(by editorial board, Buenos Aires Herald, November 11, 2025)
A set of previously unknown documents revealed that late Argentine presidents Juan Domingo Perón and Raúl Alfonsín were Freemasons. The news put an end to decades of rumors about Perón’s alleged mason membership, although they also open new questions.
The documents were made public by the Great Lodge of Argentina of the Free and Accepted Masons, which displayed them for the first time as part of their open-house exhibition at their headquarters during Saturday’s Night of the Museums in Buenos Aires City.
Argentine Grand Master Pablo Lázaro told news outlet Infobae that the Great Lodge, which is a federation made up of smaller lodges across Argentina, has been collecting documents for a long time for its general archive, and that’s how they found these records.
As part of that process, the masons found letters and documents directly mentioning Perón and Alfonsín as members of the lodge. Although not much information was revealed, further analysis of the files and potentially new documents could provide a…
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Argentine Grand Master Pablo Lázaro told news outlet Infobae that the Great Lodge, which is a federation made up of smaller lodges across Argentina, has been collecting documents for a long time for its general archive, and that’s how they found these records.
As part of that process, the masons found letters and documents directly mentioning Perón and Alfonsín as members of the lodge. Although not much information was revealed, further analysis of the files and potentially new documents could provide a…
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