Roxas y Acuña

British

/ ˈroxas i aˈkuɲa /

noun

Manuel (maˈnwel). 1892–1948, Philippine statesman; first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946–48)

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An armed guard surrounded the hideout of the opposing candidate�flamboyant, fiery Manuel Roxas y Acuna.

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The challenger was a man the war-weary Filipinos knew well: smart, swart Brigadier General Manuel Roxas y Acuna, a lawyer-economist turned soldier, who had been asked by General MacArthur to stay behind when the General and the Philippine Government left in 1942.

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