ARGENTINA--LOPEZ REGA'S INFLUENCE OVER PRESIDENT MARIA ESTELA DE PERON

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• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 7, 1974
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ARGENTINA--LOPEZ ~EGA'S INFLUENCE OVER PRESIDENT
MARIA ESTELA DE PERON
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LOPEZ REGA, MRS. PERON'S PRIVATE
SECRETARY AND CONFIDANT, IS EXERCISING SU3STANTIAL INFLUENCE.
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USE HER EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY IS BECOtING MORE A,JD MORE APPARENT.
THE DEGREE OF LOPEZ R GA'S ACTUAL INFLUENCE OVER 11 IRS- PEROM
IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS. ALTHOUGH 112S. PERON HAS ASSUMED HER OFFICI
DUTIES, SHE HAS NOT YET FACED A MAJOR CRISIS REQUIRING HER TO MAKE
A DIFFICULT DECISION. SO FAR HER ROLE HAS BEEN LARGELY CEREMONIAL.
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DESPITE REPO STS OF A SERIOUS CONFLICT SET`JEEN THE ECONOMY
MINISTER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL 3AN15; OVER NATIONAL
ECONOMIC POLICY, f1RS. PERON HAS GIVEN NO PUBLIC I?JDICATION THAT SEHE
WILL INTERVENE IN THE DISPUTE.
LOPEZ REGA'S ALLIANCE WITH LORENN;ZO t1IGUEL, A MAJOR LABOR LEADER,
PUTS HIM IN A STRONIGER PO1j!ER POSITION THAN HE HAD Pf'TOR TO JUAN
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