Peron admired Mussolini and based his government on Italian Fascism.
And they never recovered. In the 1920s, Argentina was considered basically a European country, with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
31 posted on 12/28/2014 3:39:02 PM PST by Defiant
(How does a President reverse the actions of a dictator? An initial transition may be needed.)