Word: amaro
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...likely to win. General Almazan takes a line only slightly to the Right, agrees with his opponents about the oil wells, makes up for his lack of a program with lots of personal charm and chatty campaigning methods. Also likely to enter the race is one-eyed General Joaquin Amaro, a full-blooded Tarascan Indian who still had rings in his ears when he first rode into Mexico City some 25 years ago. General Amaro forthrightly condemns expropriation, wants to exterminate "fascist and communist tendencies characterizing the present regime." He was Secretary for War under President Calles...