Word: abdon
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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Juan Bautista Saavedra, President by title and dictator by power, snapped the whip. Part of the Bolivian Congress howled, but his bidding was done. A bill was passed annulling the election of Jose Gabino Villanueva and Abdon Saavedra (brother of the President-Dictator) as President and Vice President respectively...
...Republican party nominated for President Dr. Jose Gabino Villanueva, one of the foremost surgeons of South America, former chief surgeon of the Bolivian Army. Senor Villanueva was a member of the Liberal (opposition) party who it was believed would be amenable to Saavedra's "leadership." For Vice President Abdon Saavedra, the President's brother was chosen. The fusion ticket carried the country in an election...
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