La Larga Y Oscura Noche
AKA, in English, The Long and Dark Night. A late 20th century Argentinian timeline written by maverick. It can be read here.
It holds the distinction of being one of the few of maverick's TLs that survived his ill-advised attempt at deleting and moving the threads containing said TLs.
Premise and POD
What if a civil war had erupted in Argentina in September 1955, between Peron and the Revolutionaries ?
Basic plot
Starting on June 16th, the crisis between Peron and his opposition grows out of proportion and on September 16th, a civil war starts.
Characters
Juan Domingo Peron, President of Argentina
Arturo Frondizi, head of the UCR, leader of the opposition
Alvaro Alsogaray, conservative, also member of the anti-Peronist opposition
General Eduardo Lonardi (leader of the 1955 Revolution)
General Pedro E. Aramburu (1955 Revolutionary leader)
Jorge Luis Borges (writer)
General Jose Embrioni (Peronist)
Ernesto “Che” Guevara (Guerrilla fighter in Northern Argentina)
Colonel Ramon Barquin (President of Cuba 1956-196?)
Juscelino Kubitschek (President of Brazil)
Richard Nixon (VPOTUS)
President Eisenhower
The Brothers Dulles
William F. Knowland
Interesting Results
A Civil War in Argentina on Septemer of 1955
A more authoritarian and longlived Peronist regime that lasts well into the 1960s, and the exile of hundreds of artists, intellectuals, anti-peronists and the political leadership opposed to Peron;
Widespread political violence in Argentina;
Widespread political divisions and violence in Brazil
The success of Ramon Barquin's 1956 coup against Batista; Castro goes into non-revolutionary politics.
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