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    (Jota-Jota). Juan José Torres was murdered in 1976 in Buenos Aires, in the frame of the United States-backed campaign Operation Condor. Torres was born in...
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  • Juan José Torres (born 26 November 1957) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics...
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    Banzer rose to power via a coup d'état against socialist president Juan José Torres and repressed labor leaders, clergymen, indigenous people, and students...
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  • weightlifter Juan Ignacio Torres Landa (1955/6–2013), Mexican politician Juan José Torres (athlete), Spanish runner Juan Torres Odelín, Cuban boxer Juan Camilo...
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  • General Juan José Torres had taken the Presidency 7 October 1970, and formed his cabinet. Decreto Presidencial Nº 9407, 09.10.1970 http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia...
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    CIA-supported coup d'état in 1971, replacing the socialist government of Juan José Torres with a military dictatorship. Banzer's regime cracked-down on left-wing...
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    Rogelio Miranda, who was overthrown a couple of days later by General Juan José Torres, who in turn was overthrown in August 1971 by Hugo Banzer Suárez. Banzer...
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  • José Louis "Chegüi" Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born professional boxer who fought representing the United States. As an...
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    the President and even calling for a further leftward turn (General Juan José Torres) and others criticizing Ovando and urging a more conservative, anti-Communist...
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  • Torres (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball coach Johnny Torres, American soccer player José Torres (1936–2009), Puerto Rican boxer José Torres (1938–2010)...
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  • novelist Juan José Padilla, Spanish matador, after wearing an eyepatch following injuries nicknamed El Pirata (The Pirate) Juan José Torres, Spanish athlete...
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    two former Uruguayan legislators and a former Bolivian president, Juan José Torres, murdered in Buenos Aires, a former Chilean Minister of the Interior...
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  • junta appointed Alfredo Ovando Candía as President of the Republic and Juan José Torres as Commander of the Armed Forces. A civic-military cabinet was formed...
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    Fernando José Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando ˈtores]; born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as...
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  • Francisco "Fran" José García Torres (born 14 August 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and...
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    (Antonio José de Sucre, Eusebio Guilarte, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Jorge Córdova, Mariano Melgarejo, Hilarión Daza, José Manuel Pando, and Juan José Torres). Five...
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    Jota Carajota is the stage name of Juan José Torres (born 2002), a Spanish drag queen who competed on the second season of Drag Race España. Jota Carajota...
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    forces to victory over the Viceroy José de la Serna, who was wounded. After the battle, second commander-in-chief José de Canterac signed the final capitulation...
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    Colombian general José María Córdova at Bolívar's direction in January and then pardoned, while Sucre and Venezuelan general Juan José Flores defeated the...
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  • author. His non-fiction books include works on the Bolivian Presidents Juan José Torres, Hugo Banzer and Evo Morales. Evo Morales: The Extraordinary Rise of...
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    the coup attempt. Bolivia: General Hugo Banzer overthrew President Juan José Torres and established a military dictatorship. 1971 Pakistan Military Officer's...
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  • removal of President Alfredo Ovando Candía. This junta was dissolved with Juan José Torres becoming de facto President of Bolivia until August 21, 1971....
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  • under Juan José Torres took back control. Ovando agreed to entrust the presidency to Torres. August 21, 1971: Hugo Banzer overthrew Juan José Torres. November...
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  • party in Bolivia. It was founded in May 1973 by ex-President General Juan José Torres and Major Rubén Sánchez Valdivia. In an effort to reintegrate the Bolivian...
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    1971 coup led by General Hugo Banzer that toppled President Juan José Torres of Bolivia. Torres had displeased Washington by convening an "Asamblea del Pueblo"...
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    José in Guatemala City and later another under "an illiterate Colonel" in a small garrison in the village of San Juan Sacatepéquez. While at San José...
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    junta to govern the South American nation, while the government named Juan José Torres as the new president. A year and a day after the Weather Underground...
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  • José Luis Benavidez Jr. (born May 15, 1992) is an American professional boxer who challenged for the WBA welterweight title in 2018. He is the brother...
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    Juan Bautista Torres (born 2 April 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 226 achieved on 1 August...
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    Juan Evo Morales Ayma (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan ˈeβo moˈɾales ˈajma]; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former...
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