Word: oderigo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was enough for vigorous Argentine Ambassador Hugo Oderigo. He issued a communiqué charging a "certain Argentine politician" with breaking his word not to discuss politics. Palacios heard of the statement, canceled his plane passage, and in a booming voice called on two friends to proceed as seconds to challenge the Ambassador to a duel...
...upshot: Ambassador Oderigo, with good diplomatic sense, announced that his communique had been partly in error. Next day at the airport, as he prepared to return to B.A., Alfredo Palacios, his eyes gleaming, received the warm abrazos and huzzahs of his Peruvian friends...
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