Word: jarquin
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...Marines during the seven-year U. S. occupation, Rebel Somoza last June virtually seized control of Nicaragua (TIME, June 8 et seq.). He forced Liberal President Juan Bautista Sacasa to quit before his term had expired, made it necessary for Congress to appoint Dr. Carlos Brenes Jarquin Provisional President to fill...
Walking through the tropical lowlands of Nicaragua is thirsty work, and during past elections Nicaraguans have been lured to the polls by the thought of the native rum, aguardiente, distributed by candidates. It was to the immense chagrin of voters, therefore, that Provisional President Carlos Brenes Jarquin, a doctor of medicine, decreed last week that during next month's Presidential election there will be no free liquor...
Nicaraguans enjoyed more another act by President Brenes Jarquin last week. He broadcasted the first Presidential radioration in Nicaragua's history. Because most of the natives are so poor they cannot afford radio sets, broadcasting has never been a Nicaraguan feature. Enthusiasm greeted the President's promise "to reduce the cost of radios to a minimum that all might enjoy their benefits...
...Nicaragua's capital of Managua, Deceiver Somoza had Congress elect to the Provisional Presidency a man of his choosing, Dr. Carlos Brenes Jarquin, 52, had himself nominated by the Liberal Party to run in the regular autumn election...