@citizen Justin
I'm not entirely sure you can classify Peron as a fascist. Fundamentally Peron was about power for Peron - he used mass popular support from the descamisados in 1946 to come to power, implemented political and social measures that not only cemented his own place within the Argentine political system but also provided opportunities for previously ignored social groups in terms of education and political participation (not to say he wasn't anti democratic to an extent and would probably have happily stayed in power as long as possible). His overthrow in 1955 was a reaction by right wing elements to his attacks on oligarchical institutions such as the jockey club, and also on the Catholic church.
Throughout the period 1955 to 1973 the military basically banned Peronist candidates from standing which led to alternating military backed and overtly military governments, whilst both the extreme right and extreme left of peronism were encouraged by Peron because he wanted to get back into power. In 1973 hector campora was elected on a more or less implicit understanding of vote for campora, get Peron. When campora failed to maintain political support, Peron came back in 73-74.
At this stage both Peronists from the triple A (Argentine anti communist alliance) and the left wing (the montoneros) expected Peron to fully support them in either a fascist or marxist remaking of the state, as he'd encouraged them both from exile. Eventually, not long before he died, Peron gave a speech from the balcony of the casa rosada to a crowd estimated at at least 200,000 where he criticised the left wing montoneros, leading to a mass walk out by left wing youth from the plaza. He died not long after.
I'm not totally familiar with the ins and outs of twentieth century argetine politics (I'm currently close to finishing a PhD on Argentina around the turn of the 20th century), but from what I do know I'd hesitate to call Peron a fascist.
He was, in my opinion, an opportunist who melded left and right wing ideas, and undoubtedly had fascist elements, but given the openly fascist, and even neo nazi, attitudes of the military who opposed and ultimately replaced his wife (who took over after he died in July 1974) I think it's a stretch to characterise him as a fascist. A weird mix of various political ideas, yes, but one that was viewed through a cold war prism and one which was tried to be shoe horned into a northern hemisphere sense of fascism vs communism.
For an interesting read on the utterly despicable pieces of neo nazi shit that took over in 1976 ID recommend "prisoner without a name, cell without a number" by jacobo timerman.
