Word: mor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
President Higinio Morínigo suspended for a month all public activities of the Liberal Party...
Since President-General Higinio Morínigo took over Paraguay in 1940, he has used Benítez Vera's, fascist-minded military clique for a whipping boy: it was to blame for Morínigo's failure to set up some semblance of a democracy. Finally, Benítez Vera had played the strongman act with so much authority that he had been given the boot. Now what...
Political Promise. President Morínigo's chances of leading his country out of this economic morass are slim. His chances of democratizing Paraguay are at least better...
Last week Morínigo, no striking apostle of liberty, promised that Paraguay, the only nation in the Hemisphere without a parliament, would elect one within the year. He also promised that political parties-perhaps even his enemies, the Liberals-might organize. Press restrictions also would be relaxed, to a degree. Already concentration camps were on the decline...
Almost every flight into Buenos Aires had been canceled, but George Messersmith's plane bulled through the wintry rain and made Morón airfield on schedule. The new U.S. ambassador was a man in a hurry. He had come to negotiate with Juan Perón. To the Army major and Navy lieutenant who brought the President-elect's wishes for "a pleasant stay in Argentina" he rasped: "Tell the Colonel I appreciate his saludos and hope to see him soon...