Word: augusto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nicaraguans gathered at Managua's Augusto César Sandino Airport last week left little doubt about their opinion of the Marxist-led Sandinista government. "Democracy, yes! Communism, no!" they chanted. "With Arturo in the seat there'll be plenty to eat. Arturo is the future." The small but vocal crowd had turned out to welcome Arturo Cruz, 60, a former junta member and Ambassador to Washington, who was back home from self-imposed exile in the U.S. to run as an opposition candidate in the Nicaraguan elections scheduled for Nov. 4. But the jubilation was short-lived...
Would we ally ourselves today with the Soviet Union to fight a right-wing dictator? We now support oppressors like Augusto Pinochet in Chile as long as they are anti-Soviet. If this were prewar 1938, we would be looking for a similar deal with Hitler...
...people prepared, so did the government. It imposed a 48-hour curfew to limit street demonstrations. Ironically, the curfew made Chile's 24-hour general strike last week far more effective than widespread street rioting would have been. Fed up with the ten-year-old regime of General Augusto Pinochet, thousands of Chileans kept their children home from school to protest their country's 30% unemployment and 30% inflation. Public transportation was scarce, and a majority of truckers stayed off the roads. After the Santiago Retailers Association joined the protest, most stores closed their doors. At nightfall...
...colorful celebration of national pride, the Sandinista government of Nicaragua last week commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of its martyred hero, Augusto César Sandino. Brigades of young cotton and coffee pickers poured in from the countryside to the capital city of Managua, filling the main plaza with placards and rhythmic hand clapping. They were performing for themselves and for scores of foreign observers, invited by the Marxist-oriented leaders to witness the announcement that democratic elections would be held...
...Nicaraguan, I want to make one thing clear. General Augusto César Sandino was a man who hated dictatorships. He fought against foreign intervention, including that of the U.S. Marines, and desired a free Nicaragua. How can the present junta call itself Sandinista if no other significant political parties exist, if Soviet and Cuban advisers are on the scene, and if freedom of speech is abridged...