Domingo Mercante
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Domingo Mercante was an Argentine military officer and governor of the province of Buenos Aires. He stood out as one of the initiators of Peronism, organizing labor mobilizations that ended on 17 Octo
Domingo A Mercante
Mercante giving a speech in Capilla del Señor in 1950.
Ángel Borlenghi
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Ángel Borlenghi was an Argentine labour leader and politician closely associated with the Peronist movement.
Domingo Mercante
…in the Mountain Division, Mercante took part in the 1943 coup d'état against conservative President Ramón Castillo. This opportunity led labor leaders Ángel Borlenghi and Juan Atilio Bramuglia to seek allies in the new regime, which they first found in Mercante - familiar to the rail workers' unions through his father…
Ángel Borlenghi
As Interior Minister, Borlenghi was entrusted by Perón not only to look after law enforcement - but also the opposition.