Word: seguridad
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...Catholic schools, where resentment ran high against the jailing, ever since September, of Rafael Caldera, once the Christian Socialist presidential hopeful. But after a spate of student demonstrations a fortnight ago, most colleges are temporarily closed. "The agitators can only stir up students," said Pedro Estrada, chief of the Seguridad Nacional. "They cannot stir up the workers, because everyone is making so much money...
...strongman's Venezuelan command post is a comfortable apartment on the eighth floor of an apartment building in a Caracas residential neighborhood. Protected from unwanted visitors by Venezuelan Seguridad National guards in the lobby downstairs and on the street outside, Perón works on comeback plans twelve hours a day, openly confers with visiting plotters. In his off moments, he strolls through a nearby park or motors through the countryside with his roommates, a blonde actress named Isabelita Martinez, a black poodle named Canela, and a white poodle named Picha. A frequent guest is Laureano Vallenilla Lanz, Venezuelan...
...days later, at Maturin, big air junction in eastern Venezuela, a group of soldiers, civilians and members of the Seguridad Nacional (Secret Service), led by two army officers, seized the Seguridad headquarters and police barracks. In 2½ hours of fighting, loyal troops recaptured the garrisons, killing three rebels...
...ambassador curtly refused. There was a sharp argument.* "Thank you," snapped Evelyn, "I won't forget this." Serrano shouted: "I won't forget it either!" Desperate, Evelyn ran out, hailed a taxi and went to the Ecuadorian embassy, which she had previously feared to try because the Seguridad had guards on watch outside. Suddenly ordering the driver to stop, she skipped in the side door past three flatfooted Seguridad sentinels. Inside, she got a quick "Yes" from the ambassador and a warm welcome from four other undergrounders who had recently availed themselves of the Latin American right...
...observer of this scene was TIME Correspondent Phil Payne, who had learned earlier of Evelyn Trujillo's predicament, and decided to cover the story of her search for asylum. The angry ambassador reported the visit of both the fugitive and the reporter to the authorities. Three days later Seguridad officials deported Payne for "mixing in internal politics...