Biography of a great Argentinean politician

[French jurist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Umberto_Illia
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Umberto_Illia

As a medic he never spared his efforts for the poor (was delivering medications he bought with his money to take them on a mule to the poor, etc.), promoted Education (rejecting an excess of Catholic influence).
When elected President, he kept this progressive path and uttered superior interests when he rejected contracts in the Oil industry. He was overthrown by the military coup of 1966. He renounced his pension as a President (only one in the history...) and any form of honor/retribution. He went back to practicing medicine and died in 1983, pennyless with just a tiny & humble house. People even had to collect money to be able to bury him.

He was overthrown by the Coup of JC Ongania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Onganía) who put in place a Moral Catholic order (miniskirts forbidden, long hair for men forbidden, etc.) and launched the noche de los bastones largos (a truly suicidal move for Argentine's "Brain" capital) --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Noche_de_los_Bastones_Largos


Arturo Illia was a great person

 

[Bajo_cero2]

The name of the dictator is Ongania.

 

[mercjoe]

Look up for Frondisi. He was much better and probably the best Argentine president of the last 80 years.

His only fault was being smart, so the almighty Argentine people along with the military threw him away.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Sure, the CONINTES plan was "an example".

 

[Fabe]

There is a theory in some circles that Ongania subcontracted the montoneros to kill Aramburu because he feared being overthrown himself by the latter.

 

[HenryNisental]

The name was Frondizi with a Z.
He was very good, a"desarrollista" or pro- development.
The only problem was that he was elected in elections with the popular PERONIST party vetoed to participate.