Juan Jose Torres Gonzales (1921— 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7, 1970 to August 21, 1971. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... The President of Bolivia is the head of state of Bolivia. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Torres was born to a poor family and joined the military as a young man, eventually rising to the rank of general. He came to power in a 1970 military coup. Though most military leaders throughout Latin American history have been associated with right-wing politics Torres continued to support left-wing policies and attempted to create a socialist state in Bolivia. He was known as a man of the people and is generally considered to be a popular president. After less than a year in power, however, he was overthrown in a coup led by Hugo Banzer. Torres then fled the country and settled in Buenos Ares, Argentina remaining there even after the March 1976 rightest coup. In early June 1976 he was assassinated by supporters of his political enemies. General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply The Right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of conservatism, the religious right, and areas of classical liberalism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics. ... Hugo Banzer Suárez (May 10, 1926 – May 5, 2002) was a Bolivian soldier, politician and dictator. ... This is an incomplete list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons. ...