Word: arevalo
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Tacho shifted his paunch and glowered at the is-foot stuffed alligator across the room. "The man responsible for this mess is Arevalo, up in Guatemala," he growled. Tacho had heard that Arevalo was making jokes: "Let him talk about sending me flowers. I'll send them over to him first. He plans to attack Honduras and Nicaragua. He has just made a pact with Figueres of Costa Rica, Prío Socarrás of Cuba, and the Caribbean Communist tramps to destroy the peace of Central America. He is responsible for Central America's coming...
...profits of a business he had been running with the family of Costa Rica's ex-President Calderon Guardia. The business: selling Nicaraguan cattle in Costa Rica, contrary to the laws of both countries. On the other hand, Guatemala's mildly leftist President Juan Jose Arevalo was quite willing to help Costa Rica's rightists if that would hurt old enemy "Tacho" Somoza...
...Before the world," he cried, "I accuse President [Juan Jose] Arevalo of Guatemala of fomenting and supplying arms for a revolution in Nicaragua. If this revolution breaks out, it may result in a Central American conflagration. I am ready to repel this aggression and it may turn out to be a boomerang for Arevalo, who is interfering in the internal affairs of Nicaragua...
Apparently Somoza was only trying to smoke out a plot that was being hatched across the border, but Arevalo had no intention of being used as a smudge pot. "Absolutely false," he replied coldly. Old Nicaraguan Rebel Emiliano Chamorro, who is now in Guatemala, took time off from his scheming to add his own sardonic comment. "Our efforts are confined to diplomacy," he said. "Somoza, scared by his own crimes, has a persecution complex and is trying to escape attention by making fantastic accusations to justify a wave of terror in Nicaragua...
Nevertheless, the Army stands by him. Five times his opponents have tried to overthrow him. Once his 31-year-old War Minister, Major Jacobo Arbenz, yanked him away from a wedding at 10 p.m. with the news that a revolution was due at 2. Arevalo protested that he still had a few more hours for the wedding party before confronting the revolution...