Word: prieto
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...certain that the time was far from ripe for practical action. London and Washington still stood on good diplomatic terms with Madrid. Unless they were ready to add intervention in Spain to their other problems, there was little they could yet do to bring to pass Socialist Leader Indalecio Prieto's modest proposal: that the Spanish people, in accordance with the Atlantic Charter, be allowed freely to elect their own government...
...Government decreed surrender to a joint Government-refugee commission of the fabulous Vita treasure, smuggled from Spain by Juan Negrin, hijacked at sea by Negrin's onetime mentor Indalecio Prieto, and subsequently the cause célèbre of Spanish refugee politics. Valued between 70 and 300 million dollars, the treasure is coveted by the Franco Government, as well as by the refugees...
When Spanish War Minister Indalecio Prieto visited Mexico, he went to watch Cantinflas, advised Cardenas to put a stop to his joshing. Said he: "You ought to stop this. It was by permitting such ridicule of the Spanish Republican Government that we lost public confidence resulting in our downfall." Ignored was Prieto's advice. Cantinflas is now popularizing a new verb in the Mexican language. The verb is "cantinflear," which means to talk much, say little, indulge in wild non sequiturs. Cantinflas constantly rebuffs German propagandists eager to use the popular theatre in Mexico...