Word: guggiari
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...return of one exile, ex-President José P. Guggiari, had been too much for volatile university students. They cherished an ancient grudge against him: his police had shot down students who demonstrated against concessions to Bolivia in the Chaco. That was on Oct. 23, 1931. Last month Guggiari got a rousing homecoming reception from members of his Liberal Party. As he spoke to them, an airplane emblazoned with the students' motto, "October 23- Rest in Peace," swept low. As the ex-President rode down Calle Palma, "assassin" and other insults glared from the walls. At the Pante...
When his beard grew long enough, he moved to the summer resort of San Bernardino. Calling himself a "geoastrophysiologist," he turned to Paraguay's favorite subject - her wildcat politics - and flatly predicted that Dr. José Patricio Guggiari would be elected President. To the astonishment of Guggiari, the prediction came true, and the prophet's reputation soared...