Word: pir
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great. The men who left were suspect, but so were those who replaced them. Two of the new men are members of the MNR (Mommiento National Revolucionario). Still in power is Mastermind Estenssoro, leader of the MNR. Still outside the Cabinet is Jose Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucionario) and at present a favorite of the U.S. State Department...
...Bolivia itself, José Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucionario), was still unjailed. Far from instigating a counterrevolution when he returned to La Paz from exile in Mexico, he seemed more interested in joining the Villarroel Government if it met his conditions. They were: assurance of civil liberties; fair elections; and removal of Fascist elements from the Cabinet. Thus housecleaned, the regime might yet meet U.S. requirements. If others were plotting revolt, their movements were well concealed...
...Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucion-ario) had arrived in Lima, Peru, from Mexico. The Bolivian Government pointedly advised him to stay out of Bolivia. This week he turned up in Bolivia...
...PIR, a workers' party without visible military support of its own, might find such support in General David Toro, ex-President of Bolivia (1936-37), who when last seen was dodging reporters in New York and Washington...
...fish it wanted and what to use for bait. Caught unawares and still in a stew, the Department showed clearly that it had no unified policy, that it was hardly more than a maze of corridors full of warring tribes. Washington newsmen heard that the Department looked to the PIR to set matters aright; that the PIR was nothing but a Soviet tool, and therefore suspect. (The sources of this report had apparently not heard about Teheran.) Secretary Cordell Hull conferred for an hour with British Ambassador Lord Halifax, discussing the Bolivian crisis. Obvious topic would be a possible united...