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Avila Camacho

American  
[ah-vee-lah kah-mah-chaw] / ˈɑ viˌlɑ kɑˈmɑ tʃɔ /

noun

  1. Manuel 1897–1955, president of Mexico 1940–46.


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In Mexico City, before dawn one morning last week, 34-year-old Captain Gabriel Avila Camacho stopped for breakfast at Wimpy's, a hot-dog tavern on the Avenida Oaxaca, near the U.S.

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Under moderate President Avila Camacho he was stripped of most of his power, but he hung on by winning Latin American labor leadership.

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But for Brother Manuel Avila Camacho, striving to give Mexico a just administration, the problem was not so simple.

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Later that morning Captain Avila Camacho stopped at a police station to report the shooting.

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Last week kindly, determined President Avila Camacho took supermannish steps to bring the cost of living and income into line.

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