Rise of the Argentine Empire

On June 4, 1952, a seriously ill Mrs. Perón insisted on attending her husband's second inauguration ceremony.

She relied on a corset made of metal mesh to support her body, and it was clear that she was exhausted to the extreme.

As a terminal cancer patient, she was thin, weak, losing weight, and had a sallow complexion, no longer resembling her former health.

Just to avoid people seeing her in such a difficult state, she had a makeup artist give her a special makeover to make her look less thin and pale.

In front of the Rose Palace, the Argentine people gathered in the Plaza de Mayo, with tens of thousands watching the inauguration ceremony and praying for Mrs. Perón. Mrs. Perón waved to them, which was also the last time Mrs. Perón saw the people of Argentina.

Just returned to Buenos Aires, Saint Herrse had no intention of attending the presidential inauguration ceremony. He felt it was a waste of time.

He wasn't even invited to watch from the podium. Even if he was invited, he would disdain to attend.

He only asked the Falcon Bureau to pay attention to Mrs. Perón's health and asked the New Argentine Newspaper to hype it up more.

He had spent the previous two days in Maria Town and Ke City, where he established Maya Chemical Industry, which has already begun the integration phase and the next step of development, preparing to introduce a pesticide factory and further expand the scale of the fertilizer factory.

As for that guy Kowo, he would leave it to his subordinates to deal with. He was responsible for setting goals. He was too lazy to talk to Kowo anymore. Anyway, if he really wanted to cause trouble, the Thunder Cross and the militia were not to be trifled with.

Cross and Constantine have formed a new round of Maria City campaign team. Their goals are the mayor and the chief of police, and they have begun to influence the town council. If they can't handle such small things, he feels it is necessary to reorganize his team again.

And after talking with Keynes and gaining his support, Saint Herrse was also able to communicate with Keynes on an equal footing.

Finally, the Radical Civic Union of Cordoba Province established a party branch in Maria City and sent a person in charge to develop the power of the Radical Civic Union here, under the supervision of Saint Herrse.

Saint Herrse plans to have his core members join the Radical Civic Union and join the Cordoba line faction, and also have them build good relationships with the Cordoba military.

Maria City must not fall into the hands of others. It contains most of his efforts and is also a nail he has placed in Cordoba City.

Last year, the industrial scale of Maria Town has exceeded 26 million US dollars, second only to Ke City's 58 million US dollars, and it is developing rapidly and continuing to grow rapidly.

It should be known that Saint Herrse's factory wages are quite high, and this is his largest industrial base in inland Argentina.

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After returning to Buenos Aires, Saint Herrse honestly attended more than twenty days of classes and ushered in two holidays and weekends. July 9th, Independence Day, July 10th, a connecting holiday, Saint Herrse did not go out again and locked himself in his room for several days.

He has been working on a series of public opinion preparations and other contingency plans for the aftermath of Mrs. Perón's death for more than a month, planning to make trouble and stir up public opinion.

In his opinion, this is an excellent opportunity to gain prestige. He wants to make the whole of Argentina know a sophomore from the University of Buenos Aires.

During this time of national mourning in Argentina, he wants to hype up his new persona, appearing as a supporter of Mrs. Perón, dividing up Mrs. Perón's spiritual legacy.

To this end, he prepared a song, two elegies, three articles, and a commemorative book of Mrs. Perón, which was written somewhat outrageously, full of petty-bourgeois sentiment, mostly boasting, and even somewhat false.

He also plans to establish himself as a lyricist and hold a concert at the New Youth League.

As a result, the more articles he wrote, and the more real information and newspapers he read, and after analyzing various news reports, he felt that he had been misled, and even many people in later generations had been misled. This was a naked fraud by the Argentine dignitaries and wealthy businessmen.

But he didn't stop his goal, just felt something was wrong, and continued to write hype articles.

By the way, the song he created is called

《Argentina, Don't Cry for Me》

He remembered the approximate melody and lyrics of this famous song from later generations, and waited for Mrs. Perón to pass away before publishing it. He was also a little impatient.

Originally, he didn't feel anything, but after dubbing it, he quickly realized that his emotions seemed a bit wrong, and found that he had made an idealistic mistake, instead of a historical materialist and dialectical materialist approach. Smooth sailing had made him a little arrogant.

