Word: betancourts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time I was opposed to breaking relations," Boersner, a member of Romulo Betancourt's governing Accion Democratica party, said. "Now I think it was inevitable. The Cuban government was giving material support to subversive groups with Venezuela. And the hostile speeches being made against the Venezuelan government were really the talk Communist Stalinists have used against social democrats everywhere...
...pointed out that Venezuela's President Betancourt had suggested at the time of Castro's massive expropriations of United States property that the other Latin American countries raise the funds to pay for the expropriated property...
...business done, Betancourt's U.S. trip became ruffles and flourishes. He pushed on to New York for a two-day stay, had lunch at the U.N. with Secretary-General U Thant, journeyed up the Hudson to see New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, whose wide interests in Venezuela run from the Creole Petroleum Corp. to cattle ranching and supermarkets. At week's end Betancourt flew to Miami, paused for breakfast with A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, then boarded a Venezuelan jetliner bound for more state visiting in Mexico. Then he will go on to the Dominican Republic, where Juan...
...Fair Share. At the White House, Betancourt argued that Venezuela should be on an equal footing with Canada and Mexico. At the very least, he insisted, it should be consulted before U.S. oil policies are drastically revised. Kennedy agreed "in principle" that the quota system discriminates against Venezuela, promised to see to it "in practice" that Venezuela gets its fair share of the market. On Cuba, the two men had no argument. Said Betancourt: "The government that I head and I personally have taken a position toward the Communist regime in Havana and toward international Communism that is free...
...ship and the crew back, and the hijackers would probably get political asylum, despite Venezuelan demands that they be sent home to stand trial as common criminals. If Rojas and his boys had not accomplished all they set out to do-namely, to embarrass Venezuela's President Betancourt into canceling last week's visit to the U.S.-they had at least pulled off a caper that they could chortle over for years...