Argentina GST 2015

Argentina politics: the story of two classes

OLIGARCHYWORKING CLASS

Oligarchy was formed after a military campaign

+==If you had had the luck to be one of Julio Rocas generals, you would hadgot a piece of land, becoming the growing argentine oligarchy 1862-1912Oligarchy wanted to retain the power, who could blame them?

At the beginning it was an easy task: exclusion and fraud were part of their agenda

besides Argentina almost had no population. So who would complain?1862-1912But then the European immigrants cameImmigrants became Argentinas working force and they were not going to easily accept the status quo

1862-1912Conflict emerged and changes were needed

1890-1930But oligarchy was not willing to lose its power

Oligarchy joined forces with the army and coups became frequent (infame decade)1930-1943But society still wanted someone to listen to their needsJuan Domingo and Eva Peron were a symbol for a generation as they worked on improving the working class conditions

1943-1955But coups continued and continued

Coups were so common that society saw the oligarchy as coup gorillas

=1955-1983