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...even Betancourt escaped Cuba's wrath last week. Over the Eastern Radio Network, Castro's leading commentator, José Pardo Llada, called Betanceurt "vacillating," a "democratic anti-imperialist, but not much," "revolutionary, but not much." And that, said Pardo Llada, goes as well for former Costa Rican President José ("Pepe") Figueres and Puerto Rican Governor Luis Muñoz Marin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Rally Round the Maypole | 5/9/1960 | See Source »

...visa in 1958, after the temporary military regime that succeeded him gave him a diplomatic passport and officially requested a U.S. visa. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service began expulsion proceedings in March that were still going on last week, when Venezuela, now under elected President Romulp Betanceurt, finally applied for extradition. Under terms of a 1922 treaty, Venezuela must convince a U.S. federal court that the charges against Pérez Jiménez are strong enough to warrant trial, and that the crimes are not political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Cool Eye for Dictators | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

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