol, in addition to two Agreements: one for navigation through the southern channels and another for permanent arbitration
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1959· 3 entries
Won: United States (1959).
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Frondizi landed at Los Cerrillos Airport and signed, together with his Chilean counterpart Jorge Alessandri, the Joint Declaration on Arbitration in which both leaders agreed to "immediately enter into negotiations aimed
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Cuba was still part of the Organization of American States (OAS)
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1958· 9 entries
When facing an oil workers' strike shortly after taking office
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The seven rectors of the seven national universities (among them José Peco, Josué Gollán, Oberdán Caletti, and the brother of the President, Risieri Frondizi) asked the National Executive Branch not to approve the decree
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Began to disseminate the artistic avant-garde works that the State promoted through the National Arts Fund
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The National Congress repealed Decree Law 4161/56, passed by the dictatorship to ban Peronism, and passed an amnesty law that freed thousands of Peronists and trade unionists imprisoned by the Liberating Revolution
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Won: Peru (1958).
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Won: Uruguay (1958).
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And 1959 (some of them emerging in relation to the energy problem), to the point that it reached 113% annually by early 1959
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Career landmark: President of Argentina (1958–1962).
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Contracts were signed with US oil companies for them to operate on behalf of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF)
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1957· 2 entries
Formed a new party, the Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo, which represented the conservative wing of the UCR
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Before Frondizi assumed the presidency, 6,000 tractors were sold in Argentina
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1956· 1 entry
The National Convention of the UCR met in Tucumán
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1955· 4 entries
The military finally succeeded in deposing Perón
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Senior leaders of the UCR and the Navy organized a coup attempt to assassinate the president
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Frondizi led the radical faction within the UCR that criticized the dictatorship against the faction led by Ricardo Balbín, which was closer to it
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Arturo Frondizi was elected president
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1954· 2 entries
Helped lead to Perón's violent overthrow, however, after which his earlier, pro-clerical policies were reinstated by his successor, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
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Frondizi was elected president of the National Committee of the UCR
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1953· 1 entry
A bomb placed by an anti-Peronist civilian commando exploded in the middle of a workers' rally in the Plaza de Mayo, causing seven deaths and hundreds of injuries
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1951· 2 entries
Election won: 1951 presidential election and subsequent coup.
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Campaign: 1951 presidential election and subsequent coup.
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1946· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies (1946–1951).
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Became national deputy for the city of Buenos Aires and unsuccessfully ran for vice president in the 1951 elections
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1945· 3 entries
These radical leaders met in Rosario to form the Movement of Intransigence and Renewal (MIR)
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Was part of the group of radical leaders, formed in opposition to the party's alliance with conservatives in the Democratic Union coalition, who met in the city of Avellaneda to reach agreement on the political founda
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During the confrontation between Peronists and anti-Peronists, Frondizi supported the pro-labor measures promoted by Perón when he was Secretary of Labor, although he criticized the center-right educational policies and
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1931· 1 entry
During which he was arrested and remanded to the custody of the provisional government
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1927· 1 entry
Entered the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires, where he graduated in July 1930
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1926· 1 entry
A serious fracture in his arm occurred during a match, forcing him to cease playing the sport for a long period
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1925· 1 entry
Before completing the last year of high school, Arturo tried to enter the Colegio Militar de la Nación, but was deferred
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1923· 1 entry
To the province of Buenos Aires, accompanied by their father
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1908· 2 entries
In Paso de los Libres, Corrientes Province, Argentina
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Born 1908-10-28.
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1902· 1 entry
Which Argentine trade unions had been denouncing since its very passage
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