Word: nacion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Banks closed for three days to prepare for the changes, and when they reopened last Wednesday, many people expected chaos. But while the lines at several banks stretched over blocks, the scenes were orderly. Said one teller at Banco de la Nacion, the country's largest financial institution: "Customers were much calmer than we expected." Concluded President Alfonsin: "We are getting a magnificent response from the people...
...coup. But there is reason to doubt the Administration's claims of innocence Last January, reports appeared in The New York Times, based on accounts by anonymous U.S. army officers, that preparations were underway to topple Garcia. At the same time, the publisher of the Guatemalan newspaper La Nacion--who also happened to be Guevara's campaign manager--charged that a coup would take place after the elections. He added that a "foreign power" would direct the operation. The journalist, whose story was given little attention, was assassinated a few days later...