"Juan José Torres Juan José Torres González (5 March 1920 – 2 June 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7, 1970 to August 21, 1971. He was popularly known as ""J.J."" (Jota-Jota). Juan José Torres was murdered in 1976 in Buenos Aires, in the frame of Operation Condor. Torres was born in Cochabamba to a poor family of Mestizo heritage with mainly Aymara ancestry and joined the army in 1941. He served as military attache to Brazil from 1964 and as ambassador to Uruguay from 1965 to 1966, when"
"education fell from 24.3% to 16%. In November 1971, general elections were held. In response to Pacheco's effort to change the constitution and to run for re-election, leftist parties created Broad Front. In the controversial election, Wilson Ferreira Aldunate won more votes than the Pacheco's handpicked successor and the eventual winner of the elections, Juan María Bordaberry, from the Colorado Party. Immediately, Bordaberry was perceived as a weak president. After becoming President in March 1, 1972 the inexperienced Bordaberry had to concentrate on fighting Tupamaros and chose to continue oppressive policies of Pacheco. On April 15, 1972, he declared a"
"General Hugo Banzer overthrew leftist General Juan José Torres in 1971; in Uruguay, considered the ""Switzerland"" of South America, Juan María Bordaberry seized power in the 27 June 1973 coup. In Peru, leftist General Velasco Alvarado in power since 1968, planned to use the recently empowered Peruvian military to overwhelm Chilean armed forces in a planned invasion of Pinochetist Chile. A ""Dirty War"" was waged all over the subcontinent, culminating with Operation Condor, an agreement between security services of the Southern Cone and other South American countries to repress and assassinate political opponents, which was backed by the US government."
"celebrating him as one who caused the office which he held to go into abeyance for over a decade. To put into context Sapelli's reputation within Uruguayan political culture, it may be noted also that the reputation of a predecessor as Vice President of Uruguay, Alberto Guani, has largely emerged unscathed despite having served in the Administration of President of Uruguay Gabriel Terra, who, as President Bordaberry was later to do, ruled by decree. Jorge Sapelli Jorge Sapelli (1926, Montevideo – January 13, 1996) was an Uruguayan political figure. He was the Vice President of Uruguay from 1972 until his"
"was a relatively untried political figure prior to his assumption of the Vice Presidency, and as such was largely dependent upon the patronage of President Juan María Bordaberry, whom he in any case publicly repudiated in 1973. It may also be observed that when Sapelli repudiated President Bordaberry in 1973, the circumstances of the office of Vice President of Uruguay going into abeyance, it was not until 1985 that the office was revived. Thus his legacy is many-faceted, with the (in the past) long ruling Colorado Party (Uruguay) somewhat belatedly holding him to be a figure of principle, while ironically"
"administration of 1973-1985. However, there have been occasions when aspiring and rising politicians have died in mysterious circumstances, notably Villanueva Saravia in 1998 . In 2008 Bordaberry called on Interior Minister Daisy Tourné to resign. This call followed Bordaberry's publicly expressed doubts about what he claimed was Tourné's lack of commitment to her ministerial responsibility for security issues; the criticism was rejected by Tourné. However, Ms. Tourné did eventually resign in 2009 following some public ""gaffes"" relating to other prominent Opposition figures. Bordaberry has entered into controversy regarding some of the foreign official trips which President Tabaré Vázquez has undertaken."
