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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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Father Cacho, owner of Mexico City's two Princesa jewelry stores, was also a friend of President Avila Camacho.

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A junketing journalist once observed that big-shouldered, heavy-jowled Avila Camacho had as much color as a slab of halibut.

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

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Avila Camacho ordered 250,000 acres on the tropical coasts planted in corn, the planting of more corn on lands not used for sugar.

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