Word: autentico
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...professed democrat, governs by decree just like Batista. He has an alliance with the Communists that all but the Commies deplore. His attempt to seize for the Government the differential between the 1947 and 1946 sugar prices has alienated 50,000 sugar growers and a large part of his Autentico Party. "Never in the Republic's 45 years," said Sergio Carbo, another ex-Grau man, "has a Government squandered so much, robbed so much, or deceived the people so much...
...often lately he has hurried away to a union meeting. But, though Catalino is a good unionist, forking up 30? a day for dues and the benefit fund, and never failing to consult his delegate on all important matters, he is no Communist. He voted for Grau and the Autentico Party at the last elections, and he goes to church, though not quite so often as Violeta. Although he reads the Communist Hoy for its detailed waterfront news coverage, Catalino does not yet share with the Communist leaders of his union their hatred for the U.S. He thinks...
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