An injured woman after the bombing of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina, Buenos Aires, June 16, 1955. A total of 308 civilian would be killed by the military bombing of a peaceful protest in one of the busiest parts of Buenos Aires, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentinian history [504×324]
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That’s not injured. That’s dying. Holy hell…
I can’t even imagine
That’s brutal holy hell
The military called their coup “Revolución Libertadora”. By that point, Juan Domingo Perón had lost all affinity with the Catholic Church and the most conservative officers within the armed forces. Opposition political forces accused Peronism of promoting a cult of personality and conditioning welfare programs to party loyalty. Halfway through his second presidency, he also faced unpopularity due to his economic policies that no longer produced growth. Evita’s death was also a blow to Peronism, as she was adored by the poorest.
The bombing of Plaza de Mayo was orchestrated by the Air Force and Navy, it targeted protesters of the CGT, who had gathered to show their support for Perón. The objective of the bombing was also to kill Perón. Still, there were a lot of people who had nothing to do with it and were killed or horribly mutilated by the bombs. It was no mistake.
This piece of history is more interesting than you think.
There was a fight in the air, airplanes loyal to Perón and the rebellious military (?).
Bomber and Jets were involved.
Peronism is so interesting because it is progressive fascism. Perón went to Italy during Mussolini rule to study warfare, brought nazis to Argentina and exile in Franco Spain.
He managed to merge conservative, nationalist, socialist, communist, unions, anarchists, fascist and more into one political movement which is still present in Argentina being the most powerful party and opposition to Milei right now.
Argentina is a country I want to read books about its history someday🤔There must be tons of interesting stories behind the country that was expected to become a great power and ended up what it is now todayÂ
I live in Buenos Aires and to this day you can still see some of the bullet holes on a couple of the old buildings around that plaza.