Word: saavedras
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Juan Bautista Saavedra, President by title and dictator by power, snapped the whip. Part of the Bolivian Congress howled, but his bidding was done. A bill was passed annulling the election of Jose Gabino Villanueva and Abdon Saavedra (brother of the President-Dictator) as President and Vice President respectively...
Last May President Saavedra, having held office for five years since a revolution put him in power, decided to have an election. He picked a member of the Liberal (Opposition) party for President (Senor Villanueva it was) and his brother for Vice President. They won at the polls...
...Bolivia. But in Bolivia the change was brought about by a revolution. A military junta seized control of the Government. A convention was called to elect a President. The Republican party headed by the junta expelled its opponents from the convention and chose its own leader Juan Bautista Saavedra President ? really dictator. He promptly exiled his opponents from the country. Early last spring he decided it was safe to risk an election. In order to make the election as safe as possible the Republican party nominated for President Dr. Jose Gabino Villanueva, one of the foremost surgeons of South...
Last week preparations were made to inaugurate Senor Villanueva and "Brother" Saavedra. The retiring President mobilized the army at La Paz, seat of government, for the inauguration ceremonies. At the last minute a hitch occurred. The Saavedras had expected Villanueva to appoint a Republican Cabinet; instead he announced his intention of appointing a fusion or coalition Cabinet. Thereupon President Saavedra decided the election in May had been fraudulent, and that Senor Villanueva was disqualified from holding office. A resolution was introduced into the Legislature to that effect. President Saavedra ordered the inauguration postponed and waited the decision of the Legislature...
...expected, the Legislature declares the May election void, Senator Guzman, President of the Senate, a member of the Saavedra faction, will be President of the country until a new election can be held...