Word: nacionalistas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...governorship of the Central Bank of the Philippines. On the first day of the new administration, Macapagal's own appointee, Andres Castillo, arrived at the bank with an armored car and a force of constabulary rangers to oust Aytona. Ex-President Garcia shouted, "Police state," and his Nacionalista politicos denounced Macapagal as a "power-mad and power-hungry dictator...
...problems of corruption, unemployment, poverty. He seemed to be everywhere-at political conferences, on the waterfront to inspect goods confiscated by customs guards, wielding a billiard cue in the government press office, or in the chamber of the Philippine Congress, both of whose houses are dominated by the Nacionalista opposition. In his 72-minute State of the Nation address last week, Macapagal said, "It's wasted effort to steep the young in virtue and morality only to let them realize as they grow up that their elders are neither moral nor virtuous." He ended in an appeal...
...polls in a national election full of surprises. Biggest surprise: the election as President, by a plurality of 600,000, of the Liberal Party's underdog, Diosdado Macapagal (see box). The victor not only defeated incumbent President Carlos Garcia, 65, but routed Garcia's well-organized Nacionalista Party machine, which has ruled through a judicious mixture of organization and money. Macapagal carried with him his running mate, ex-Senator Emmanuel Pelaez (the President and Vice President are elected separately), and Liberals also won six of the eight contests for the Senate...
...Nacionalista (Present President Carlos Garcia); Liberal (Vice President Diosdado Macapagal...
...Luzon's rich but rough province of Batangas, the Laurel family hangs onto political power like an heirloom. Three generations of Laurels have served the ruling Nacionalista Party with tooth and claw. Jose Laurel Sr. was a puppet President of the Philippines under the Japanese occupation. His son, Jose Laurel Jr., spent four years as Speaker of the House, baiting the U.S. and sampling nightclubs. He lost his bid for the vice-presidency in 1957 after a tumultuous campaign in which he handed out switchblades as souvenirs. In the same election, Jose Jr.'s son, Jose Laurel...