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David Toro
Jose David Toro Ruilova was a former colonel in the Bolivian army and member of the High Command during the Chaco War (1932-35). Of controversial participation in the conflict , he became de facto President of the Republic in May of 1936 as a result of a military uprising headed by his friend and comrade, Major German Busch Becerra.
Installed in the Palacio Quemado, Toro immediately faced a number of pressing crises, not least of which were a massive federal deficit stemming from the war and continued economic dislocation associated with the ongoing Great Depression. More narrowly, he tackled a ...
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