The local press during the first Peronism in the municipality of La Matanza

The newspaper Nueva Idea by Ramos Mejía (1943-1953)

Abstract

In recent decades, Peronism increased its presence as an object of historiographic study. Old approaches were put aside and new issues were analyzed from different perspectives. In this context, the works on the local experiences of the first Peronism took center stage. In many cases newspapers were used as indispensable sources, which in turn became an object of study themselves. There are studies on the relations between Peronism and the press at the national, provincial, large cities and some municipalities in the interior of the province of Buenos Aires, but not with respect to the parties that belong to the Greater Buenos Aires. This article contributes to studies on the press and Peronism, but in this case the local press was analyzed, more precisely the newspaper Nueva Idea, which was published in the town of Ramos Mejía in the municipality of La Matanza. Through a journey through the first ten years of the history of this newspaper source, it is intended to locate independent local newspapers as important political actors capable of influencing the decisions of municipal governments.