Word: imbert
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...Imbert's decision cut the ground from under Caamaño, who claims that he is fighting for a return to democracy. At the news of Imbert's agreement, Caamaño muttered: "It's a fairy tale." He flatly refused to participate in new elections, still demanded a return to the 1963 constitution-which means that Caamaño would serve out the remaining two years of Bosch's term. Ignored was the technicality that the 1963 constitution forbids military officers from holding office. "First," cried Caamaño, "the revolution's goal must...
...seven weeks of sporadic fighting and tortured negotiations, the U.S., acting largely alone, had managed to impose a shaky truce between the loyalist forces of Brigadier General Antonio Imbert Barreras and the collection of rebellious soldiers, discontented civilians and Communist infiltrators led by Colonel Francisco Caamaño Deñó. Now the U.S. was trying hard to move into the background. It was time for Latin Americans, however reluctant, to share the burden of keeping peace and restoring some sort of workable government to the bloodied little nation...
...obviously a long way off, but to underscore his message, General Alvim sent a battalion of Brazilian infantrymen to secure Santo Domingo's bullet-pocked National Palace on the fringe of the rebel zone. From the first days of the civil war, the palace had been held by Imbert's loyalists, who beat off rebel attacks. Now Alvim wanted the shooting to cease. As the OAS troops marched in to guard the building, Imbert's soldiers reluctantly got into trucks and withdrew, leaving behind only a corporal's guard...
Cutting the Ground. Until now, Imbert had been insisting on a fight to the finish against Caamaño. He was still grumbling, and so were his officers, who were itching to clean out the rebels. But after days of talk with OAS Secretary-General Jose Mora, Imbert at last agreed that a bloodbath was hardly the answer to the Dominican Republic's ills, accepted an OAS plan to hold new elections, possibly within the next two to three months...
...government," answered Imbert, "is convinced that the most just and effective solution is the return to constitutionality by means of a free election." Moreover, it would be a genuine election. Imbert ruled out himself and members of his junta as candidates, agreed that all previously recognized political parties could enter candidates. This meant that Joaquin Balaguer, 57, who served as President before and after the death of Dictator Rafael Trujillo, could run. as well as Antonio Guzman, the Minister of Agriculture under deposed President Juan Bosch-and even Bosch himself, if he ever chooses to leave his Puerto Rican exile...