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Ovando arrived in Santo Domingo on April 15, 1502, with a fleet of thirty vessels, the largest which up to that time had arrived in the new world, carrying stores of every kind and over 1500 persons, among them many who later attained distinction in conquests on the mainland.
Ovando, either because he had secret orders, or perhaps because he feared Columbus' presence might cause renewed disturbances, denied the request, and the great man, deeply wounded by the refusal, sought shelter further up the coast.
Ovando then began a war of extermination and the Indians were killed off by thousands, Cotubanama resisted heroically but in vain, and after being beaten in a number of desperate battles he withdrew to the island of Saona, southeast of Santo Domingo.
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Alfredo Ovando Candía (1919-1982), militar y político boliviano, presidente de la República en dos ocasiones (1966 y 1969).
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), compositor, pianista, director y profesor italiano, conocido por su fomento de la música del siglo XX.
Alfredo Kraus (1927-1999), tenor lírico español, considerado como uno de los grandes intérpretes de ópera de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
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 Alfredo Ovando Candía article - Alfredo Ovando Candía 1918 1982 Bolivian general political figure Victor Estenssoro - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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He overthrew Victor Paz Estenssoro in 1964, but gave up power to the more popular René Barrientos.
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 Alfredo Ovando Candía -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918 - 1982) was a (A landlocked Republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain) Bolivian dictator, (A general officer of the highest rank) general and (Click link for more info and facts about political figure) political figure.
He overthrew (Click link for more info and facts about Víctor Paz Estenssoro) Víctor Paz Estenssoro in 1964, but gave up power to the more popular (Click link for more info and facts about René Barrientos) René Barrientos.
He then served as the (Click link for more info and facts about president of Bolivia) president of Bolivia from 1969 and until he was overthrown in 1970.
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 Encyclopedia: Alfredo Ovando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918 - 1982) was a Bolivian dictator, general and political figure.
He overthrew Víctor Paz Estenssoro in 1964, but gave up power to the more popular René Barrientos.
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 Biografia de Alfredo Ovando Candía
En 1964 acaudilló junto con el general Barrientos un golpe de estado que depuso al presidente constitucional Víctor Paz Estenssoro, pero cedió la presidencia del ejecutivo a su compañero de insurrección.
Al comenzar 1966, cuando el general Barrientos dimitió para presentarse a las elecciones, el general Ovando actuó como jefe de estado interino.
Al fallecer Barrientos en abril de 1969, le sucedió en la presidencia el vicepresidente Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, que confirmó a Ovando como jefe del estado mayor del Ejército.
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 Ovando Flying Leaving Ovando Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Alfredo Ovando Candia joined him as co-president, but.
Also the house of Nicols de Ovando, governor of Santo Domingo in.
Before leaving Ovando, to help me carry the heavy load of groceries, I. Bio-Wheels Article - The Great Divide Bike Tour, Part Two Of Three 7.
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 1970 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October 4 - In Bolivia, army commander general Rogelio Miranda and group of officers rebel and demand resignation of the president Alfredo Ovando Candía – president fires him.
October 5 - The Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnap James Cross in Montreal and demands release of all its imprisoned members.
October 6 - Bolivian president Alfredo Ovando Candía resigns – general Rogelio Miranda takes over but resigns soon after.
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As a result, a military coup in 1964 led by General René Barrientos Ortuño and General Alfredo Ovando Candia had widespread support.
Barrientos's conservative rule, for example, encouraged foreign investment and suppression of the left, whereas the "Revolutionary Nationalist" governments of Ovando and Juan José Torres González nationalized United States holdings and courted the workers, peasants, and students.
Another conservative, Colonel Hugo Banzer Suárez (1971- 78), was forced out because of growing opposition and pressure from the United States to reestablish democracy.
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This past Summer we attended what could well be defined as the world's Southermost wine tasting, held during a cruise carried out by the Radisson Seven Seas Navigator through the incomparable landscape of the Austral channels and fjords of Chile.
Alfredo Vidaurre, our partner, thrilled those present, not only by boasting of the immense beauty of the zone; but also the virtues of our dear wines.
Alfredo Vidaurre, president of Montes, has explained that this initiative, as yet without a name, points at consolidating existing channels of distribution in the international market, along with the expertise of their winemaking team and the present competitiveness in Argentina.
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 1964 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
November 1 - Mortar fire from North Vietnamese forces rains on the USAF base at Bein Hoa, South Vietnam, killing 4 U.S. servicemen and wounding 72, and destroying five B-57 jet bombers and other planes.
