Héctor Jose Cámpora

Héctor Jose Cámpora (born the March 26th 1909 - died the December 18th 1980), affectionately called El Tío (the uncle), is an Argentinian politician originating in the town of Mercedes, in province of Buenos Aires, and which was president of the Nation of the May 25th to the July 13rd 1973 for one 49 days period.

Cámpora made career as dentist and was militant a convinced peronist; he was elected appointed at the time of the general elections of 1945 and chaired the House of Commons between 1946 and 1952. The reason for its distance was its friendship personal and political for Evita Perón. After the death of this one, the sectors reactionaries and nationalists of the peronism moved the moderate ones and the gauchists as well within the state as in the entourage of president Perón.

In 1955, after supposedly the Revolution liberator of Aramburu and consorts, it was presented in front of justice to bleach its situation. However he was wrongfully accused of corruption and of embezzlement, and was confined with the penitentiary of Ushuaia with other political prisoners. In 1956, he flees of the prison with a group of other peronists and took refuge with the Chile. Later, it turned over to Argentina, once enclosed its inculpations, in order to help its family there.

In 1971 it was indicated deputy personnel of Juan Perón, to replace Jorge Daniel Paladino. In these circumstances, it concluded the plan of Perón to recover the capacity in 1973, after the bankruptcy of alleged the Argentinian Révolution of Onganía and consorts and benefitting from the opening of the general-president Alejandro Agustín Lanusse.

Héctor Cámpora was presented to the elections of March 1973 like candidate with the presidency of Argentina for the FreJuLi (justicialist face of release), since Juan Domingo Perón was excluded from it, from a proscription of Lanusse. It gained these elections with more than 49,5% of the votes. It took its function the May 25th 1973, in presence inter alia president of the Chile, Salvador Allende, and of that of Cuba, Osvaldo Dorticós. To receive it, there was more than one million people in Plaza of Mayo.

Its first measurement was to amnesty the political prisoners. Then it joined again the diplomatic relations with Cuba, and started to supply this country in foodstuffs and industrial products to break the blockade.

Its proximity with the left peronist made it clash with the line of the party, represented by the trade union leaders. The June 20th 1973, with the return of Perón, took place the Massacre of Ezeiza, a brutal armed confrontation between the two wings of the peronism. The figure of deaths was estimated at tens, even hundreds of people. No assessment in forever established.

Finally, the July 13rd 1973, Perón having withdrawn its confidence to him, Cámpora renonça with its load to allow the realization of new elections. Pérón gained them with more 60% of the voices. Then it appointed it ambassador with the Mexico. After the coup d'etat of 1976 it had to take refuge with the embassy of Mexico with Buenos Aires, where there had to remain taken refuge more than three years. Finally one allowed him to fly away towards Mexico, where he died shortly after.

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