Word: amaru
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...different breed of generals, the leftists: President Francisco Morales Bermůdez of Peru received us the day after he had tidied up a considerable turbulence in his regime. There had been two days and nights of military comings and goings at the Palacio Tupac Amaru, and at the end two influential generals were retired from the army. General Morales had either broken up a possible coup or, as one of the tame Lima newspapers put it, had simply moved "to have his own men in positions of trust and power, normal with all incoming Presidents in most parts...
...guerrilla group that has served as a model for terrorists in many of the world's major cities. "We need this house for an operation." The operation was a massive jail break by 106 Tupamaros-self-styled Robin Hood revolutionaries who take their name from Túpac Amaru, an 18th century Inca chief who led a revolt against Spain...