Word: federico
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...locked up in the very dungeon which once held Discoverer Christopher Columbus was the interesting fate, last week, of Señor Federico Velasquez, defeated candidate in the Dominican Republic's recent Presidential election...
Christopher Columbus was not only locked up, but irons were riveted on his legs, an indignity spared Federico Velasquez. The year was 1500. Columbus, with the rank of Admiral, was conducting his third series of American explorations (he later made a fourth and final voyage from Spain). Without his knowledge charges had been made against him at the Spanish Court, had been believed. King Ferdinand had appointed Courtier Francisco Bobadilla to be Governor of Hispaniola (The Spanish Isle) empowered to arrest Columbus and ship him off to Spain...
...adventure of Christopher Columbus ended happily, so did that of Federico Velasquez last week. Since he absolutely would not accept the post of Secretary of the Treasury, which would mean a shift from Opposition into the Government, it was decided that after all the best thing to do was to let him out of jail and hold the charges hanging clubwise over his head...