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Díaz Ordaz

American  
[dee-ahs awr-thahs] / ˈdi ɑs ɔrˈðɑs /

noun

  1. Gustavo 1911–79, Mexican teacher, jurist, and public official: president 1964–70.


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On a hot Sunday morning in September, a group of about twenty people gathered in front of the mercado Díaz Ordaz.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

The investigation resulted in genocide charges against former President Luis Echeverria, who was interior minister and in charge of national security at the time under the administration of President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Mr. Echeverría’s precise role is still unknown, as is the exact number of dead, but much of the blame fell on him and Díaz Ordaz.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022

When Mr. Díaz Ordaz was elected president in 1964, he appointed Mr. Echeverría as his secretary of interior, the cabinet official in charge of domestic political affairs.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2022

Where Taft and Díaz had awkwardly crossed a flagless Chamizal fifty years earlier, Johnson and President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz met that crisp, bright day at the center of a new bridge.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2014

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