Word: nacionalista
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...Carlos Garcia, who has taken over the presidency, has been campaigning as diligently as anyone. But Manila politicians predict that at a certain point Garcia will step aside in favor of someone who will gratify his real ambition, a seat in the Supreme Court. This someone might be either Nacionalista Party Chief Senator Eulogio Rodriguez, or adroit old Yaleman (Law School '20) José Laurel Sr., who was puppet President during the Japanese occupation. Another eager to run is Magsaysay's old enemy Claro Recto, who was puppet Foreign Minister. It was not an impressive lineup...
Claro Recto was regarded as one of the most powerful men in the Senate, until he tangled with Magsaysay and Magsaysay's policy of friendly cooperation with the U.S. Recto was once a big power in Magsaysay's own Nacionalista Party, but this year he was specifically eliminated from the party slate at Magsaysay's insistence. Senator Recto found a berth on the Liberal slate as a "guest candidate," and set off to barnstorm against his President, whom he called a "dictator" and a "U.S. puppet." Two nights before the election, in a speech at the Manila...
Seven other Nacionalista Senators were elected, as the Nacionalista triumphs were just as sweeping in local races, particularly in rural areas. Happy victor Ramon Magsaysay drew a moral: "Don't underestimate the farmer. He's usually two jumps ahead of the politician...
...Plate, agreed to surrender their authority to a government headed by General Lonardi. Before handing over the capital of Argentina to the rebels, the short-lived junta happily carried out a final operation: disarming the red-armband fascist bullyboys of Perón's Alianza Popular Nacionalista...
Robles & Co. had plenty of work to do in his first week. A smoke bomb exploded in the foyer of a theater where Perón's fascist Alianza Popular Nacionalista was holding a meeting. The police announced discovery of an arms cache and two cases of railway sabotage. Unidentified gunmen speeding by in a car fired a dozen shots at two federal policemen guarding the residence of U.S. Ambassador Albert Nufer. It was reported to be the thirteenth mysterious attack on policemen in four weeks...