When I was not quite 5, in early July of 1974, my normal kid's television show was apparently interrupted by the state funeral of Juan D. Perón. I am pretty sure I didn't understand what I was seeing, but I remember every detail about the room I was sitting in and can even pull back a still picture of what was on the television, down to the granaderos accompanying the flag-swathed coffin and the endless crowds.
The maid was watching from the kitchen.
I don't remember if she was crying (or her name, or what she looked like), but she must have filled the space with her emotions, whatever they were, because of the way the memory stuck with me.
For years I disbelieved that I truly remembered Perón's funeral, but there's not anything else it could have been. I'd love to re-watch footage of that now, but I don't believe it's made youtube
ajay @ 22: No, it's not good news.
It absolutely is good news. It's good news for us, because we no longer have the blight of his presence on the world. It's true he was never brought to justice, but we're free of him now, forever. Dead is dead. Good riddance and hallelujah. I don't see the point in pretending that because justice was not met, we aren't all improved by his passing. I would have preferred to see him tried, absolutely, but I'm toasting with Charlie Stross @ 11, and will toast with him again when Thatcher leaves us.
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