Word: bolivian
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...State Department was thoroughly scooped on the Bolivian revolt. No hint or word of the impending uprising had come from the U.S. Ambassador, socialite Pierre de Lagarde Boal (rhymes with goal), an elegant career diplomat whose dispatches have unfailingly reflected the views of Bolivian tin-mine owners. From able Norman Armour, Ambassador to Argentina, there had been hints of forthcoming trouble, but since Norman Armour's business is Argentina, they were no more than that. The State Department had no solid, fresh information on which to base judgments on Bolivian affairs...
...Department had burned its fingers by hastening to recognize the new government in Argentina, which turned out to be anti-Allied. Therefore Secretary of State Cordell Hull now moved with caution and suspicion on the question of recognizing the new Bolivian government. From the Department view, the deposed government of President Enrique Peñaranda, stooge of the tin-mine owners, had been satisfactory; after all, Bolivian tin kept flowing north, and that was the main thing. But from Washington came indications that the new government intended to cooperate fully with the U.S. The new government's "confidential agent...
...started political life as one of the wildest guerrillas in all of Brazil's wild history. An expert, irrepressible revolutionist, he was often in hiding, was once caught and imprisoned for six months. He was driven into exile, struggling across the wilderness of the Matto Grosso to the Bolivian frontier. After lean years among the outs, he was one of the leaders of the 1930 revolution which anchored his chief, Getulio Vargas, in Guanabara Palace. Subsequent revolutionary movements failed, and João Alberto had much to do with their failure...
...problem has haunted President Penaranda. After the strike was put down, a mixed U.S.-Bolivian commission, in response to public indignation in Bolivia and the U.S., investigated the mines, made recommendations which the President promised would be carried out. They never were. Now, President Penaranda had the choice of improving conditions or forming a strong-arm military government...
...Bolivian government admits 19 dead, 40 wounded; Bolivian miners claim that 400 men, women & children were shot down...