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...Amapala, Honduras: Bad place to be stranded, no employment...
Salvador. After Amapala, Honduras, the first stop (TIME, Dec. 3) came La Union, Salvador. The Gulf of Fonseca was ruffled by a smart blow and the U. S. S. Maryland's launches, in which the travellers crossed it, jounced and plunged. Like President Barahona of Honduras, President Pio Romero Bosque of Salvador found himself unable to receive the visitors, but sent his ministers of exchequer and foreign affairs. These dined the Hoovers at the home of James Gaylor, railroad man. The Maryland sailed that evening for Corinto, Nicaragua...
Nicaragua. President-Elect Hoover had not yet seen a Latin American President, though at Amapala, President-Elect Colindres of Honduras had appeared. At Corinto, not only President Adolfo Diaz was present but also onetime-President Frutos Chamorro, "Conservative" leader of 17 revolutions in the past four years, and President-Elect Jose Maria Moncada, "Liberal" leader whose election was overseen by U. S. Marines. All three boarded the Maryland to break bread and discuss common desires. At a shore reception, Mr. Hoover had been handed a glass of champagne which he politely touched to his lips...
...days out, the complete Hoover itinerary was announced (see Map, p. 18) -Amapala (Honduras), La Union (Salvador), Corinto (Nicaragua), Puntarenas (Costa Rica), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Callao and Lima (Peru), Valparaiso, Santiago and Los Andes (Chile), Mendoza and Buenos Aires (Argentina), Montevideo (Uraguay), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Havana, perhaps Mexico, perhaps Texas, to Florida...
...Hoover and retinue went ashore at Amapala to the cheers of 4,000 Hondurasians. He made his first good-will speech: "We know that the nations and the institutions we have created can flourish only in peace and mutual prosperity...