Word: benemerito
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...were simple. He stalked to the Casa Amarilla, the presi dential palace where he first took office, then through lines of blue-clad soldiers to Caracas Cathedral to dedicate 400,000 bolivars ($104,000) of restorations. On the sidewalks citizens yelled them selves hoarse. Was their President not El Benemerito, the Meritorious One? Had he not made a record in 25 years that no Hitler, no Mussolini could match? Venezuela had a balanced budget and a surplus of $13,00,000 in the national treasury. Her money is the soundest in the world. Not a single foreigner owns a Venezuelan...
...align with Nordic ideas of civil virtue. The old General is not only the richest man in Venezuela, but for all practical purposes owns the country. It has been charged that no project, from cattle breeding to oil leases, can exist without payment of a personal tribute to El Benemerito. All attempts to overthrow his government are instantly and brutally suppressed. Venezuela's pride, her highway system, has been built largely by the labor of political prisoners...
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