Word: nilla
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lost Contact. The real winner was former Strongman Gustavo Rojas Pi-nilla, 66, a general who came to power with the aid of the military in 1953 as their unsuccessful candidate to end the vendetta and was removed by the military in 1957, after having disgusted Colombia with censorship and pilfering of public funds. Last week, though ignored throughout the campaign by TV and press, and personally forbidden to run, Rojas had the satisfaction of seeing his ANAPO party win half a million votes, 18% of the total-making him the unofficial and highly embarrassing leader of the opposition...