Word: retiro
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Both turned out in Buenos Aires' Retiro Park for a mammoth show marking the first anniversary of the purchase of the national railways from their British owners. It was a full-blown Peronista rally, and the speeches had all the flavor of the old oligarch-baiting times. Without bothering to offer proof, Perón's Transport Minister proclaimed that the railways (reported last month to be losing money at the rate of $100 million a year) were now in the black. The boss of the railway unions rose to shout: "If at any time it becomes necessary...
...President. In Buenos Aires' Parque Retiro, there was a different kind of demonstration. PerÓn henchmen had invited 2,000 guests to a dinner to inaugurate a rump Radical (centrist) Party, announce Juan PerÓn's bid for the Presidency. There were shouts of "Viva PerÓn," "The nation is with...
Intimate Hour. He got four pesos a day in a café, where he married the cashier. His playing attracted a well-known singer named Maruca Perez, and Lara moved on to the famous El Retiro restaurant near the bull ring. He began writing music for revues at the Teatro Lirico, in 1932 was signed by Mexico's leading radio station for a program well named the Hora Intima, This has become Mexico's most popular radio feature...