Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz

[4] Guerrero Marthineitz was, however, soon given a prime-time news and commentary program in Buenos Aires' Radio Belgrano, propelling it to record ratings, even after the advent of Argentina's repressive last dictatorship in 1976.

[5] Guerrero Marthineitz was placed under active surveillance by the military regime and he avoided provocations during his popular programs, preferring instead to leave audiences with subtle asides hinting at the day's climate of fear.

A dispute with Mirtha Legrand (arguably the most influential woman in Argentine television) and musician José Larralde led to the show's closure that October.

The renowned radio host seriously considered returning to his family property in Lima when, in late 2000, he was offered a co-hosting position by popular Buenos Aires television personality Samuel Gelblung ("Chiche").

He retired from regular broadcasting in 2006, though he returned to the medium amid personal financial problems in 2009 with Radio Rivadavia's Ahí donde está el silencio, and at the kindness of his earlier foe, Mauro Viale.

[11] Among those the noted emcee alleged to have owed him thousands of pesos were the government of San Luis Province and Mauro Viale, with whom Guerrero was reportedly engaged in a fistfight shortly after his May 2010 eviction.