Word: espejo
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...hydroelectric plant being hacked out of the desolate countryside near ore-rich Cerro Bolivar. Also built or building are railroads, schools and housing. But many projects are notably frivolous. Item: a $30-million cable-car sightseeing system, with oxygen-equipped cars, to the top of 15,380-ft. Mount Espejo...
...Chile has been the reluctant host to the most prominent and best-heeled band of ex-Dictator Juan Perón's sidekicks anywhere outside an Argentine prison. There was Perón's Chamber of Deputies President Hóctor Cámpora; José Gregorio Espejo, once head of the General Confederation of Labor; John William Cooke, last boss of the Peronista Party; and Pedro Andrés Gomiz, former director of the nationalized Argentine oil industry. But it was two others who were most remembered back in Argentina. One was boyishly handsome Guillermo Patricio Kelly...
...labor chieftains now seek deals with hard-hit firms to get employees from the provinces fired first, and to spread the work, through reduced hours and pay, among as many union members as possible. But last week, when Perón's Labor Boss José Espejo turned up as guest of honor at a soccer game attended by 70,000 fans, he was roundly booed...
...Evita is now a legend in the land, Perón is doing his best to make the legend work for him. Men like José Espejo, chief of the General Confederation of Labor (C.G.T.), might have made use of the legend for their own purposes were the C.G.T. a real union movement. The fact is, the C.G.T. is a tightly disciplined political party completely dominated by Perón. As a weapon in Perón's hand, the Evita legend can protect him against the enemies of the regime; critics of Perón can be shouted...
...nista militia got its first important workout during last September's abortive military uprising. C.G.T. Boss José Espejo shouted the radio alarm. On cue, workers rushed to the presidential palace; in the suburbs drivers jammed their big diesel buses across roads by which troops or tanks might have moved on the capital. After the revolt was snuffed out, "special mission'' groups of workers' militia swung briskly into action, rounding up and arresting suspects, running spot checks for illegal arms...