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...humid summer of 1942, Sergeant Nano Lucero and 80 other U.S. soldiers lived in a mountain hideout near Manila. Their food was smuggled in by friendly Filipinos. Among those who came bearing gifts were a young woman named Romana Romero, her sister and her brother. When word came over the guerrilla grapevine that the Japanese were on the way, Romana was the first to give warning...
Meanwhile the Salvadoran rebels nursed their wounds. They admired the ideals of their leader, young Doctor Arturo Romero, but regretted his lack of military experience. Dictator Aguirre's threats of "dangerous consequences" to Guatemala for harboring Salvadoran rebels frightened that country's Revolutionary Junta into talking of a Mexican-Guatemalan-Costa Rican alliance against the dictators. The rest of Central America continued to strain and heave...
...that the people might have a little time to learn, the presidential elections were scheduled for next January. Leading candidate for the presidency: Dr. Arturo Romero, gravely wounded hero of the revolution, who has been in New York for medical treatment. Tall, good-looking, 33-year-old Dr. Romero is a gentle idealist who nevertheless makes sense. If he wins the presidency, he can thank General Menéndez, the "loyal soldier...
Most likely candidate for the presidency in the coming elections is Dr. Arturo Romero, who was wounded in last month's abortive revolt. A psychiatrist, he had studied the terrible Dictator as a psychiatric case...
...days. Great fires spread in the city (casualties included the local office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs). Then the rebels fled, or were killed or captured. Their airplanes ran out of gas or flew off to Honduras. Colonel Tito Calvo was reportedly captured and shot. Dr. Arturo Romero, Paris trained skin specialist and civilian leader of the revolt, may have found sanctuary in the Mexican Embassy...