Word: castillos
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...intrigue and maneuvering which swirled through the Mansión Presidential accomplished little. Ailing President Roberto Morcelino Ortiz, one eye blinded with the diabetes which forced him out of office on sick leave, blinked and did nothing. Tough, leathery old Vice President Ramon S. Castillo was running the Government to suit himself, yet no one knew for how long. Argentina was still a country without a leader...
...President and Vice President are on opposite sides of the political fence. Though Argentina is split into as many factions as pre-World War II France, most of its politicians belong to one of two main groups: the Radicals of President Ortiz of the Conservatives of Vice President Castillo, behind whom stands the powerful figure of onetime President Augustin P. Justo. The Radicals have a New Dealish tinge; the Conservatives believe in government by the privileged and are traditionally pro-British...
...Zorro." If & when Ortiz' health forces the President's permanent retirement, control will pass to the man who stepped in as Acting President, a shrewd, hardbitten, 67-year-old Conservative politico whose nickname, El Zorro, means "The Fox." Ramón Castillo (pronounced castíjo) became Vice President as a compromise candidate on Roberto Ortiz' ticket. When the President broke with the Conservatives and became the rallying point of Radical strength, Conservative strength gathered around Castillo and ex-President Justo. The Acting Presidency has given El Zorro a further chance to consolidate that strength...
...Definite and satisfactory settlement of all pending questions" between Mexico and the U. S. will soon be made, President Cardenas announced as his Ambassador to the U. S., Francisco Castillo Najera, flew back to his post. The President mentioned naval and air bases "directed by Mexicans." This was a broad hint that Dr. Castillo Najera's mission had been successful, that before Lazaro Cardenas retires to his cow farm on Dec. 2, the U. S. and Mexico will have embarked on a joint defense program as sweeping as that between the U. S. and Canada...
...stain. At the same time they gained the cooperation of the Socialists in insisting that President Ortiz revise his Cabinet, last week forced his ministers to hand in their portfolios. By week's end their crablike progress had brought them to their goal. Ortiz handed over to Castillo authority to select a new Cabinet, which he promptly filled with six conservatives and only one nonconservative, a doff of the hat to the President...