November 3 - The Bolivian government of President Victor Paz Estenssoro is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General Alfredo Ovando Candía, commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
November 3 - U.S. presidential election, 1964: Incumbent U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, Sr with over 60 percent of the popular vote.
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 World Economy
According to the government, guerrilla defectors said that "Marcos" was stripped of his rank as "Comandante" for this act of disobedience.
According to Defense Minister Alfredo Ovando, the "defectors" said the guerrillas were not scheduled to begin combat operations until August.
However, it is also possible that Casa Calamina was never intended to be more than a relatively permanent training base, like several others the Cubans have been trying to establish along the eastern slopes of the Andes, with the Cuban army officers acting as guerrilla instructors.
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 Pioneer Photography in Bolivia: Directory of Daguerreotypists & Photographers, 1840s-1930s
The Smithsonian Institution and Yale University have some Orton papers and expedition artifacts, but his photographs have not been located.
Ovando was a photographer in Potosí in the early 1930s.
An American writer and photographer, Overbeck wrote a memoir of her life in a Bolivian mining camp, Living High (1935), which contains fourteen of her photographs.
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Army commanders eventually settled on amputating the hands for future identification and then burying the body in secret.
Army Chief Gen. Alfredo Ovando assigned Villoldo to carry out the decisions.
Villoldo was photographed by Bolivian journalists looking over the shoulders of the two doctors who performed a quick autopsy of the corpse and later -- after the journalists were gone -- amputated its hands.
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Guatemala: Edgar Estrada, Jorge Ovando, Germán Ruano, Eduardo Acevedo, Erick Miranda, Catalino Molina, Jorge Rodas, Julio Giron, Miguel Coronado, Juan Carlos Plata, Cesar Trujilo.
Panama: Donaldo González [GK], Osvaldo Solanilla, Alfredo Poyatos, Ruben Guevara, Luis Rodríguez, Victor Medieta, Jorge Dely Valdes, [4 Players Unknown].
Panama: Ricardo James, Franklin Delgado, Alfredo Poyatos, Luis Solis, Felipe Villanueva, Ernesto Gibson (Osvaldo Solanilla 59'), Julio Dely Valdes, Ruben Guevara (Neftaly Diaz 63'), Jorge Dely Valdes, Luis Rodríguez, Victor Mendieta.
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 Tapachula, un Gobierno que te Incluye - Exhortan a la Población a no Tirar Basura en la Vía Publica: Alfredo Cruz ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tapachula, un Gobierno que te Incluye - Exhortan a la Población a no Tirar Basura en la Vía Publica: Alfredo Cruz Ovando
Alfredo Cruz Ovando dio a conocer que el personal de la Dirección de Limpia Municipal y la Dirección de Servicios Públicos mantienen los operativos de recolección de basura a través de las unidades motrices, que recorren diferentes rutas de la geografía municipal y diariamente recolectan 136 toneladas de desechos.
De igual forma manifestó que mantienen operativos de barrido de calles en el primer cuadro de la ciudad, sin embargo reconoció que es necesaria la colaboración de la población.
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In successive governmental changes between right- and left-wing officers, the conservative Banzer helped Gen. Rogelio Miranda overthrow Pres.
Alfredo Ovando in September 1970; in August 1971 Banzer himself overthrew the leftist Gen. Juan José Torres, who had dismissed him as director of the Military College.
Banzer encouraged foreign investment, but his restrictive policies regarding union activity and constitutional liberties led to opposition from labour leaders, clergymen, peasants, and students.
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2001) 6 Aug 1956 - 6 Aug 1960 Hernán Siles Zuazo (2nd time) (s.a.) 6 Aug 1960 - 4 Nov 1964 Víctor Paz Estenssoro (2nd time) (s.a.) Chairmen of the military junta 4 Nov 1964 - 5 Nov 1964 Alfredo Ovando Candía (1st time) (b.
1982) 5 Nov 1964 (hours) Alfredo Ovando Candía (2nd time) (s.a.) + René Barrientos Ortuño (1st time) (co-chairmen) (b.
1925) 26 Sep 1969 - 6 Oct 1970 Alfredo Ovando Candía (s.a.) 6 Oct 1970 - 7 Oct 1970 Military junta - Efraín Guachalla Ibáñez - Fernando Sattori Román - Alberto Albarracín Crespo (b.
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