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After Evita's death on July 26, 1952, Borges received a visit from two policemen, who ordered him to put up two portraits of the ruling couple on the premises of SADE. Borges told them he would do nothing of the sort and that it was a ridiculous demand. He was told he would face the consequences."<ref>Williamson (2004) p320.</ref> The regime placed Borges under 24-hour surveillance and sent policemen to sit in on his lectures; in September it ordered SADE to be permanently closed down. Like much of the Argentine opposition to Peron, SADE had become marginalized due to persecution by the State and very few active members remained. Borges later came to believe that the Peronistas had manipulated his appointment in order to destroy his influence over Argentine writers and intellectuals. {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

In 1955, after General [[Pedro Eugenio Aramburu]]'s Anti-Peronist [[coup d'etat]], or "[[Revolución Libertadora]]", forced Peron into exile, Borges was overjoyed. The new regime appointed Borges as the Director of the [[National Library of the Argentine Republic|National Library]].<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.bibnal.edu.ar/paginas/galeriadirec.htm#borges Jorge Luis Borges. Galería de Directores, Biblioteca Nacional (Argentina).], Retrieved 23 December 2006.</ref><!-- {{Dead link|date=August 2010}} --> However, Peron's fall did not in any way alter Borges' animosity. In an interview with [[Richard Burgin]] in 1967, he said "Peron was a [[humbug]], and he knew it, and everybody knew it. But Peron could be very cruel. I mean, he had people tortured, killed. And his wife was a common prostitute."<ref>Burgin (1969) p121</ref>

When Peron returned from exile in 1973 and regained the Presidency, Borges was enraged. In a 1975 interview for ''[[National Geographic]]'', he said "Damn, the snobs are back in the saddle. If their posters and slogans again defile the city, I'll be glad I've lost my sight. Well, they can't humilate me as they did before my books sold well."<ref Name="Natgeo303">''National Geographic'', March 1975. p303.</ref> After being accused of being unforgiving, Borges quipped, "I resented Peron's making Argentina look ridiculous to the world... as in 1951, when he announced control over [[thermonuclear fusion]], which still hasn't happened anywhere but in the sun and the stars. For a time, Argentinians hesitated to wear bandaids for fear friends would ask, 'Did the [[Atomic Bomb]] go off in your hand?' A shame, because Argentina really has world class scientists."<ref Name="Natgeo303"/>