Word: arriaga
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...Courage. Until last March, an avowed Communist, Eli de Gotari, 41, was rector of the university. In an act of courage, Michoacan's anti-Communist Governor, Agustin Arriaga Rivera, dismissed De Gotari, after 40 days of student riots that ended only when a student was killed and the federal government sent troops to surround the school and jets to buzz the city. Last month an audit of the university's books showed that during his 17 months in office, De Gotari had doled out $51,600 in university funds to anti-U.S. or pro-Communist organizations...