Word: varella
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many of them foreigners, were afraid that the Canal would not be built, so they started a separist move- ment; it was not a popular uprising. Envoys were sent to the United States to obtain aid, but they met with no encouragement. Discouraged, they went to New York. Bueno Varella, a journalist, gave them encouragement. He told them to start the revolt and they would get help from the United States, but he was merely guessing. They revolted, and United States warships were sent to preserve order. President Roosevelt, being a man who never goes around a table...