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Lleras Camargo

American  
[ye-rahs kah-mahr-gaw] / ˈjɛ rɑs kɑˈmɑr gɔ /

noun

  1. Alberto 1906–89, Colombian journalist, writer, and political leader: president 1945–46, 1958–62.


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She says she was impressed above all by the Colombian president, Alberto Lleras Camargo, whom she finds “Nordic in his sadness.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2011

Colombia's Lleras Camargo found more fault with the southern end of the Alianza.

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The choice for President: Lleras Camargo, the only man on whom both strong-minded parties could agree.

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The prestigious Lleras Camargo slate of Liberals won all of that party's 50% share of 80 Senate and 148 Chamber of Deputies seats.

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By virtue of a life spent in high office in Colombia and as the constructive head of the Organization of American States, Alberto Lleras Camargo ranks as Latin America's most creative democratic statesman.

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