"María Bordaberry ceded governmental authority to the military in 1973 in a bloodless ""coup d'état"" that led to further repression against the population and the suppression of all political parties. Raúl Sendic and 8 of the MLN-T leaders were confined to different improvised prisons in aberrant and humiliating conditions for 12 years. They suffered continuous physical and psychological torture. After the military dictatorship fell in 1985, Sendic was released from prison. The Tupamaros returned to public life as part of a political party, the Movement of Popular Participation. Today, the party comprises the largest single group within the ruling left-wing"
"Luis Giannattasio who had died in office shortly after attending in official capacity the funeral of Winston Churchill. In 1966, Beltrán was succeeded as President by Alberto Héber Usher. He was re-elected to the senate in 1966, and retired from politics following the coup by Juan María Bordaberry. The rivalry between the Uruguayan Blanco and Colorado parties was a feature of the country's history for more than a century, and, indeed, an intense part of Beltrán's family history. However, in the second round of the 1999 elections, the Blanco Beltrán publicly supported Colorado Jorge Batlle Ibáñez for the presidency against"
"visited Cuba. While in Cuba, Vázquez and the Presidential party engaged in a number of high-profile events, including a summit with President Raúl Castro. This visit attracted a measure of censure from the Uruguayan Opposition, from Pedro Bordaberry and others, who were critical of Vázquez for having chosen to be in Cuba during a commemoration – which Vázquez himself initiated – for the victims of the 1973–1985 dictatorship; Bordaberry's father, Juan María Bordaberry, established the dictatorship with a 1973 decree dissolving Congress. In 2007 the loading of Iranian arms onto a Uruguayan Navy vessel visiting Venezuela, in contravention of a"
"new government took office on 1 March 1972 led by Juan Maria Bordaberry. The role of the Armed Forces in political life continued to increase. On October 31, 1972, Defense Minister Augusto Legnani, had to resign for failing to remove a chief in charge of a mission of great importance for the ministry. Subsequently, military commanders made public statements indicting the President of the Republic. On February 8, 1973, in order to control the buildup of military pressure, President Bordaberry substituted the Minister of National Defence, Armando Malet, by the retired general Antonio Francese. In the following day, the new"
"Accion Ruralista (Spanish for ""National Rural Action League""), and in 1969 joined the Colorado Party. That year he was appointed to the Cabinet, where he sat from 1969 to 1971 as agriculture minister in the government of President Jorge Pacheco, having had a long association with rural affairs (see Domingo Bordaberry). Bordaberry was elected president as the Colorado candidate in 1971. He took office in 1972 in the midst of an institutional crisis caused by the authoritarian rule of Pacheco and the terrorist threat. Bordaberry, at the time, had been a minor political figure; he exercised little independent standing as"
"1973 Uruguayan coup d'état The 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état took place in Uruguay on 27 June 1973 and marked the beginning of the civic-military dictatorship which lasted until 1985. President Juan María Bordaberry closed parliament, and ruled with the assistance of a junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the Tupamaros, a Marxist urban guerrilla movement. The leftist trade union federations called a general strike and occupation of factories. The strike lasted just over two weeks. It was ended with most of the trade union leaders in jail, dead, or exiled to Argentina. As part of the"
"political barons of the region José Name Tehran, a move that was highly criticized by the media.. Perea once again lost the election. President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appointed Perea Ambassador of Colombia to South Africa in replacement of Carlos Moreno de Caro. Perea presented his diplomatic credentials to President Thabo Mbeki on 26 February 2009. Perea's experience as a soccer commentator and knowledge of the game ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and knowledge influenced President Uribe to appoint Perea to the diplomatic post. Perea died in a hospital in the north of Bogotá on April 11, 2016. Édgar"
"remained illegal until a general strike in 1984 forced the military to accept civilian rule and the restoration of democracy. 1973 Uruguayan general strike In 1973 a coup was declared in Uruguay by the president, Juan María Bordaberry, who closed parliament and imposed direct rule from a junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the ""Tupamaros"", a Marxist urban guerrilla movement. The leftist trade union federations called a general strike and for factory occupations. The strike lasted just over two weeks. It was ended with most of the trade union leaders in jail, dead, or exiled to"
"several countries of Che Guevara's foco theory, the US waged a war in South America against the ""Communists subversives,"" leading to support in Chile of the right-wing, which would culminate with the coup of 1973 in Chile. In a few years, all of South America was covered by similar military dictatorships, called ""juntas"". In Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner was in power since 1954; in Brazil, left-wing President João Goulart was overthrown by a military coup in 1964; in Bolivia, General Hugo Banzer overthrew leftist General Juan José Torres in 1971; in Uruguay, considered the ""Switzerland"" of South America, Juan María Bordaberry"
