Word: avelino
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Mario Avelino Peron, 64, only brother of Argentina's President Juan Domingo Peron; of peritonitis; in Buenos Aires. Appointed director of the Buenos Aires Zoo by brother Juan in 1946, Mario Perón avoided the spotlight and politics, once said: "I prefer my zoo, where I have all my animals labeled...
Last November's presidential election also left an unsavory taste in the Philippines. Most Filipinos think that victorious President Elpidio Quirino, anxious to forestall any congressional investigation into the election results, made a deal with Jose Avelino, who had been suspended as president of the Philippine Senate for trafficking in government-owned beer. Avelino still controlled enough votes in Congress to get Quirino's election certified as legal. And there is no doubt about the fact that Quirino later helped Avelino to get back his Senate presidency, then sent him flying off on an expensive world tour...