Word: uriburu
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when Dictator José Uriburu threatened to close La Prensa unless it stopped attacking him, the paper's tough old owner and publisher, Ezequiel Pedro Paz, told him that he would move the paper to Paris and keep up the fight from there. General Uriburu piped down. That was 16 years ago, and Don Ezequiel, paralyzed by a stroke in 1943, has never known that his paper was closed for five days in April 1944, for opposing the militarist Farrell regime...
...Palito was sent to learn with Kaiser Wilhelm's 5th Hussars. Well trained, Lieut. Ramirez returned home, devoted himself to rising via captain and colonel to general and Minister of War. In 1930 he made a name for himself in the last generals' revolt, that of Jose Uriburu, who ousted, unconstitutionally, President Hipolito Irigoyen. As a reward, he became military attache in Rome...
...past he had started from various towns, 200 to 300 miles away. This year he started from Rosario, 205 miles above the capital. For three days & nights he churned and paddled-past San Pedro, past Baradero, past Uriburu, past Campana. At each river town he was greeted with crowds eager to cheer on their beloved "Shark of Quilla Creek." At Point San Ysidro, only twelve miles from Buenos Aires, the upstream tidal current began to force him back. After two futile hours, Pedro Candioti gave up. When he was hauled out of the river he instantly fell fast asleep. Pedro...