Word: baltra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rally" in Santiago's Plaza Artesanos drew a skimpy crowd. Miners in helmets and packs marched listlessly to a drum and bugle corps; a few busloads of young girls chanted: "If the government continues like this, we will cut off its nose." Not even chunky Communist Councilwoman Mireya Baltra, berating the "imperialists" between swigs from a bottle of Pepsi, could generate much enthusiasm. "This government stained its hands with blood," exulted another speaker. "We have our martyrs." Then everybody went home...
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