"a new Council of the Nation was created by uniting the Council of the State and the JOG. The regime's promises to improve the economy were dashed by the global crisis caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Uruguay started borrowing money from international lenders, chiefly from the US. Opening of the small local economy to global corporations and financial institutions ruined local Uruguayan companies, who could no longer compete. The regime was forced to borrow even more and cut budget expenditures. By 1981, the country of 3 million people owed US$4 billion. Bordaberry, whose political career was notable for opportunism,"
"a new, corporatist constitution that would have permanently shuttered the parties and codified a permanent role for the military. This was further than even the military wanted to go, and it forced him to resign. Bordaberry then returned to his ranch. One of Bordaberry's sons, Pedro Bordaberry, was Minister for Tourism and Industry in the government of Jorge Batlle. Another son, Santiago, is a rural affairs activist. On 17 November 2006, following an order by judge Roberto Timbal, Bordaberry was placed under arrest along with his former foreign minister Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé. He was arrested in connection with the"
"one was Gen Carlos Humberto Romero from 1977 to 1979. During the 1970s, there was great political instability. In the 1972 presidential election, opponents of military rule united under José Napoleón Duarte, leader of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). Amid widespread fraud, Duarte's broad-based reform movement was defeated. Subsequent protests and an attempted coup were crushed and Duarte exiled. These events eroded hope of reform through democratic means and persuaded those opposed to the government that armed insurrection was the only way to achieve change. In 1979 the reformist Revolutionary Government Junta took power. Both the extreme right and the"
"For example, he has been critical of President Vázquez for choosing to be in Cuba at a June 2008 commemoration - which Mr. Vázquez himself initiated - of the victims of the cilivian-military administration, although the role of Mr. Bordaberry Senior was also relevant to the events commemorated. However, Bordaberry has also defended President Vázquez in relation to what he regarded as a breach of protocol by his hosts during a visit of Mr. Vázquez to Argentina .) Presidential election year 2009 opened with Bordaberry easily maintaining his position as the Colorado Party's front runner in the polls. With the"
"and against trade union activists, members of the Communist Party and even regular citizens. On June 22, 1972, the National Assembly decided to investigate allegations of torture and human-rights violations by military. In response, military refused to cooperate with this investigation and persuaded Bordaberry to establish a joint military commission that would investigate corruption by politicians. During the few years when it was granted extraordinary powers, Uruguayan military had acquired a taste for political power and began to behave independently In late 1972, Bordaberry tried to limit military's political powers. In an October 19, 1972 meeting with military chiefs, Bordaberry"
"scenic beauty, its fauna, flora and biodiversity. The electoral result of the presidential elections of 1958 favored Rómulo Betancourt of Acción Democrática, followed by Larrazábal who was supported by URD, PCV and other political parties, and in the third place COPEI, with his hegemonic candidate Rafael Caldera. On February 18, 1959, Sanabria handed over power to Romulo Betancourt in a joint session of the National Congress. After leaving the presidency, he served as Ambassador to the Holy See (1959-1963), Switzerland (1964-1968), and Austria (1968-1970). He died in Caracas, after a stroke, on 24 April 1989, at the age of 77."
"and stayed in numerous U.S. and European cities. He returned to Brazil in 1967, but died in a car crash in 1976, near the city of Resende in the state of Rio de Janeiro. 350,000 mourners were present at his burial in Brasília. He is now buried in the JK Memorial in Brasilia, which was opened in 1981. On April 26, 2000, the left-wing former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Leonel Brizola, alleged that the former presidents of Brazil, João Goulart and Kubitschek, who both died a few months apart in 1976, were assassinated as part of Operation Condor, and"
"second visit, from 3 July to 19 July. Apart from Portuguese, he is also fluent in Spanish, French and Russian. José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos (; born 28 August 1942) is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos was also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and President of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it gained independence in 1975. He was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by President"
"The MLN heads were isolated in improvised prisons and subjected to repeated acts of torture. Emigration from Uruguay rose drastically, as large numbers of Uruguayans looked for political asylum throughout the world. Bordaberry was finally removed from his ""president charge"" in 1976. He was first succeeded by Alberto Demicheli. Subsequently a national council chosen by the military government elected Aparicio Méndez. In 1980, in order to legitimize their position, the armed forces proposed a change in the constitution, to be subjected to a popular vote by a referendum. The ""No"" votes—against the constitutional changes totalled 57.2% of the votes, showing"
