Jorge Lanata had been hospitalized since June 14 of this year. It was a long stay until his death for which he underwent different surgical interventions, but before all that long journey in different clinics and hospitals, he gave one last interview. It was on June 13, a day before, with the Brazilian news channel GloboNews.
Journalist Ariel Palacios reported to Lanata in his apartment in the Estrugamou Building in Retiro for a special report on the 50th anniversary of the death of Juan Domingo Perón, which passed on July 1. In dialogue with NOTICIAS, Palacios told details of that visit. “I interviewed him on June 13 in the afternoon. I didn’t see him as bad as on other occasions when I had also spoken with him for GloboNews. For example, in October of last year when I interviewed him about the elections. I had seen it much worse. That day his mind was agile, lucid, ironic and in a good mood. The topic was very tasty for him because he knows it very well.”
In the report, Lanata reflects on Perón, the Peronist movements and its future, leaving a final reflection on President Javier Milei. “Peronism is the first movement in Argentina that brought the working class to the table of power. And this is what explains why it continues to last so long over the years. Perón was in some way the last statesman that Argentina had. “He was a statesman, he was a demagogue, he was a cynic, but the political figure of Perón is very important for Argentina,” he described.
Regarding his memory of Perón’s death he said: “I was born in the year 60. I was 14 years old when he died. I remember the television showing the number of blocks and blocks of people at Perón’s wake.”
Finally, about the future of Peronism, Lanata gave a look in relation to the emergence of Javier Milei in Argentine politics. “If Milei does well, he could put an end to Peronism.”
