Word: catapilco
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Felix Berrios, the Bishop of San Felipe, added up in his mind the scandals touched off by the parish priest of Catapilco, they made an astonishing total...
...less to Padre Zamorano's church, and that led to the incident of the gambling party. Right in the churchyard, the peasants played roulette, held a raffle, drank wine and danced; Padre Zamorano himself pounded the piano and sang. The proceeds, fortunately, were substantial and went to support Catapilco's school, founded by Zamorano...
...wages paid by the landlords. "The villagers cannot pray on an empty stomach," he insisted, and he sought a political solution. He persuaded his parishioners not to sell their votes to the landlords and urged them to register. At length his advice caught on. Last March Catapilco's people picked a peasants' candidate to represent the village on the township council. The candidate's name: Padre Zamorano...
...Zamorano is a very good man," the bishop admitted, but his warning was no idle threat. Last week the people of Catapilco held an angry testimonial meeting to back Zamorano; then, even angrier, they staged a one-day protest strike. The governor had to send ten fully armed carabineros to keep order. All protest failed. Padre Zamorano was duly dismissed as parish priest of Catapilco. But he stayed on as the village's elected councilman...
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