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Word: betanceurt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1959-1959
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...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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