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...another Mambi broadcast, was "pro-imperialist, a man who rules his country with murderous bayonets," and Mexico's Adolfo López Mateos was the "betrayer of the Mexican Revolution." Colombia's Alberto Lleras Camargo, said Mambi, plotted the recent uprising against Venezuela's President Romulo Betancourt...
...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...
...months of Betancourt's constitutional regime have been the longest period in Venezuela's turbulent 150 years in which the armed forces have been out of power. How would the brass now answer Castro Leon's call to renewed power...
After an anxious early-morning hour, the heads of the services came to Miraflores Palace, joined with the President in a phone poll of the garrisons and the state governors. At 7 a.m., Betancourt walked to waiting microphones, and announced over the radio: "The air, ground and naval forces support the government...
...Much Support? Betancourt came out of the experience with nationwide support, perhaps more enthusiastic than he wanted. University students began gassing up beer bottles to make Molotov cocktails, and the trade unions called a general strike that not only made no sense but also went on for 16 hours after the coup ended. One trade-union chief threatened future military Putschists with civil war, and read a cable from Cuba's government offering 1,000 armed men. Betancourt showed less vulnerability to military coups than might have been foreseen, but he still has the problem of fending...