Word: gumucio
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leftists rolled out their heaviest guns. Party President Rafael Gumucio attacked Frei for making important decisions without consulting the party. "The party has no owner," Gumucio thundered. "The party belongs to all of us, to all members." Deputy Bosco Parra claimed that Frei had not followed through on his reforms...
...party's very future was at stake, and that unless its members went along with him, they would all be out of power after the next elections in 1970. The delegates could only agree. When the vote came, Frei won by a 70-vote margin, and Party President Gumucio immediately resigned in favor of a pro-Frei member. But the leftists still had the last word. By a margin of five votes, they won passage of a proposal guaranteeing workers the right to strike, a law on which Frei had asked for a year's waiver. Frei...
...Alianza has fallen far short of its promises. Few governments have accomplished much toward real reforms; yet nearly all have collected millions of dollars-as "emergency loans." Said Alfonso Gumucio Reyes, Bolivia's Minister of Economy: "To speak the truth, I am not satisfied with the Alianza. It is an engine that is idling. Did it raise too much hope? Kennedy suggested that a miracle was about to happen. But unless this sense of urgency is duly acknowledged, it will be difficult to stem the masses' loss of faith...