But he still didn't stop. The commemorative biography has also passed the publication number of the New Argentina Publishing House. This thin book, only 170,000 words long, is called "The Great Argentine Mother of the Nation - Mrs. Perón", which he had prepared for a long time.

The three commemorative articles have also been carefully revised, unfolding all the great and upright examples of Mrs. Perón through stories, and all using his real name.

Although Mrs. Perón can be said to have not been of great help to Argentina in many things, this is also what the Argentine people chose themselves, and it also represents a part of the Argentine national spirit.

It's just that in the future, it is still necessary to take the essence and discard the dross, leave the useful things, and add new fuel to the country's vigorous development, although ninety-nine percent may be useless, but it is enough to prove that Mrs. Perón is great enough, judge the deed, not the intention.

In his opinion, the slander of Mrs. Perón by various opposition factions in Argentina in the last thirty or forty years is unfair, which also indirectly damages the national spirit of the Argentine people, as for the Americans and these guys. The less said, the better.

Just like the unreasonable criticism of Stalin by the Corn Emperor, it is very likely that this also indirectly led to more than ten years of ideological confusion and political instability in Argentina in the future.

"A flawed warrior is still a warrior, and a perfect fly is still just a fly."

Saint Herrse muttered to himself, feeling that he was too confident.

Although Mrs. Perón has some shortcomings and even naivety in political and economic development, this does not detract from her greatness. She can truly seek welfare for the Argentine people at the bottom, and sincerely treat the workers well. Many of them are indeed slanders and smears by the Argentine dignitaries.

Mrs. Perón offended them and harmed their interests. These wealthy businessmen, local tyrants, and dignitaries were the first to run away.

The voices criticizing and questioning Mrs. Perón represent a kind of contempt for her by the Argentine ruling class. It can only be said that Mrs. Perón's tragedy is just a tragedy in Argentina's path to industrialization.

She went to the capital at the age of 15, and only met Perón at the age of 25, so there were 10 years in between that were painful days.

Moreover, this does not include the first 15 years, the poor days, the illegitimate child, the days that were always looked down upon.

It's hard to imagine that even now, the Argentine elite still oppress the lower classes.

The capitalists of the primitive accumulation era were filled with sin and bloodlust in every pore. The roar of steel behemoths heralded an era, and the tide of industrialization swept the globe.

But beneath the facade of prosperity lay countless people living in iron cages and wronged souls who died at their posts.

Capitalism brought wealth, but it also brought serious environmental problems and health crises. Tuberculosis, venereal diseases, and cholera became a true reflection of the times.

In Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, it was common for the wealthy to exploit the poor. British female workers and even female students often moonlighted as prostitutes. London was often called the 'City of Fog and Orphans.' During the Industrial Revolution, 13,000 people died from air pollution in Britain each year, including 4,300 in London. It seems the infamous London smog killings either hadn't happened yet or were covered up, but the memory of the four-day smog that killed 4,000 people is still vivid.

The American trusts, the bloody cotton industry, the disgusting food industry, and the tragedy of the Native Americans were all forms of cannibalism. Later, American investment in an Indian pesticide factory wiped out 25,000 people in one go, indirectly causing 550,000 deaths, and leaving over 200,000 permanently disabled in a human tragedy.

The rivers in Germany's Ruhr area were black and stinking, and Japan's Minamata disease was the same. Never expect capitalists to have a conscience.

If Argentina doesn't have its own industrialization, such human tragedies will continue to happen, even be reaped round after round.

Now, the dazzling and prosperous Buenos Aires is also a city that devours people. Countless Argentine lower-class people die here every year. Some die from disease, some are murdered, some are trafficked, and some are enslaved, which is shocking.

Eva Perón was once oppressed by the Argentine elite. Now, at a young age, she is suffering from cancer and doesn't have much time left. The Argentine elite are high above, and after Eva Perón passes away, these elites will have to lower their heads in mourning, which is ridiculous to think about.

Eva Perón came from extreme poverty. She was a true Argentine from the bottom rungs of society. In the process of climbing upwards, she finally reached the top, but one leap downwards, without a parachute, and she was shattered to pieces.

