Word: emiliano
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Deputies; so did the Cabinet, which was prompt to resign. A new Cabinet was formed, non-political in nature, pledged to institute the reforms mentioned in the petition. General Luis Altamarino headed the Cabinet taking the portfolio of Minister of the Interior. Other ministers: Minister of Foreign Affairs: Emiliano Figueroa, onetime Ambassador to Argentina. Justice and Instruction: Gregorio Amunategui, Rector of the University of Chile. War: General Bennett. Public Works: Angel Guarello, onetime Minister of Justice and at present the most prominent Democrat in the country. Thus did the Army officers accomplish by the pen what is usually undertaken...
With Honduras and Mexico setting the example, the Nicaraguan Presidential primaries made a bold bid for the front page of U. S. newspapers. Aspirants for the Presidential nomination of the Conservative Party, which has governed Nicaragua since 1910, include General Emiliano Chamorro, former Minister to the U. S., and Dr. Carlos Cuadra Pasos, Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Government sent a force to Granada, Conservative stronghold, and seized primary ballots, consisting of 12,000 rifles, 6 machine guns, 50 Lewis machine guns, 240 cases of ammunition from the arsenal. This raid was followed by a riot among partisans...