Word: odria
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Peruvian to suffer the death penalty was a bandit executed by a firing squad in Cajamarca 42 years ago. Last week the Peruvian military junta restored the death penalty for murder, treason and any homicidal action which might "endanger the lives of large numbers of people." Dictator-President Manuel Odria's decree was an obvious warning to the outlawed APRA party: any homicidal action against the junta would endanger many a life...
Sure Cure. Since the military junta of General Manuel Odria took over Peru last fall, the government has been worried about the public effects of coca-chewing. In desperation, it finally renewed an old plea to the U.N. Economic and Social Council to send a commission to work on the problem. Callao's international operators speeded up their shipments to clear out big inventories. But domestic dealers were unworried. Said one: "If you're poor, you're hungry. Pichicato fixes that. If you're rich, you want an aphrodisiac. Pichicato fixes that...
...shot down as he left his Lima office. Rightists laid the murder to the Apristas, then riding high in cabinet and Congress. Aprista denials were none too convincing; soon the party was on the run before the rightist barrage. Last October APRA was outlawed. Three weeks later, General Manuel Odria seized the government, ordered the immediate trial of seven Apristas who had been indicted for Grana's murder. When the trial opened last fortnight, it was clear at once that the whole Aprista party-including Haya-was really on trial for Grana's death. "Flushed by a dead...
Late in 1948 a deputation of independent Congressmen called upon General Odria to convoke a special session of Peru's Congress, which has not functioned effectively since July 1947. Last week they got their answer-in Odria's budget for 1949. Its appropriation for the armed forces: 242 million soles ($16 million). For Congressmen's salaries: not a solitary sol. At week's end, Odria's junta announced that it was assuming all executive and legislative powers...
When the Peruvian government of President José Luis Bustamante was overthrown last October, Daniels lost little time in applying Resolution 35. When the U.S. recognized the military regime of General Manuel Odria, militarists up & down the hemisphere figured that they had a green light. Three days later, the Venezuelan army ousted President Rómulo Gallegos. Chile had already squelched a military plot; Costa Rica was now invaded from Nicaragua. Last week, Guatemala's liberal government was on the alert for a new move-the second in three weeks-by the military. In neighboring El Salvador, military...