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...than it had spent during the Chaco war. Under French-trained President José Félix Estigarribia, the Army had been kept in its place, but since Morinigo had taken office (1940), the colonels had got out of hand. Particularly rambunctious was the Chief of Staff, Colonel Bernardo Aranda, who had shown signs of liking the way the colonels did things down in Argentina. This year the Army's budget was 25 times what was given to the Ministry of Agriculture, 35 times as much as the Ministry of Commerce & Industry could...
...mining supplies 70-90% of Bolivian economy. The 65,000 ragged, sickly miners average about 60? a day, live on the edge of starvation. In December 1943, a revolt of social-minded intellectuals allied with young Army officers attacked tin-company control by driving President Enrique Peñaranda into exile. The people of La Paz ran cheering through the streets, wrecked the office of Aramayo Co., stoned the U.S. Embassy...
...must repudiate anti-Semitism (which was intense under ousted President Enrique Peñaranda). The Government...
...visible Army support for a counterrevolution, although an attempt at one was possible. Other attempts might be inspired by ex-President David Toro, reportedly in Washington, or by deposed President Peñaranda, who issued a die-hard statement from Tacna, Peru...
...Calama Barracks was safely surrounded, the revolutionists in vited the people by radio to a celebration. Street mobs screamed: "Down with the Jews! Down with the North Americans!" They stoned the U.S. Embassy, looted the offices of the Aramayo mining company, tore the roof off President Peñaranda's house, paraded about with the Presidential bathtub over their heads. Soon MNR members with white armbands stopped the party, but the people of La Paz had shown their dislike for the U.S., had cast doubt upon: 1) the U.S. State Department, and 2) the practical effect of the Good...