Argentina

The **Argentine Republic** (*Spanish: **República Argentina***) is a country in South America, bordered by Chile to the west, the Peru-Bolivian Confederation to the north, and Brazil and Uruguay to the east. It is a founding member of the Buenos Aires-Lima Axis, a semi-sphere allied with the Moscow Accord.

## History

### Totalitarian consolidation (1946-1952)

Manuel Carlés died in the middle of the Second Weltkrieg in 1946, he was succeeded by Nimio de Anquín, a high-ranking member of the Liga Patriótica, after a brief power struggle against yet another attempted officer coup. Anquín consolidated his power within both the party and country, forming a strong cult of personality as he moved the country through the crossroads of the Second Weltkrieg.

Anquín's leadership solidified the integralist tendencies of his party, transforming Argentina into a militant ultranationalist state and further entrenching its near-feudalistic Catholic aristocracy. Under nationalist irredentism, the autonomous Governorate of Paraguay, formed after the Chilean-Argentine War, was controversially annexed into Argentina, prompting the Iguazu War in 1951 between Brazil and Argentina. The war was successful in reaffirming Argentina's annexation of Paraguay, and entrenched the South American Cold War even further.

### Political crisis (1952-1954)

Though Anquín proved popular at the turn of the decade, especially following the Iguazu Border War, serious drought in 1952 brought about mass economic recession and political unrest; to fill the gap, the Moscow Accord became a major trading partner of Argentina, aligning with them in global policy in exchange for investments and cooperation. What was meant to alleviate Argentina's growing unrest only escalated it, as due to the ongoing Integralist schism within the international National Populist movement, it angered mainline wings of the party, as well as the landed Catholic aristocrats, who had opposed concessions given to alleviate unrest.

All this culminated in an attempted coup d'état in 1954, in which senior officer members once again to overthrow the LP government and install a military junta. Anti-government forces bombed government stations and offices from above while flooding into the streets, attempting to enforce a new government. However, in the last moments, pro-Anquín officer Eduardo Lonardi was able to defeat opposition forces and reinstall order. Though initially returning authority to Anquín, Lonardi's popularity among the Liga Patriótica's purists left him in a position to force Anquín's resignation and retirement by 1955, sidelining his waning popularity as he became the official Caudillo.

### Lonardi regime (1954-)

Lonardi bridged a gap between the party bureaucracy, the Catholic aristocracy, and still-revolting military stratocracy, quickly consolidating his political position. What followed was a massive series of reprisals and purges, resulting in the deaths of thousands and the mass imprisonment of pro-democracy activists from all factions. The LP itself is soon to be purged if opposition doesn't move quickly enough, as Lonardi seeks to expel pro-Anquín members of the party as well as National Populists, enforce the clericalist constitution of party lines, and shape the party further into ultra-Catholicism.