Word: puppeteered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some economic progress. But his hero image faded swiftly when he began ruling by fiat and filled the prisons with those who protested, all the while illegally extending his term. In 1949, he handed power over to a handpicked successor, who turned out to be less of a puppet than expected, made certain that Andino never resumed power...