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...even by diplomatic standards. In Honduras, a U.S.-trained pilot who headed the coup claimed to replace a Communist - infiltrated government. In the Dominican Republic, army officers who first protected and then assassinated former dictator Rafael Trujillo complained of inefficiency and high unemployment when they threw democratically elected Juan Bosch out. They added that President Bosch's regime had been riddled with Castro sympathizers...
Latin American leaders know how much money, aid, and hope President Kennedy invested in the democratic socialist government of the Dominican Republic. Now that military forces have unseated the Bosch government, these leaders are waiting to see how much further Kennedy's commitment to Latin American democracy will go. If the withdrawal of aid and recognition from the new junta was purely ritualistic, then Latin American military chiefs will expect the United States to tolerate future military coups. If U.S. opposition to the rightists with whom it has been traditionally associated was genuine, then social democratic politicians will want...
...chief reason for the downfall of Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic last month was that "he falled to develop a dialogue with the military." Peter H. Darrow '64, who spent six weeks in the Caribbean republic this summer, told the Latin American Seminar last night...
...turning point in Bosch's popularity, Darrow said, came when he attempted to expropriate the property of former dictator Rafael Trujillo without recourse to the courts, which were controlled by the opposition party. It was inevitable from the time of an attempted coup in July that Bosch would fall, claimed Darrow...
...into our government." After a pause he confides, "The problem for Latin American presidents is that they don't have access to reliable advisers and researchers. The entrepreneur has the best chance for success. Betancourt has a chance. He's got a strong party and good technical assistants. But Bosch--Bosch was lucky to last as long as he did. He's a great man, but a writer and an intellectual. Can you imagine Hemingway governing...