“What is Peronism?”
Argentina’s president tries to explain to the German chancellor
ON FEBRUARY 3RD Argentina’s new Peronist president, Alberto Fernández, joined Angela Merkel for dinner at the German chancellery in Berlin. According to press reports, Mrs Merkel asked her guest a question: “What is Peronism? I don’t understand. Are you on the left or the right?” Bello imagines a conversation that might have followed.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline ““What is Peronism?””

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