Word: sacasa
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...Root Sacasa MacWhite...
Juan Batista Sacasa was regarded, two years ago, as little better than a Nicaraguan bandit. Although he deemed himself the constitutional President of Nicaragua (TIME, Nov. 29, 1926), his Government was not recognized by the Coolidge Administration, and his repeated contentions that his party (Liberal) comprised a majority of the Nicaraguan electorate was ignored...
Therefore President Calvin Coolidge sent U. S. Marines to intervene in Nicaragua and supervise a "fair election." The election resulted in a Liberal majority, and in the choosing of a Liberal President of Nicaragua (TIME, Nov. 12) exactly as predicted two years ago by Juan Batista Sacasa...
...deputies wished further to express their sympathy by holding a great mass meeting in the National Theatre, at which Dr. Sacasa might present his views. But President Ricardo Jiminez of Costa Rica refused to allow the deputies to use the National Theatre for this purpose, saying...
...Costa Rican public freely and without interference from my Government has already carried out a sumptuous manifestation of sympathy for Dr. Sacasa...