Word: baez
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...thus an outlet to the sea, Bolivia's main interest in having a slice of the Chaco. Paraguay flatly rejected it. "The Bolivian flag cannot fly over a port on the river bearing the name Paraguay," groused Paraguay's 75-year-old Foreign Minister Dr. Cecilio Baez to the conference. He refused to budge even after the delegates reminded him that Brazilian and Argentine flags float over ports on the same river before & after it courses through Paraguay. Last week the arbitrating powers, fearful lest fighting flare up again, rushed military observers to posts in the disputed territory...