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Paraguay had its sixth coup in 13 months. Without firing a shot, the army kicked General Raimundo Rolón out of the presidency and supplanted him with Education Minister Felipe Molas López, a dentist...
...invite Paraguay's thousands of political exiles to come home and vote. That was strictly contrary to the wishes of the dominant Colorado party, which ran last year's elections on a one-party basis. Colorado chieftains, who wanted to make Dentist Molas López President in April, began to suspect that Rolón was getting ready to stand as a candidate himself...
After consulting with their military friends, the party bosses decided not to wait until April. Saturday night, while General Rolón and most of his ministers were attending a wake for the Primate of Paraguay, the insiders ran off a swift and bloodless coup, installed Molas López...
This week the new President announced formation of an all-Colorado cabinet, and promised that the elections would be held. In plain words, Molas López would win unopposed-if he lasted that long...
Chief Croupier Manuel López Iglesias, who had seen estancias lost on the turn of a baccarat card in the old days, took a philosophical view of his new clientele. "The casino has been really democratized," he said. "People with all kinds of income now come to the casino. They may lose a little, they may win a little. What is important is that it is fun for them...