San Jose was inspired and wrote and wrote, incorporating his own struggles into it. Article after article was freshly produced, and San Jose was immersed in it amidst the clatter of the typewriter.

San Jose even wanted to visit Eva Perón to witness the fall of a great soul untainted by the muck, but perhaps this will only be a permanent regret. President Perón doesn't allow outsiders to contact Eva Perón, protecting her very well.

It's unknown how much pain and despair Evita, penniless after being abandoned in the dazzling lights of Buenos Aires, had to endure to emerge from it.

She had been subjected to terrorist attacks and threatened by reactionary forces, but the stubborn Evita was just so headstrong, not giving up until she reached her goal.

All kinds of dangers were solved by her wisdom and fearless courage.

She ran around and shouted for the interests of the poor, and she was overwhelmed with problems such as improving Argentina's social security, education level, and relief efforts.

She actively devoted herself to the women's rights movement, doing her best to fight for fair treatment for the weak.

"That's not easy,

You'd be surprised,

When I try to explain how I feel,

I still need your love..."

"...Argentina, don't cry for me,

The truth is I never left you,

Even in my wildest days,

I promised not to leave you..."

San Jose hummed the complete tune, unable to hold back tears.

She is the savior in the eyes of the Argentine poor, a true goddess.

Adversity cultivates the strong. No matter what means she used, San Jose liked Evita, liked her life like this, as short as a rainbow.

San Jose regretted not taking a closer look at the presidential inauguration ceremony. He could only have the photographs sent over by the New Argentina Newspaper.

In just a few days, San Jose's mood had also changed. He planned to give up using public opinion to promote and hype Eva Perón to increase his own reputation. Instead, he planned to write a eulogy for the soon-to-be-deceased Eva Perón, revising the biography, removing the flamboyant rhetoric, and leaving behind concise language.

He deleted and removed the personal publicity parts of the three articles, leaving only deep sorrow and mourning, and removed two articles, sealing them up, intending to leave only one article and one song. He also kept the book at the bottom of a box, no longer publishing it.

Doing these things was disrespectful to the spiritual leader of the Argentine people, and San Jose felt somewhat ashamed in his heart.

He suddenly felt like a jumping clown and deeply reflected on himself.

...After being secluded for a few days, he had to go out because July 14th was the Future Cup final. As the president of the New Youth League, he had to participate and give a speech.

More than 20,000 people watched the game, and its influence was huge, so it was moved to the largest stadium in the city.

Bracing himself, San Jose regained his spirit and carefully watched the soccer game between the La Plata University Club and the Argentinos Juniors Football Club.

San Jose discovered that this Juniors club seemed to be the one Maradona played for in later generations, but its current strength seemed to be much worse than La Plata University Club.

It participated as a social team and didn't send an adult lineup, with mostly university students and young people.

As a result, it still became a dark horse, knocking out the New Youth League team, so the New Youth League team stopped in the top 4.

This Argentinos Juniors club is a soccer club in Buenos Aires, founded in 1904, and has a long history. It seems to be quite large.

San Jose watched the game from the podium. Obviously, La Plata only sent a university team lineup but was still better.

The live game was wonderful, the stadium was full, and in the end, La Plata defeated Juniors 2:1 to win the championship.

After the game, San Jose was the award presenter tonight.

"Thank you to the great Argentina, thank you to the La Plata University team and the Juniors team for bringing us this wonderful game. I am very supportive. I announce that the champion of this game is the La Plata team..."

"The New Youth team's game was also very exciting. I think the success of these two opponents' games is very good, first place..."

San Jose also gave a simple 30-minute speech and handed it over to others to hype it up. This time the goal was achieved.

It can be said that this soccer event organized by the New Youth League was quite successful.

People from the Argentine Football Association even told him that it would be best to continue holding the 'Future Cup,' and they would provide support.

He was even considering whether to buy the Juniors club.

Also, the soccer clubs in Europe are quite cheap now, like AC Milan and Manchester. In the future, he could just lie down and make money.

...Evening, July 26, 1952,

San Jose was studying in the library when he suddenly felt some tightness in his chest, as if something big was about to happen.