Word: matienzo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Helpful Bolivian. A share of the popular acclaim went to U.N. Commissioner Eduardo Anze Matienzo. the genial Bolivian who prepared the way for federation. Anze Matienzo arrived in Asmara 20 months ago in the wake of bloody riots between Eritrea's Moslems and its Christian Copts. He went into every corner of the land seeking to allay religious distrust. His success was shown by the peaceful nature of Eritrea's first national elections, held earlier this year, which sent 34 Copts and 34 Moslems to an assembly that ratified a constitution acceptable to both sects...
...absolute monarchy," the partnership of Ethiopia and Eritrea should have practical advantages. Landlocked Ethiopia has the resources of soil and climate to become East Africa's breadbasket. Eritrea has better-trained labor and coastal ports on the Red Sea. The federation's success, said departing Commissioner Anze Matienzo pointedly, depends on Ethiopia's "respect for Eritrea's constitutional progress and autonomy...
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