It's early in the morning of October 17, 1945.

Union leader Cypriano Reyes makes his way through the quiet streets of a Buenos Aires suburb.

As one of the country's main supporters of workers' rights,

he's happy to see the factories and workshops he passes are closed, thanks to a series of

ongoing strikes. But today, the workers aren't just staying home. As Cypriana moves further

toward the city center, he begins to see a mass of people marching toward the capital. After days of union-led

strikes, this appears to be a culmination of civil unrest, and it's being led because of one man.

As Sipriano joins the crowd, he hears the name of former vice president general Juan Domingo Peron

being chanted over and over again. Since his days as the head

of the Labor Department, Peron has fought for workers' rights and built himself a small army of

followers along the way. But just a few days ago, Peron was arrested in a preemptive move by

the Argentine government who fear he's becoming a little too popular. Now the masses have come out

to advocate for Peron's release. Up ahead, Cypriano sees police gathering near a giant bridge,

one that separates the workers in the suburbs from the government buildings in the city.

Cypriano crosses to the other side just moments before officers issue orders to raise the bridge.

He looks back and sees that the police's attempts to stop the march failed.

Despite the river being an outlet for all the city's sewer waste, the workers are determined to cross.

Some climb aboard makeshift rafts and row to the other side. Others simply wade through the

filthy water. Sipriano continues to follow the crowd as they edge closer to the city. The transport

system, already struggling under the weight of the strikes, has completely buckled under the

pressure of thousands descending upon the Capitol. Sipriano follows the crown as they edge closer to the city,

weaving through the traffic-filled streets until the 20,000 disgruntled marchers

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