Word: maximiliano
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...military junta of twelve officers, the oldest of whom is 42, the youngest 18, took over the government, inaugurated Vice President General Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez as Chief of State. General Martinez, a model General, is not only an officer: he is a vegetarian, a temperance advocate, an authority on agricultural reform. Even so the U. S. State Department refused to recognize him last week. Within 48 hours after the revolution the only visible signs were gaping holes in the Presidential Palace and the fact that cautious motorists traveled about the streets with flags of truce on their radiators...