Word: beatriz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...positions. There was a 20-minute attack by infantry and tanks. During a brief truce, General Pinochet again called the palace, giving Allende 15 minutes to surrender. Once more the President refused. When the attack halted, the women in the palace−including one of Allende's daughters, Beatriz, 31−left for safety...
...with Cuba, which Allende had recognized soon after his inauguration, in defiance of the Organization of American States ban. A few hours after Allende died, 150 Cubans were hustled to Santiago's Pudahuel airport and put aboard a plane for home. Among them was Allende's daughter Beatriz, who is married to the first secretary of the Cuban embassy...
...People were afraid that if they organized, they would be kicked out instantly with no housing," said Mrs. Beatriz Powers. "And people just didn't have any incentive. When we canvassed, some would say 'Five years from now, who know...