Word: lima
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...though it were revealed religion. It still tangled with Communists and conservatives in the streets with the ferocity and skill of some 15 years' underground discipline. And still Apra preferred to hold power without office. But when Apra pushed a law through Congress by flexing its muscles in Lima's streets (TIME, Dec. 17), and no Cabinet minister dared publicly to protest, President Bustamente became convinced that the only responsible government would be one with Apra in it. Haya saw that it was impossible to guide policy entirely from the streets. The result: compromise...
...Ambassador William D. Pawley had reason to be pleased by these dramatics. Since his arrival in Lima last July, Businessman Pawley has been busy trying to be constructive. He helped arrange for settlement of Government debts so that much-needed U.S. Export-Import Bank credits might be obtained. He induced U.S. oil companies to spend money developing Peruvian oil reserves, and aided the Santa Valley project to exploit zinc and nearby Cañón del Pato water power to create a new electrolytic zinc industry. With the formation of a sturdy new Cabinet last week, prospects for Pawley...
...scrimmage pitted the well-marshaled leftists of Apra (the People's Party, and Peru's largest) against Communists, fascists and students who tried to demonstrate in Lima's Plaza Universitaria against the Government's new press law. Outnumbering the hardy demonstrators by 20,000 to 200, the Apristas waved white handkerchiefs, drowned out the anti-Government orators by clapping in rhythmic unison (two short, one long). Then in perfectly formed ranks their columns closed in. They seized the opposition's banners, fought with fists and sticks. Guns popped. After the police finally cleared the Plaza...
...throng of some 50,000 anxious citizens filled fashionable Plaza San Martin. Inside, the fate of the nation was being resolved by the military and a few civilians. Hopefully, the crowd outside applauded when such moderates as ex-Foreign Minister General Orlando Peluffo and Navy Minister Hector Vernengo Lima marched...
...turning out the tight little oligarchy that had run the country for decades, Peruvians had swung left. But President Bustamante ("a short, careful step is better than a brilliant, audacious hop") was a moderate. Even Lima's El Comercio, organ of the powerful reactionary Miró Quesada family, hailed him as a "gentleman highly regarded by everybody and without enemies or opposition...