168 -The author finds it surprising that ----- .
A) the Rolling Stones became so famous outside Britain
B) Elvis Presley gained world fame as a rock'n'rol singer
C) blues musicians were brought to public attention by white British rock groups
D) blacks and whites in Memphis could get along so peacefully
E) the Mississippi Delta has produced so many famed musicians, both black and white
Of the countries of Latin America, none has had a more melancholy history than Paraguay. For
nearly 180 years, from 1811, when the country became independent from Spain, it had a very
succession of dictators, some bad, some very bad. One allowed no newspapers or schools. Another
claimed half of the country for himself. When the last one was overthrown in 1989, it was assumed
that Andres Rodriguez, the general who organised the coup against his old master, would be a
dictator too. To many people's astonishment, starting a democratic movement, he freed political
prisoners, ended the ban on opposition political parties, lifted newspaper censorship, and successfully
stood for president in what was acclaimed as the cleanest dirty election in the country’s history.
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