"1973 Uruguayan general strike In 1973 a coup was declared in Uruguay by the president, Juan María Bordaberry, who closed parliament and imposed direct rule from a junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the ""Tupamaros"", a Marxist urban guerrilla movement. The leftist trade union federations called a general strike and for factory occupations. The strike lasted just over two weeks. It was ended with most of the trade union leaders in jail, dead, or exiled to Argentina. As part of the coup all associations including trade unions were declared illegal and banned. Unions and political parties"
"of a worldwide decrease in demand for Uruguyan agricultural products, Uruguayans suffered from a steep drop in their standard of living, which led to student militancy and labor unrest. An armed group, known as the Tupamaros emerged in the 1960s, engaging in activities such as bank robbery, kidnapping and assassination, in addition to attempting an overthrow of the government. President Jorge Pacheco declared a state of emergency in 1968, followed by a further suspension of civil liberties in 1972. In 1973, amid increasing economic and political turmoil, the armed forces, asked by the President Juan María Bordaberry, closed the Congress"
"of Latin American culture. De la Madrid died on April 1, 2012, at 7:30 am in a Mexican hospital apparently following a lengthy hospitalization for complicated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which led to acute renal failure and cardiac arrest. Unlike his predecessors (specially Luis Echeverría and José López Portillo), President De la Madrid was noted for making relatively few speeches and keeping a more reserved and moderate public image. Although that has been attributed to an strategy to break with his predecessors' populist legacies, President De la Madrid's public image was critiziced by some observers, who considered that the President"
"Eguern ordered that Bordaberry be transferred to house arrest. From 27 January he served his prison term in the house of one of his sons in Montevideo. On 1 June 2007, an Appellate Court confirmed the continuation of the case of the murders of Michelini and Gutiérrez Ruiz. On 10 September 2007, another Appellate Court opened a new case to be tried by Judge Gatti for 10 homicides, for violations of the constitution. On 7 February 2008, the BPS, Social Security Administration, suspended Bordaberry's retirement payments as ex-president of the country. Bordaberry's arrest was generally met with satisfaction and regarded"
"dissolved Congress, suspended the Constitution and gave the military and police the power to take whatever measures it deemed necessary to restore order. For the next three years, he ruled by decree with the assistance of a National Security Council (""COSENA""). There were several important public figures in his cabinet. During the first, democratic years, Julio María Sanguinetti, José Antonio Mora, Luis Barrios Tassano, Pablo Purriel; later, during the dictatorial period, Alejandro Végh Villegas, Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé, Walter Ravenna, Néstor Bolentini. Gradually, Bordaberry became a greater advocate of dictatorship than even the military officers. In June 1976, he proposed"
"death of Velasco Ibarra, who said on his return to Ecuador, ""I come to meditate and to die."" He died in Quito, on March 30, 1979. <br> José María Velasco Ibarra José María Velasco Ibarra (March 19, 1893 – March 30, 1979) was an Ecuadorian politician. Five times he became president of Ecuador: 1934–1935, 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, and 1968–1972. But only once (1952–1956) did he complete the full term. In his four other exits he was removed by military force; indeed several times he was installed as president through a military coup. Ecuador was notably unstable – with 17 constitutions"
"Ecuador. Upon return to a democratic system Admiral Poveda withdrew from public life and took residency in Guayaquil, Ecuador. While returning to Ecuador after a conference in Rusia, he died from a myocardial infarction during a layover in Miami, Fl. Alfredo Poveda Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (January 24, 1926 – June 7, 1990) was an Interim President of Ecuador January 11, 1976 to August 10, 1979. He was born in Píllaro, Tungurahua on January 24, 1926. He attended Mejía High School in Quito and the Escuela Superior Naval ""Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde"" and graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Náutica"
"her diplomatic activity during the Presidency of Gabriel Terra, in whose administration Alberto Demicheli also served. Alberto Demicheli Alberto Pedro Demicheli Lizaso (August 7, 1896 – October 12, 1980) was a Uruguayan political figure. Demicheli was a ""de facto"" President of Uruguay in 1976 as a non-democratically elected authority of the Civic-military dictatorship (1973–1985). He was a noted jurist and economist and previously served as Interior Minister under President Gabriel Terra. A member of the Colorado Party, Demicheli was one of a number of civilians who participated in the civilian-military administration which took office following President Juan Maria Bordaberry's coup"
"date of Emilio Aguinaldo's declaration, while furthering the claim on the eastern part of North Borneo. In 1965, Macapagal lost the presidential election to Ferdinand Marcos. Early in his presidency, Marcos initiated numerous infrastructure projects but was accused of massive corruption and embezzling billions of dollars in public funds. Nearing the end of his term, Marcos declared Martial Law on September 21, 1972. This period of his rule was characterized by political repression, censorship, and human rights violations but the US were steadfast in their support. On August 21, 1983, Marcos' chief rival, opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., was assassinated"