Word: compania
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Newspaper properties are part of the Peronista control of the press. Bigger & better than Eva's firm is the Compania ALEA, whose stockholders include the Perons and Economic Boss Miguel Miranda. ALEA controls three B.A. papers, has been buying up provincial journals...
...people of Cali (pop. 125,000) had long complained about the rates and service of the Compania Colombiana de Electricidad, subsidiary of Electric Bond and Share. Last week they began a general strike which spread until the whole city was tied up. Troops were called out, but there was no disorder, no sign of anti-U.S. sentiment. After two days the municipal authorities capitulated, agreed to expropriate the local company, pay for it with a special bond issue...
...Compania Hulera "Euzkadi...
...From Mexico there leaked out a story of a concession of 250,000 acres of land leased for five years by the Mexican Government to Compania Mexicana Veracruzana for the exploration and exploitation of oil. The concession lay between the towns of Jalapa and Misantla...