Word: isabelita
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...political terrorism and a limping economy. The caudillo was bedridden in his suburban Buenos Aires residence with what was variously described as either the recurrence of a bronchial condition or a mild heart attack. What worried nervous Argentines was that his illness was serious enough to require his wife Isabelita, the Vice President and a former cabaret dancer, to preside over last week's Cabinet meetings...
...Argentina, Juan Perón doted on Latin pomp and dictatorial ceremony. Thus it might have been expected that his inauguration as President last week, after nearly 18 years of exile, would be celebrated with triumphal parades and week-long fiestas. Instead, Peron, 78, and his Vice President, Wife Isabelita, 42, took office with military efficiency-and security...
...campaign she made an eight-stop tour of the north. She even managed to enlist the support of her most vocal enemies, the party's left-wing youth. They organized a huge crowd for her at Buenos Aires' Aeroparque airport, which significantly cheered both Peron and Isabelita. In all, it was precisely the kind of stumping Evita made famous among the descamisados (shirtless ones), who loved her as much for her queenly air as for the hard cash she bestowed on public projects...
...Isabelita has prudently remained silent on her own political opinions and ambitions, limiting herself to loyal praise of "mi general." Her foes fear she will use the vice presidency to consolidate and expand her power. The major stumbling blocks are the left-leaning Peronist youth, who are wary of her rightist views, and the military. They accepted her candidacy only after reaching a "gentlemen's agreement" with Peron...
Should the 77-year-old strongman die or become incapacitated during his four-year term, it was agreed, Isabelita would also resign immediately and new elections would be called to preclude a monarchy-like succession en familia. If and when Isabella's own presidential candidacy becomes an issue, however, the Vice President's detractors may well find themselves facing an opponent too powerful to be dislodged...