Juan Perón: Soldier of the Great Homeland who raised the fighting flags of San Martín (+planting)

On July 1, 1974, Juan Domingo Perón, the general and politician who led the fight for the demands of the Argentine people who were condemned by a political and military caste at the service of the exploiting bourgeoisie, died.

Perón lost his life as a result of bronchopathy. His farewell at what was his last public event, the general of social justice asked his people: “I carry in my ears the most wonderful music that is for me the word of the Argentine people”.

He was born on October 8, 1895. A soldier by training, Perón always stood out for his courage and rebellion against the ruling classes, to the point of refusing to suppress a workers' strike that was taking place in the north of the province of Santa Fe against the English transnational La Forestal.

This refusal drew attention to his superiors who decided to separate him from the command units, excelling at the Sergeant Cabral Army School of Non-Commissioned Officers and later as a substitute professor of history at the Escuela Superior de Guerra, where this nationalist general infused his philosophy of comprehensive and humane training of the military.

His ability to research and write important books on Argentine military doctrine and military history, together with his charism, gave him great preponderance within the Armed Forces of the southern nation, after which he was able to access a position within the Army's Chief of Staff.

Peronism is born

After a life as a military man and given his prevalence of nationalist and social justice politics, Perón managed to occupy the position of Secretary of Labor, where he began his participation in the union meetings of powerful organizations such as the Railway Union, where he was presented as “the first worker in Argentina”, an action that would lead to the incorporation of the general into the ranks of the Labor Party.

During his time as this secretary, he approved historic demands of the Argentine working class that elevated him as a leader among the humble and enemy of the Buenos Aires middle class and the Argentine upper class.

This struggle, which centered on the promotion of social justice, gave birth to Peronism, which saw its genesis in an event organized by one of the largest unions, where they were recognized as Peronists who, after long years of struggle, succeeded in making this patriotic general President of Argentina, to which he ascended on June 4, 1946.

Legacy of Inclusion

During his presidency, the import substitution policy was deepened through the development of the light industry that had been promoted since the previous decade, and he also invested heavily in agriculture, especially in the planting of wheat. During this time, the agricultural sector was modernized, starting with the development of the steel and petrochemical industry, the technification and the provision of fertilizers, pesticides and machinery were promoted, so that agricultural production and efficiency were increased.

He also implemented a policy of universalizing education that led him to build several universities, schools and secondary education centers that served to enable sons and daughters of the working class and the middle class to access all levels of education.

It also promoted a policy of sports promotion and universal and free health care that allowed the reduction of infant mortality and increased life expectancy in the lower strata of the population.

This policy of inclusion even covered the gender sphere, and it was thanks to Perón that women in Argentina achieved gender equality politically with the right to vote and later the Law that established the equality of men and women in marriage and parental authority. It also repealed laws that distinguished between legitimate and illegitimate children.

In labor matters, he developed a housing plan for workers and reformed the laws on compensation that workers obtained for earnings benefiting the working class, to which he also incorporated the payment of bonuses and expanded the retirement system to benefit independent workers, employers and professionals.

After three presidential terms that allowed the empowerment of the working and industrial class in Argentina, and after having overcome the overthrow and exile.

All this political, social and economic legacy continues to vibrate in the soul of the Argentine people who once again rise up to banish those who, at the service of imperialism and large transnational capital, once again destroyed this historical legacy that had been returned to Argentina by the Peronist leader Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández.

Mazo News Team