Word: betancourts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ousted from power by the army in 1948, Betancourt for two weeks eluded patrols with orders to shoot him down, finally made it to sanctuary in the Colombian embassy...
...Exiled in Havana in 1951, he was attacked on the street by a man who attempted to jab poison into Betancourt's left arm with a hypodermic needle...
...hand to attend a fellow exile's funeral in Mexico City two years later, Betancourt was warned by police to stay indoors because of a plot to assassinate him en route to the cemetery...
...Cruising through Caracas in June 1960, Betancourt barely escaped his old enemy Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic; Trujillo's agents parked a car loaded with high explosives along the route, triggered it by a microwave transmitter. The blast killed Betancourt's aide-de-camp, his chauffeur and a bystander and severely burned Betancourt himself-to the extent that his hands, 16 months later, are still horribly scarred and tender...
...public functions, Betancourt mingles closely with his people, sitting at a table surrounded by the throng, pushing his way through densely packed crowds. He has the standard complement of aides and plainclothesmen spotted around to keep an eye out for enemies. The pistol is a little personal troubleshooter...