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...Peron sacked his "servant" from the presidency. Yet the master did not assume the post himself. Instead, he appointed another surrogate, Raul Lastiri, whose major claim to minor fame was his relationship (son-in-law) to Perón's personal secretary and astrologer, José López Rega...
Last week, though, Perón shuffled somebody else out of circulation, and this time the move delighted his left wing. Perón told the ubiquitous López Rega, who also triples as Argentina's new Social Welfare Minister, to take a month's vacation from domestic politics and attend a nonaligned nations conference in Algeria. Temporarily at least Lopecito had been effectively removed from what the leftists derisively call Perón's "celestial court." The remaining members: Isabelita and Finance Minister José Gelbard. Of the courtiers, only Gelbard has spent more than...
Gone was outward-looking Foreign Minister Gregorio López Bravo, replaced by politically conservative, economically adventurous Laureano López Rodó, formerly Minister of Planning and Development. Out was Interior Minister Tomás Garicano Goñi; replacing him was Madrid Mayor Carlos Arias Navarro, a tough, no-nonsense administrator who was formerly director of security of the National Movement (Spain's sole legal political party...
...represent a sharp turn away from the Europe-oriented Cabinet of technocrats installed by Franco 3½ years ago. Behind the changes, aside from Franco's wish to drop some of the day-to-day routine, was pressure from the right, which was unhappy with López Bravo's foreign policy...
Tough on Gibraltar. With few exceptions, the new Cabinet members are notable more for their loyalty than for their innovative tendencies. Perhaps the ablest of the lot is López Rodó, 52, a devoted member of the political-religious organization Opus Dei, to which he contributes his income; he does not drink, hates to travel and resides in an Opus Dei dormitory. López Rodó served as Planning Minister from 1962 to this year, and is one of the men directly responsible for Spain's current economic boom. He is regarded as anti-British...