Argentina, 1960 — dissident coup attempt
Event Summary
The dataset records an attempted dissident coup in Argentina on 30 November 1960, part of the relentless military pressure on President Arturo Frondizi's constitutional government, which was besieged from multiple directions in a single turbulent year. Alongside the anti-Peronist officers who resented Frondizi's 1958 electoral bargain with the proscribed Peronist movement, this period saw uprisings tied to Peronist and nationalist currents, and the government was operating under the counterinsurgency framework of Plan Conintes. A rising in late 1960 associated with dissident and Peronist aligned elements came within that context and did not unseat Frondizi at the time.
The cumulative weight of the military planteos, however, culminated in his overthrow in March 1962 after he permitted provincial elections that the Peronists won, leading the armed forces to remove him and install the civilian Jose Maria Guido.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Datasets agree. At least two of the three reference datasets we check against carry this event, and none of them disagrees about its date or its result.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
16011301960- Albrecht/Koehler/Schutz (CAM) id
CAM-160-1960-11-30-2
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Arturo Frondizi survived the November 1960 rising but was overthrown by the military in March 1962.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Powell and Thyne
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Irish Times
Newsday
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →