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...civil war between the Roman Catholic conservatives and the anticlerical liberals. The Catholic Irishmen saw it as a holy war, battled at Tehuantepec for two years, finally fell to the liberal forces of Porfirio Diaz, later (1877-1911) Mexico's Dictator-President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Bali Ha'i-By-the-River | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...carburetors and heavy-duty shock absorbers, were led by A.A.A. Champion Driver Chuck Stevenson with a 90.96 m.p.h. average. Lincolns finished 1-2-3-4. Only 39 of the 91 starters finished, but in contrast to the mayhem of the past two races, only one driver, Mexican Santos Letona Diaz, was killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Run for the River | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

Matilde de Auso of Argentina Nowmi Diaz of Cuba, and Luey Dunsmore of Chile hold positions in the respective countries. They have been sent on a tour of the United States by the State Department and come to Harvard via the University's "Higher Education" plan for foreign dignitaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diplomatic Ensemble Arrives | 3/18/1952 | See Source »

...Miss Diaz handles editorial writing for the Press Section of the embassy. Assistant chief of the Motion Picture Unit of the United States Information Service in Buenos Aires, Miss de Anso heads the distribution of American cultural movies throughout Argentina. Mrs. Dunsmore writes from four to five radio shows a day as chief of the radio unit at the Chilean embassy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diplomatic Ensemble Arrives | 3/18/1952 | See Source »

Mexico's General HERIBERTO JARA, 71, old revolutionary who fought Porfirio Diaz, former Minister of the Navy (1940-46), delegate to Red peace congresses. Like Moulton, Jara turned down the cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANOPLIES: Medals from Stalin | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

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