Editorial

Abstract

March 24, 2016 marked the fortieth anniversary of the coup against Argentine democracy and citizenship. Since 1955, the year of the military coup against the government of President Juan Domingo Perón, Argentina was torn between two political positions that, over the years, were prolonged: a good part of the population, especially those who had known and enjoyed Perón's social project , expected him from exile; another sector, on the other hand, considered that the "return of Perón" and his populist politics would once again sink the South American country. After almost twenty years away from his country, Perón returned and triumphed as a candidate in the presidential elections of 1973, which showed that people continued to have hope in his project. However, due to various health complications, he died shortly after, so his running mate and second wife, María Estela Martínez, known as Isabel Perón, replaced him when he died in July 1974. From the beginning, the government Isabel Perón's government was shown to be weak in the face of civil society, led by conservative groups with a neoliberal background, and the armed forces. In the months prior to the imminent coup, his government showed profound signs of weakness: despite its attempt to create a coalition government, it was gradually left alone and there was increasing talk of an exit and replacement with a new government that would call elections.