Word: bolivia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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GUSTAVO ADOLFO DE MALDONADO MEDINA La Paz, Bolivia...
...that we know the tremendous sum of money Americans have been pouring into Bolivia, why aren't we demonstrating our protests in front of their embassy...
...walking a tightrope between his truculent tin miners and annoyed U.S. officials, Bolivia's President Hernán Siles Zuazo squeaked through still another crisis last week. He not only ended a 13-day strike, but also persuaded the U.S. to resume its financial help...
...boss the U.S. show in Bolivia, the State Department last week named a career ambassador, Carl Walther Strom, 59. A onetime mathematics professor at Iowa's Luther College, Strom served eight years in Mexico, spent the last 2½ years in Cambodia. He replaces Careerman Philip Bonsai, now ambassador to Cuba...
...issue was the Bolivian government subsidy to tin-mine commissaries, enabling them to sell food at about 30% below city prices. Politically, it is a local asset; economically, it is disastrous, considering the fact that Bolivia's nationalized mines lost $9,000,000 last year. But when the U.S. got tired of talking and suspended aid to Bolivia, Siles was in an even worse bind. At first word that the boondoggle might end, the miners marched out on strike. The solution was a classic of doubletalk. Siles promised the U.S. to cut the subsidy gradually over a period...