16-543: Natusch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alberto Natusch (1933–1994), Bolivian general and dictator Charles Natusch (1859–1951), New Zealand architect and quantity surveyor Erich Natusch (1912–1999), German sailor Guy Natusch (1921–2020), New Zealand architect Sheila Natusch (1926–2017), New Zealand writer and illustrator Tim Natusch (born 1986), New Zealand rugby league footballer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
32-596: A Bolivian mother, Raquel Tejada Albornoz. She received a BA degree from Instituto Americano in Cochabamba. In the 1940s, she joined the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR). When that party came to power as a result of the 1952 National Revolution , Gueiler became a member of the Congress of Bolivia , serving in that capacity from 1956 until 1964. In 1964, she went into exile abroad after
48-455: A military revolt against the regime of Luis García Meza Tejada , while failing to overthrow the regime, led to the resignation of Garcia Meza and his replacement by Celso Torrelio . Retired from the military, Natusch died in Santa Cruz on November 23, 1994, at the age of 61. Lidia Gueiler Lidia Gueiler Tejada (28 August 1921 – 9 May 2011) was a Bolivian politician who served as
64-451: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alberto Natusch Alberto Natusch Busch (May 23, 1933, in Beni , Bolivia – November 23, 1994, in Santa Cruz , Bolivia ) was a Bolivian general who served briefly as the de facto 55th president of Bolivia in 1979. Natusch is of German and French descent, and nephew of former President of Bolivia Germán Busch , he
80-410: The surname Natusch . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natusch&oldid=981539177 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
96-604: The "Banzerato." In any case, the population resisted the Natusch coup rather heroically, led by a nationwide labor strike called by the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) of Juan Lechín . [REDACTED] Wálter Guevara In the end, Natusch was able to occupy the Palacio Quemado for only sixteen days, after which he was forced to give up his quixotic struggle. The only face-saving concession he extracted from Congress
112-581: The 56th president of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia 's first female Head of State , and the second female head of state in a republic in the history of the Americas (the first was Isabel Perón in Argentina between 1974 and 1976). She was the cousin of American actress Raquel Welch . Gueiler was born in Cochabamba , to Moisés Gueiler Grunewelt, an immigrant from Germany and
128-645: The Bolivian Congress) as part of the MNR alliance of former president Víctor Paz Estenssoro . As no presidential candidate in the 1979 elections had received the necessary 50% of the vote, it fell to Congress to decide who should be president. Surprisingly, no agreement could be reached, no matter how many votes were taken. An alternative was offered in the form of the President of the Senate of Bolivia , Dr. Wálter Guevara , who
144-604: The MNR was toppled from power by generals Barrientos and Ovando . She spent the next fifteen years out of the country, and joined Juan Lechín 's Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left (PRIN). She also became the vice-president of the Revolutionary Left Front . Upon returning to Bolivia in 1979, Gueiler again ran for Congress and was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia (the lower house of
160-530: The country to elections in 1980. The stated reasons for the golpe were the alleged desire of President Guevara to extend his term beyond that established by Congress in order to enact long-term measures designed to stave off a growing economic crisis. Far more likely, it was a traditional right-wing coup staged by officers who had served in the long dictatorship of General Hugo Banzer (1971–78) and who had much to lose by an ongoing congressional investigation of alleged criminal and economic misdeeds committed during
176-548: The mid-1990s. Gueiler was involved in various Bolivian feminist organizations throughout her life. She opposed the United States-backed war on drugs in Latin America, particularly the so-called Plan Colombia . In addition, she authored two books, publishing La mujer y la revolución ("The woman and the revolution") in 1960 and her autobiography, Mi pasión de lideresa ("My passion as a leader"), in 2000. She supported
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#1732852628131192-610: The winners could take their parliamentary seats, however, Gueiler herself was overthrown in a bloody right-wing military coup by her cousin, General Luis García Meza Tejada . Gueiler then left the country, and lived in France until the fall of the dictatorship in 1982. Later, she served her country mostly in the diplomatic sphere, having been appointed Bolivia's ambassador to first Colombia , then West Germany , and finally—after joining Jaime Paz 's " Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria "—to Venezuela (1989). She retired from public life in
208-476: Was a career military officer who in the late 1970s rose to the rank of Colonel in the Bolivian Army . He was for many years a trusted member of the cabinet of the military dictator Hugo Banzer . On November 1, 1979, Colonel Natusch executed a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Dr. Wálter Guevara , which had been constituted by Congress just three months earlier and charged with guiding
224-496: Was forced to give up power. The only face-saving concession he extracted from Congress was the promise that Guevara not be allowed to resume his duties as president. The above condition was accepted and a new provisional president was found in Lidia Gueiler, then leader of the lower congressional house. As interim President, Gueiler was entrusted with the task of conducting new elections , which were held on 29 June 1980. Before
240-487: Was named temporary Bolivian President in August 1979 pending the calling of new elections in 1980. Guevara was shortly afterwards overthrown in a military coup led by General Alberto Natusch . The population resisted, however, led by a nationwide labor strike called by the powerful Central Obrera Boliviana ("COB") of Juan Lechín. In the end, Natusch was able to occupy the Palacio Quemado for only sixteen days, after which he
256-451: Was the promise that former president Guevara not be allowed to resume his duties. This condition was accepted and a new provisional president was found in the leader of the lower congressional house (the House of Deputies), Mrs. Lidia Gueiler . Almost universally reviled for the bloodshed he unleashed in the name of his personal ambitions, Colonel Natusch withdrew from public life. In 1981, he led
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