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Inside, the cops found the bodies of two of their own officers: Major Alfredo Gómez and Lieut. Juan Flores. According to the confession Chichi's men extracted from Arnulfo's aide, the two had been shot down in cold blood; Arnulfo himself had pulled the trigger on Gómez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: People v. President | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

Mexico's child-mortality rate would be even worse if it were not for gentle-voiced Dr. Federico Gómez, 52, who spent ten years cajoling the government into building (and subsidizing) Mexico City's Hospital Infantil, the country's first child hospital. Director since its completion in 1943, Dr. Gómez treated rich & poor alike, told wealthy parents: "You will leave your pride, your money, and your social position outside, and bring only your sick child. He is our treasure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: One Out of Five | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...Naturally," explained El Tiempo with a sly dig at Colombian President Laureano Gómez, "all this has nothing to do with us here in Colombia. But this kind of hagiolatry might spread the length and breadth of the continent with the appearance of further saints of this type. Perhaps the canonization of Saint Odría of Peru and Saint Trujillo of the Dominican Republic already is in the works. When the day comes that there are five or seven heavenly governments in this hemisphere, it will be the last bell for democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saints & Sinners | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Died. Miguel Mariano Gómez, 60, sixth President of Cuba (1936), son of second President José Miguel Gómez (1909-13); after long illness; in Havana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...Hopes. In issuing the new regulations, Gómez Morales and The Boys hoped to increase Argentine exports by cheapening them in terms of foreign exchange. They also hoped to lure back to Argentina, in the form of imports, some of the estimated $200 to $300 million which prudent Argentines have salted away abroad. In this way a stockpile would be built up in case of a new world war, which the Muchachos complacently expect. To attract more foreign capital investment into the country, restrictions were eased on the transfer of foreign companies' profits abroad, blocked for the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Something from the Boys | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

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