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that were closed by Reyna Barrios.
The public liked his ideas because he
was focusing his government for the
people rather than profit the elites.
Many soldiers and policemen
dressed as civilians voted for him
as well as illiterate family members
character when he stood in front of that followed them. A newspaper
the ministers in the day Jose Maria article that talked about his liberal
Reina Barrios had died. He was going idea also brought many people to
to ask the citizens who were tortured vote for him. One of the things he
by the government to forgive the did when he became president was
government. He was also going to letting the United Fruit Company
reopen all the elementary schools enter the country. He believed
