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...kind were burned in the streets. Soldiers ransacked the manuscripts of Pablo Neruda. A folksinger was shot for entertaining the prisoners in Chile's national stadium, which had been converted into a concentration camp by the military regime. Meanwhile, the North American press pressed on; The Times wrote that Agosto Pinochet, Chile's new strongman, was "quiet and businesslike," "powerfully built," and presumably despite his predisposition towards repression, a man with a "sense of humor...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: With Labor and Courage | 2/9/1974 | See Source »

...night last week the children of President Juan Bautista Sacasa of Nicaragua sauntered out to the Fiesta de Agosto ("Harvest Festival"), left him seated pensive at his desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Harvest Explosion | 8/14/1933 | See Source »

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