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Word: arocha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...junta that took power in last October's democratic revolution meant to do something to improve Venezuela's food supply. The junta handed the problem to dynamic ex-advertising man Mario Garcia Arocha, president of the Government Supply Commission. By last week Arocha's plans were getting results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Cowboy Comeback | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

Besides Fruehaufs highballing twice daily to Calabozo, Arocha had ten white-painted DC-3s flying chilled beef to the capital from distant llano towns like Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco, and San Fernando de Apure. This week work was expected to start on another slaughterhouse at Barinas. Already caraqueños found llano meat in the markets at 27? a Ib. Last spring they had paid three times as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Cowboy Comeback | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

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