Word: compa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communist who served as Castro's top field commander in the Cuban revolution. Castro went on the air, said that he had been invited to many foreign lands to explain the Cuban revolution, but could not go. So, said Castro, "I am sending one of the most responsible compañeros of the revolution, Dr. Guevara. Nobody should have the slightest suspicion. He will be among us again within 30 or 45 days...
...settlement in Darién prospered, but by 1512 intriguers at home were threatening to have the governor recalled. Balboa decided to stake everything on one magnificent gamble: he would cross the mountains and find the "other sea" of which his Indian friends spoke. Taking 190 picked compañeros, he set out on Sept. 1, 1513 "for the Pacific and immortality...
Because the strike was also a protest against official corruption and black marketeering, many employers were sympathetic. They encouraged their workers to strike, promising them full wages. One pro-strike employer, Esteban Roaes Marin, head of the Compañia Industrial Metalúrgica, was among those arrested after the strike...