Word: alzira
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could see fighting going on outside," reported Daughter Alzira. "The invaders seemed armed with machine guns and grenades. Projectiles cut through the tall palms of the garden and chipped the palace walls." For three-and-a-half anxious hours President Vargas and his defenders held out. Finally War Minister Enrico Caspar Dutra, a bullet through his ear, arrived, leading a detachment .of the regular army and attacked the Integralistas from the rear. Rio Grande do Sul Interventor Colonel Oswaldo Cordeiro de Faria, who had been busy battling attackers at his home, appeared still clad in his pajamas at the head...
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