Word: arevalo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more than two hours the officers bickered. Then Barrios announced that a junta had been formed and sent two tanks to the National Palace to demand Arevalo's surrender. The President's defiant answer: "My term is six years. I will serve not one minute less and not one minute more...
...friends had been the officers of Fort Guardia de Honor, on the southeast edge of the city. When they got the news of the shooting, Colonel Jorge Barrios opened a case of Old Parr Scotch and called his officers into conference. Convinced that Arana had been murdered by pro-Arevalo killers, they determined to take over the government. The question was, who would form the junta...
...Democracy Has Triumphed." Early in the morning, the government decided to make a deal. At President Arevalo's request, the Papal Nuncio and the ambassadors of El Salvador and Argentina asked for a truce and offered the rebels generous terms, including amnesty and a government reorganization. Running low on ammunition, the rebels agreed...
...during the negotiations, 1,500 government reinforcements arrived from outside the city. Arevalo got his nerve back, withdrew his terms, reopened the battle. Government forces burst into Fort Guardia de Honor that night to find that 400 of its 600 defenders had made for the hills. Colonel Barrios had sought asylum in the Salvadorean embassy. The toll of the fighting was estimated at 200 killed, 500 wounded...
...Next day Arevalo boasted, "Democracy has triumphed," then took some undemocratic measures. All newspapers and radio stations were closed; opposition leaders were thrown in jail. The army launched a purge of pro-Arana officers...