Word: becerra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...went Premier Fernando Schwalb and a Cabinet chosen chiefly for its skills in steering Belaúnde's reform program. In as Premier came Dr. Daniel Becerra de la Flor, 59, a leading surgeon and a Senator from Belaúnde's Acción Popular party. With him came eleven new ministers, all Deputies or Senators, except for military men in the armed forces ministries. Said Belaúnde: "The new Cabinet will seek closer cooperation with the opposition...
...March. But the action may have a wider effect. Argentines, and their free but prudent press, have until now shown themselves curiously lethargic to their country's fate. Last week political parties on all sides cried outrage and defiance. "The recess decree is a juridical absurdity," snapped Olegario Becerra, the acting presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies. "Tomorrow, insofar as it is in my power," he promised...
...Water. Shortly after 3 p.m. next day, a cheering mob of Peronistas appeared before the Congress building. The Deputies marched toward the building, each bearing as credentials a telegram from Acting Chamber President Becerra asking him to appear at the session. The Peronistas got as far as the door, where police blocked the way and lobbed tear-gas grenades into the milling mob. Water trucks turned on their high-pressure jets, spraying everyone with red-dyed water...
...Peronista Deputies, using wet handkerchiefs as makeshift gas masks, managed to slip into the building where 65 other Deputies were trying to hold a session. When the Peronistas arrived to take their seats, the chamber erupted into bedlam-many Deputies loudly defended their presence, some screamed insults at them. Becerra vainly shouted for order, but gave up in despair. He ordered the chamber lights turned off and left the room. The Deputies filed from the building, trying to pick their way between police and rioting Peronistas. One Deputy, slowed by a lame leg, was hit in the chest...