Word: betancourts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from a building, killing one man and wounding his wife. The troops quickly flushed him out, and the balloting went on. By nightfall 3 million Venezuelans, more than 90% of the electorate, had gone to the polls to choose a new President to take over next March from Romulo Betancourt, who is constitutionally barred from succeeding himself...
Chenault's kidnaping was only one bang in a string of F.A.L.N. fireworks last week. On the eve of Dec. 1 elections to choose a successor for out going President Rómulo Betancourt, terrorists shot it out with Caracas police, fired on pedestrians, bombed power stations. Gift-wrapped bombs were sent to four of Venezuela's seven presidential candidates (all the packages were intercepted); five youths and a girl hijacked an Avensa airliner and forced the pilot to fly to Trinidad, where authorities arrested the hijackers and later turned them over to Venezuela...
Calling in ambassadors of the hemisphere nations, Venezuela's Foreign Minister accused Castro of "an act of aggression." He announced that Venezuela would demand an emergency OAS Council meeting, and President Betancourt proposed a concerted hemisphere campaign to oust Castro from Cuba. "Joint action will be necessary," he said, "to finish with this bridgehead of Communism in Latin America...
Young Fanatics. The tragedy of the bloodshed is that the F.A.L.N. speaks for practically no one but itself-a band of youthful fanatics believed to number about 500, with possibly another few hundred fringe supporters. Despite their troublemaking, after 41 years of Betancourt democracy seems to be gaining strength in Venezuela. Land reform is under way, education and other social services expanding rapidly; foreign investment is returning and Venezuela's oil-rich economy rates as one of Latin America's brightest. Nearly 94% of the population over 18 has registered to vote in the elections; the likelihood...
...Betancourt is constitutionally barred from succeeding himself, and Democratic Action's nomination has gone to his old friend and the party's president, Raul Leoni, 57, a somewhat aloof and colorless politician who nevertheless can be expected to follow Betancourt's programs. The race for second place could be close, with a slight edge given to the Social Christian Party (COPEI), led by Rafael Caldera, 47, an able and dynamic lawyer. The two parties already operate together as a coalition, are expected to win a controlling majority in Congress and a mandate to carry...