Word: garcias
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last time the Dominican Republic's right-wing army and leftist rebels tried to exterminate each other, President Hector Garcia-Godoy managed to stop them only by ordering the leaders of both sides to accept diplomatic assignments abroad. That was only a month ago, but last week they were at it again. The latest excuse was that Armed Forces Chief Francisco Rivera Caminero, who was to have been shipped off to Washington, simply refused to go. His transfer, the nation's top officers warned Godoy, would impair national security...
...Young Democrats, the contest is more above-board and less personal. The two presidential candidates, Larry S. Seidman '68 and Jose Garcia-Pedrosa '68, agree on the main issues with only minor differences...
...twelve leftist rebel leaders had flown off to their new "diplomatic" posts abroad, as ordered by President Hector Garcia-Godoy. And all last week Dominicans waited for the country's right-wing military leaders to follow suit. And waited. And waited. And waited...
...diplomatic assignments were Garcia-Godoy's way of getting the leaders of both military factions out of the country and giving the hottest tempers on the island time to cool. The rebel departure alone seemed to help. Last week nightly shootings, bombings and other terrorism tapered off, and a leftist-called general strike fizzled even before it began...
...through the week, however, Loyalist Leader Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero, who had been assigned to Washington as naval attache, said only that he would "consider" Garcia-Godoy's demand. Then Rivera, with his designated replacement, Commodore Emilio Jimenez, paid a call on Garcia-Godoy. After 90 minutes, the three strolled out of the President's office, beaming and calling the meeting "very cordial and warm." With that, Rivera went off for talks with his lieutenants. Would he leave the country or wouldn't he? Closest to a hint was word that Rivera had sold...