Some time ago I wrote that Peronism He had to regain his ability to listen and his courage to transform. I still think the same thing, but today I feel we have to go one step further.
On some of Capa’s social pastoral days, I heard a phrase that resonated with me: “Francisco’s widows.” The warning was simple: a society besieged by nostalgia could not move forward. And I feel like something similar is happening with Peronism. We cling so much to who we were that it is sometimes difficult to see what we can be again.
Being a “widow of Peronism” does not mean honoring history: it paralyzes it. It is a conversion memory In the museum. It is discussing liturgies while missing true representation. It assumes that what worked decades ago has the same power today, in a country plagued by inequality, uncertainty and citizens demanding new tools.
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Francisco talks about the “culture of neglect” and how disappearance is the worst form of violence. This culture is present today in the lives of millions of Argentines. Data from the University of Central Asia’s Social Debt Monitor clearly show that child poverty, job instability, and household debt are growing, especially among popular youth.
“To turn memory into a museum is to discuss religious rituals while losing true representation.”
This information is not a slogan: it is a warning that forces us to speak clearly and with social sensitivity again, without resorting to rhetorical refuges, with the real will to rebuild upward mobility.
Reconstructing Peronist identity is not nostalgia for the past: it is politics. Identity builds belonging and belonging builds society. “Organization defeats time,” Peron said. If this is true – and it is – then the regional, communication and administrative chaos that we are experiencing today condemns us to go backwards. We need a Peronism that proposes again, renews cadres, listens without bias, and summons leaders with the courage to take charge of the time we have.
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In order to regain a social majority, Peronism must return to doing something it has always known how to do: reading that era. Today, the era requires us to build a project Which combines social justice and innovationSociety with modernity, rights with development.
“This does not mean a break with our history, but rather it means honoring it in the only correct way: by moving it.”
Twenty-first century Peronism cannot be limited to managing what exists: it must improve the concrete lives of people in current coordinates. This means that a child can study with high-quality connectivity without burdening his family with debt; The mother, who is the head of the family, does not have to choose between work or care; That a young man does not have to emigrate to find a decent job; Science and national industry are not slogans, but real tools for social mobility.
Peronism in the flesh
The three flags – social justice, economic independence, and political sovereignty – remain at the heart of our project, but they must be updated:
the Social justice Today that means ensuring dignity in the context of precarious jobs, debt and care crises. It aims to expand rights, modernize social protection, and rebuild shattered life paths.
the Economic independence This requires abandoning the extractive illusion and betting on modern productive development: strategic industries, proprietary sciences, accessible credit, regional value chains, a state that encourages small and medium-sized enterprises, entrepreneurs and cooperatives.
the Political sovereignty It is not isolation: it is the ability to make decisions freely. It is a smart, democratic and present state, capable of organizing, planning and representing the majority in the face of irresponsible forces.
Building a new time requires a collective gesture: to stop living what we were and start building what we can be. This does not mean a break with our history, but rather it means honoring it in the only correct way: by moving it.
I’m not writing this from the outside: I’m writing this as part of a generation that wants to take charge. Who wants to walk through neighborhoods, listen without bias, meet without exclusion, and be encouraged to propose a worthwhile future.
Peronism can change people’s lives again. But for that we have to encourage ourselves. Because when Peronism is encouraged, it comes back. When he returns he transforms.