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...Commissar. There were many other pieces in the political crazy quilt. In Costa Rica, bumbling President Teodoro Picado had been shoved aside, and Communist Chieftain Manuel Mora was openly bossing the government show from Bella Vista fortress. Shrewd Manuel Mora gave his Communists guns, then held them ready in the capital. Campesinos and other "volunteers" were shipped off to fight the Ulatistas...
...These issues produce revolutionary types that must have the old bearded filibusteros spinning in their graves. Their headquarters are not in tents in the bush but in smart city clubs and luxurious suburban homes. A good example is General René Picado, defender of the Costa Rican government, a fat, jolly, ex-traveling salesman (Bauer & Black, surgical drugs) who for years told his stories up and down Central America. General René was so worried that a lot of the products of his ex-employer would have to be used in San Jose that he kept three holy candles (especially...
...leading internationalist. To his home in Santa Ana, El Salvador, he invited the heads of the five Central American countries to discuss reunion now. Only two came. Nicaragua's Somoza lay ill in Boston, Honduras' Carias could not find time, and Costa Rica's Picado was on a diplomatic vacation...
Costa Rica's President Teodoro Picado sent a party of soldiers and police in pursuit, in a beach wagon. Shortly after midnight they were stopped beyond the village of Naranjo by a road block. They got out and reconnoitered. The revolutionists opened fire. Score: one pursuer killed, three wounded...
President Picado sent out reinforcements. In the village of Zarcero the revolutionists fired at random. In the town of Quesada they fired at the constabulary. As they approached the pier on the San Carlos River, the local constabulary opened fire. Score: two revolutionists wounded...