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Word: gobierno (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...voting, Ydigoras piled up a 3-to-1 margin over the government's candidate. Miguel Ortiz Passarelli, in the capital, where poll watchers were numerous. But he was swamped by the rural vote of laborers on government-owned plantations and Indians, who invariably back "el señor gobierno." Beaming Candidate Ortiz promptly tossed himself a champagne victory party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Struggle for Power | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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