Under siege: the press Argentina during the government of Isabel Peron (1974- 1976)

Abstract

This article describes the situation of the argentinian press during the Peronist government of Maria Estela “Isabel” Martinez de Peron (1974-1976), during which the repressive mechanisms of the state will be deepened to stifle political opposition sectors, which included a deliberate tendency to limit press freedom through sanctions, regulations or closures. In turn, the growth of political violence by armed political organizations of the left and right wing armed groups consolidated an extremely difficult reality for journalists. Given the authoritarian practice of government censorship and advanced, the media were positioned very critically against the national government, highlighting its contradictions, highlighting the inability of the president to dominate the political situation and amplifying the negative data that had emerged from national political and economic reality. Finally, the press Argentina will expose his animosity towards the government to approve in early 1976 military coup as a viable solution to the national crisis.