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In reaction, on 23 October 1935, students at the university in Rio
Piedras who supported Chardón began a signature drive to declare Albizu Campos as "Student Enemy Number One". A pro-Nationalist faction of students protested, denouncing Chardón and the Liberal Party in turn.
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reported the next day that an explosion and gunfire had been heard; the students
Eduardo Rodríguez Vega and José Santiago Barea also died that day. The incident became known as the "
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to assist in their agricultural programs. In 1929 he returned to
Colombia and established the Experimental Station of Palmira in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
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to his academic work in the fields of land use and agriculture in 1940 and later. He published several books on his studies in Puerto Rico and Latin
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Kern, F D; Whetzel, H H (1926). "Some New and Interesting Porto Rican Rusts".
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gave Chardón the Liberator Cross and the Medal of Honor in Public Instruction.
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