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Word: leguia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Leguia of Peru, President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Despots Three | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

...Leguia, the handsomest, is Spanish. At one point in his career he acquired European culture, and by advocating new and clean government he secured his election as President of Peru. But for some unexplained reason he found it necessary to seize power by a revolution only a week before his predecessor's term would have legally expired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Despots Three | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

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