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...still more important discoveries awaited the investigators. Napoleon's soldiers had missed one tomb entirely; within it lay undisturbed the young Prince Fernando de la Cerda, eldest son of Alfonso X, who died in 1275. He lay on embroidered cushions, a jeweled toque on his head, a jeweled belt around him, his hand still gripping a jeweled sword hilt...
...Gonzalez ran a law practice, served off & on in Congress and did his share of hard work in building up the Radical machine. In 1937, he was a key figure in the creation of the leftist Popular Front (Radicals, Socialists, Communists) which the next year put liberal Pedro Aguirre Cerda in the presidency. As a reward, Gonzalez went to France as Ambassador-which probably cost him the presidency in 1942. For Juan Antonio Rios captured control of the Radical Party in his absence (and after Aguirre Cerda's death) and Gonzalez' hurried return from Vichy, three days before...
...backed by the rightist Conservative and Liberal Parties, the small but noisy pro-Nazi Popular Socialist Vanguard. Smooth, greying Juan Antonio Rios, veteran Radical Party politico, was backed by the middle-to-left Popular Front, fast recovering from its sickness following the death of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda last November...
This Sunday Chile goes to the polls to choose a successor to late President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, who died last November. The choice will be between two candidates although the eleven top parties have repeatedly suggested candidates, reneged on them, nominated them, withdrawn them, made alliances, broken them, made dozens of public and private deals. Now, however, the pot has simmered down and only two strong candidates are left...
...fill the post of President, left vacant when Pedro Aguirre Cerda died of bronchial and lung congestion last month, Chile must hold an election in February. Last week, after some political scuffling, the line-up of candidates emerged. Chile's next President will probably be chosen from the following...