Word: victoriano
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the ceremony, the jefe received 35 grizzled, barefooted veterans of the war of 1870 on the Palace balcony. Their leader, perky Sergeant Major Victoriano Martinez, shouted patriotic praise at Morinigo, called him the new Supremo* who would lead Paraguay back to glory...
...April day in 1914, while Daniels was Secretary, the Navy shelled the Mexican port of Veracruz, ousting the revolutionary Government of General Victoriano Huerta. By 1916 the U.S. was at war with Mexico. Daniels later denied that he had ordered the attack. But Mexicans did not forget that he was technically in command of the Fleet...