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Eduardo Lonardi briefly served as de facto<\/em> President of Argentina after leading a military coup which forced Per\u00f3n to flee the country. Dubbed the Liberating Revolution, the military\u2019s reaction to Peronism would influence politics well into the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year was 1955, & Per\u00f3n had been in power for almost a decade. His policies & political style had generated controversy among Argentines for several years, but those differences were heightened after the death of Eva Per\u00f3n in 1952. Lacking the charisma of Eva & eventually seeing the results of bad economic decisions, Peronism lost its early strength & the military attempted a coup in June 1955. The daytime bombing of Plaza de Mayo & the Casa Rosada resulted in 364 deaths & over 800 casualties\u2026 but Per\u00f3n was not one of them. He managed to escape unharmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months later in Sept 1955, Lonardi successfully attempted another coup in the city of C\u00f3rdoba which spread through the rest of the nation. Per\u00f3n resigned from the presidency & Paraguay granted him safe passage to Asunci\u00f3n. Lonardi was proclaimed President, but his term was to be short\u2026 only 50 days. Realizing the seriousness of ousting a populist leader like Per\u00f3n, Lonardi thought a lenient attitude to Per\u00f3n supporters was wise. This conciliatory stance was the origin of his most famous quote, \u201cNeither victors nor vanquished.\u201d In other words, the military should not be seen as victorious over the Peronists, nor should the Peronists consider themselves vanquished.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Unfortunately Lonardi\u2019s Vice-President didn\u2019t agree. Wanting to try over 300 Peronistas for treason, Lonardi was forced by fellow members of the armed forces to step down. Pedro Aramburu took Lonardi\u2019s place & remained de facto<\/em> President of Argentina until elections were held in 1958. Lonardi died 4 months after leaving office, the result of cancer which many say encouraged him to lead the uprising against Per\u00f3n. If he had failed, he only had a few months to live anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Art Deco sculpture from 1928 signed by local artist Luis Carlos Rovatti draws a lot of attention. Depicting a fallen soldier with a sword in his left hand, a cloaked woman helps support him as well as his eternal flame. Provocative enough to get carried away with lots of photos.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Numerous plaques pay tribute to Lonardi\u2019s role in the Revoluci\u00f3n Libertadora<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Update (30 Nov 2015):<\/strong> Thanks to newly available images on the CeDInCI website<\/a> (Centro de Documentaci\u00f3n e Investigaci\u00f3n de la Cultura de Izquierdas), many images of Lonardi’s funeral and a 1964 tribute to the former de facto<\/em> President are now available online. I’ve uploaded three here… follow the link above for more:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Update (Jan 2021):<\/strong> We’ve finally obtained an earlier photo of this mausoleum, which originally belonged to Brigadier General Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Paz<\/a>. In 1956, his remains were transferred to the C\u00f3rdoba cathedral. Lonardi died that same year, so in effect this mausoleum passed from one military leader to another.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo found in “Sepulcros Hist\u00f3ricos Nacionales<\/em>” by Oscar Andr\u00e9s De Masi, discussed in this post<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eduardo Lonardi briefly served as de facto President of Argentina after leading a military coup which forced Per\u00f3n to flee the country. Dubbed the Liberating…<\/p>\n

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