▁the ▁Tor cu ato ▁di ▁T ella ▁Institute , ▁an ▁educational ▁and ▁cultural ▁foundation ; ▁by ▁then , ▁Gu ido ▁Di ▁T ella ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁vocal ▁Per on ist ▁( a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁ex iled , ▁popul ist ▁former ▁President ▁Juan ▁Per ón ). ▁Such ▁a ▁pro gression ▁was ▁unusual ▁among ▁young ▁Argent ines ▁of ▁a ▁privile ged ▁background ; ▁Di ▁T ella , ▁however , ▁came ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁class - dri ven ▁pre jud ices ▁against ▁the ▁mostly ▁working - class ▁Per on ists ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁set ▁aside ▁if ▁Argentina ▁was ▁once ▁again , ▁in ▁his ▁words , ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁" ser ious ▁country ." ▁Te aching ▁at ▁his ▁al ma ▁mater ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁Catholic ▁University , ▁he ▁also ▁helped ▁sp ur ▁the ▁Di ▁T ella ▁Institute ▁into ▁becoming ▁a ▁leading ▁spons or ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁v angu ard ▁movement ▁in ▁the ▁arts ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁His ▁on going ▁support ▁of ▁Per ón ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁brief ▁exp ulsion ▁from ▁Argentina ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁made ▁a ▁visit ing ▁fellow ▁of ▁St . ▁Anton y ' s ▁College , ▁Oxford ▁University . ▁ ▁Di ▁T ella ▁had ▁been ▁among ▁Per ón ' s ▁ent ou rage ▁on ▁the ▁ag ing ▁leader ' s ▁brief , ▁November ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁visit ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁author ized ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁general ▁elections .