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Panama. Having made or broken four Presidents, Panama's Strong Man "Chichi" Remón expects to be elected to the presidency himself next month...
...Ralph Colins began collecting paintings because they "wanted something to hang on the wall." Corporation Lawyer* Colin and his wife decided on modern paintings as "more appropriate in a modern apartment-old masters in the same surroundings would be chichi." Though they specialize in such safe school-of-Paris bets as Rouault, Picasso, Matisse, Miro, Soutine and Modigliani, the Colins admit to having made some poor purchases: "But we love our mistakes-we never sell or exchange them...
...Where "Chichi" supplied the firepower for a revolution and an ex-President was barred forever from public office...
That was too much for fed-up Panamanians. Crowds gathered outside Chichi Remón's headquarters and clamorously demanded that he get rid of Arias. A general strike broke out. That night the National Assembly impeached Arias and swore in Vice President Alcibíades Arose. mena as President. Chichi sent Arias an ultimatum: get out or be booted out. Arnulfo holed up in the presidential palace with his henchmen. Police ringed the palace and began peppering the windows. After a four-hour battle, Arias gave up. As he left the palace under guard, he lifted his hand...
Inside, the cops found the bodies of two of their own officers: Major Alfredo Gómez and Lieut. Juan Flores. According to the confession Chichi's men extracted from Arnulfo's aide, the two had been shot down in cold blood; Arnulfo himself had pulled the trigger...