Word: beteta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...richer lode will be tapped if private U.S. capital can be lured back into Mexico. Last fortnight at Monterrey, Treasury Minister Ramon Beteta urged U.S. bankers to invest in Mexican Government bonds-"as safe and secure as any in the world." The bankers listened respectfully. But U.S. capital, once grievously burned by expropriation in Mexico, still fears the heat from the Revolution's embers...
...midst of it all, editing a paper called Eureka. "Good laws should not perish in the country," he wrote, "but when the needs of the people are stronger than good laws, then the laws must go. The Revolution has overthrown law because law failed the people." Ramon Beteta taught Aléman economics that year. "He wasn't a very good student," Beteta recalls. Even so: Aléman finished the five-year law course in four...
There was another reason for Aléman's poor marks in Beteta's course-a girl, Beatriz Velasco, a pupil in a nearby domestic science school. Aléman used to rush through his studies, meet Beatriz and carry her books home. In time Miguel's friends visited the Velascos and, in the ceremonial Mexican fashion, argued that he was a fine boy, with a good reputation and good prospects. After due investigation, he became her novio oficial, with the right to come to dinner occasionally, to sit in the sala afterwards with Beatriz (and parents...
...Talents. As the result of the campaign "roundtables," Aléman came to office the best-briefed President in Mexico's history. He proceeded to surround himself with strong men. Some were old university friends, such as Gobernacion Minister Hector Perez Martinez and Treasury Minister Ramon Beteta. Some were political veterans. Strapping Antonio Bermudez, a former treasurer of Chihuahua, marched out of the President's office with an armload of reports and charts, the new boss of Mexico's oil resources. Others were new to the game of politics. Antonio Ruiz Galindo, millionaire manufacturer of office furniture...
Last week the President also: ¶ Followed the progress of new Treasury Minister Ramón Beteta's talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snyder. Mexico reportedly wants $400 million for more industrialization...