ño ▁director , ▁and ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁broad sheet ▁layout ▁was ▁reform atted ▁and ▁more ▁heavily ▁illustrated . ▁The ▁paper ▁grew ▁stead ily , ▁and ▁La ▁Raz ón ▁was ▁ex prop ri ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁by ▁order ▁of ▁President ▁Juan ▁Per ón , ▁whose ▁popul ist ▁leadership ▁had ▁become ▁increasing ly ▁aut ocr atic . ▁Control led ▁by ▁influ ential ▁First ▁Lady ▁Eva ▁Per ón , ▁the ▁paper ▁disp la ced ▁long time ▁circul ation ▁leader ▁La ▁N ación ▁by ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁when ▁its ▁daily ▁distribution ▁reached ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁( Lat in ▁America ' s ▁largest ). ▁The ▁dict ator ship ▁that ▁disp la ced ▁Per ón ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁initially ▁resolved ▁to ▁retain ▁the ▁luc r ative ▁daily , ▁but ▁were ▁challeng ed ▁in ▁court ▁by ▁the ▁Per al ta ▁Ram os ▁family ; ▁the ▁legal ▁case ▁presented ▁by ▁their ▁att orney , ▁Mar cos ▁Sat an ow sky , ▁made ▁La ▁Raz ón ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁such ▁publications ▁returned ▁to ▁its ▁right ful ▁own ers , ▁as ▁many ▁were ▁reported ly ▁res old ▁by ▁the ▁regime ▁to ▁p li ant ▁buy ers . ▁ ▁The ▁paper ▁inaugur ated ▁new ▁printing ▁install ations ▁in ▁the ▁p amp as ▁town ▁of ▁General ▁Horn os , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁and ▁remained ▁among ▁the ▁leading ▁Argent ine ▁newsp apers ▁( second ▁only ▁to ▁Clar ín ). ▁Editor - in - ch