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Machado y Morales

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[mah-chah-thaw ee maw-rah-les] / mɑˈtʃɑ ðɔ i mɔˈrɑ lɛs /

noun

  1. Gerardo 1871–1939, president of Cuba 1925–33.


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When a U. S. bootlegger's airplane skidded to a halt in Nassau Harbor last week, a pale, pockmarked, frightened Cuban, Gerardo Machado y Morales, instantly demanded police protection.

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President Gerardo Machado y Morales of Cuba and President Jose Serrato of Uruguay maintained an air of Augustan calm last week while their Foreign Ministers quarreled over a sneer.

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So advanced is the political development of Cuba that during the presidential campaign which closed last week all parties supported a single candidate, General Gerardo Machado y Morales.

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"I am not going to resign, Senores," said big, flabby-jowled President Gerardo Machado y Morales firmly to Havana newshawks last week.

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Tremendously resolute, sagacious and most calm, President Gerardo Machado y Morales has probably suppressed more uprisings than any other living chief of state.

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