Word: castillo
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...Avenida General Paz, the rumble of moving caissons. From the Campo Mayo, Army headquarters, dashed truckloads of soldiers with machine guns. They converged on Casa Rosada, Argentina's Government House. In less than half a day the corrupt, unpopular, three-year administration of President Ramon S. Castillo was ended...
Most Argentines were delighted. They hoped that even a succession of short-order Presidents would be better than dictatorial President Castillo. The U.S. State Department quickly recognized the new revolutionary regime. It hoped that Argentina would cooperate in the war against the Axis. But the U.S. soon realized that Argentina's new Government was, if anything, less cooperative than the old one. Argentines soon realized that President Ramirez was President in name only...
Died. Ramon S. (for nothing) Castillo, 71, Argentina's Conservative President from 1940 until ousted by the June 1943 revolution; after long illness; in Buenos Aires. Slight, sardonic Castillo ("The Fox") became Acting President when failing eye sight forced the late, liberal Roberto Ortiz' retirement. The Fox instituted Argentina's policy of "prudent neutrality." At his wake last week was a yard-high floral wreath inscribed: "From the Japanese Embassy...
Declared the great La Prensa in its lead editorial: "The gravest and most regrettable error" of anti-U.S. President Ramon Castillo was his muzzling of the press in December, 1941. It put him out of touch with Argentine public opinion, led to the unfortunate consequences from which the nation still suffered. Now, hoped La Prensa, the misunderstandings which conspired against hemisphere solidarity would disappear as the Argentine press recovered its right to express its opinions...
...quickly crystallized into the GOU, an amorphous organization of officers below the rank of general. The letters mean Grupo de Oficiales Unidos (Group of United Officers), later idealized into Gobierno, Or den, Uni-dad (Government, Order, Unity). When the military revolution of June 4, 1943 knocked unpopular President Ramon Castillo out of power, the GOU took charge. It has since split up into factions. But Colonel Perón's influence with some of these groups is still the basis of his power...